Module Descriptors
MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
NURS60408
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Lisa Beeston
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 35
Independent Study Hours: 115
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Resources
Specialist practitioners
Module Texts
Pain Management Made Incredibly Easy - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (publisher same as author) 2nd ed (2003)
Crome P. Main C, & Lally F (2007) Pain in Older People. Oxford University Press. Oxford
Mann E. Carr E (2009) second ed. Pain Creative Approaches to Effective Management Palgrave Macmillan
and
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/painpag/index2.html Bandolier Oxford Pain site
Royal College of Anaesthetists & The Pain Society (2003) Pain Management Services - Good Practice
Module Additional Assessment Details
There will be a summative assessment which will be a critical appraisal of an issue or incident from the student's own practice relating to the management of pain - 2,500 words. This will constitute 100% of the module mark. All learning outcomes achieved

Students will also be required to undertake a formative assessment which will be a short seminar presentation which will also focus on the above. The aim of this is to enable students to share their learning within the group.

Formative feedback: tutorials, seminar presentations
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours: (35)
15 hours Interactive lectures
10 hours Specialist lectures
5 hours Peer group learning via seminar
2 hour Tutorials
3 hours Accessing reputable web based materials and databases

Independent Study Hours: (115)
50 hours Literature Searching and Reading
45 hours Assignment Preparation
20 hours Seminar preparation

Module Special Admissions Requirements
Registered Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, or any professionally qualified healthcare worker with whose sphere of work involves the management of pain
Module Indicative Content
Complex nature of pain - physical, social, psychological and spiritual
Pain definitions and types of pain
Pain management strategies
Ethical issues in pain management
Multi-professional roles and interventions
Evidence based practice
Use of clinical exemplars to explore issues in pain management