Module Descriptors
CHILDREN'S NURSING PRACTICE- APPLICATION
NURS50198
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 5
60 credits
Contact
Leader: Mary Stringer
Email: M.P.Stringer@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 200
Independent Study Hours: 400
Total Learning Hours: 600
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
  • EXAMINATION - SEEN EXAMINATION IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
  • OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION weighted at 0%
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE weighted at 0%
Module Details
Module Texts
Huband, S. & Trigg, E. (Eds) (2000) Practices in Children's Nursing : Guidelines for Hospital and Community. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-05875-X
McCance, K. & Huether, S. (2002) Pathophysiology : The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults & Children. 4th ed. St. Louis : Mosby . ISBN 0-323-01438-0
Wong, D. (1999) Whaley & Wong's Care of Infants & Children. 6th ed. St. Louis : Mosby . ISBN 0-323-00150-5

Module Resources
Lecturer, Peers, PBL Facilitators, Clinical Placements, Clinical Supervisor/ Mentor/Facilitator/Specialists, Classroom, Seminar Room, Skills Laboratories, Access to a PC/ CD Rom/Virtual Learning Environment, Library and Learning Resource Centre, PowerPoint, TV and Video, , Audio Tape, Flipcharts and Pens, Workbooks.
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours: 200 hours
35% Key Lectures
20% BLACKBOARD
15% Skills training in laboratory, work stations, simulations
15% Problem Based Learning
10% Workshops
5% Seminars

Independent Study: 400 hours
25% Directed reading
25% Work for problem based learning scenarios
25% Identify, obtain and analyse material relating to module content
25% Assessment preparation
Module Additional Assessment Details

Clinical practice assessment (Outcome 1 and 3)
A 2500 word assignment analysing a significant event relating to children's nursing practice within a multi-professional care situation. (Outcomes 2 and 5)
A one hour seen examination based on physiological observations, their homeostatic mechanisms and associated patho-physiology and therapeutics (Outcome 4)
OSCE (Outcome 6)
All elements must be passed

2500 word Reflective Essay (50%) (Learning Outcome 2, 5,) Term 6
1 hr seen examination (50%) (Learning Outcome 4)
All students must adhere to the Faculty of Health and Science Policy on Confidentiality and Ethical Issues in Academic Practice and Learning
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Registration as a Student Nurse
Access to Clinical Practice Environment
Module Indicative Content
Mandatory Sessions
Core and Branch Specific Skills
Holistic care of children with conditions linked to the systems of life including pathophysiology and therapeutics
Care of sick and low birth weight infant
Children's rights
Child protection 1
Assessment and care of seriously/critically ill children
Child and adolescent mental health issues in relation to suicidal tendencies and substance abuse
Stages of child development and factors enhancing/inhibiting development
Hospitalisation and its effects on the child and family
Working as a member of the multiprofessional team caring for children in hospital and community settings
Organisation of the nursing care of children
Communication and counselling skills
Government targeted child health and social care policies and strategies
Workshops: Sexual health; Cancer Care; Genetics; Pain Management; Pharmacology