Module Descriptors
AN INTRODUCTION FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS TO THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
NURS60482
Key Facts
Faculty of Health Sciences
Level 6
45 credits
Contact
Leader: Karen Griffiths
Email: K.A.Griffiths@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 72
Independent Study Hours: 378
Total Learning Hours: 450
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 100%
  • OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION weighted at 0%
  • CLINICAL PRACTICE weighted at 0%
Module Details
Module Resources
Library
IT resources
Skills Labs and equipment
Blackboard

Module Texts
Advanced Life Support Group (2011) Advanced Paediatric Life Support 5th Ed London Wiley-Blackwell
Bee, H., Boyd, D. (2013) The Developing Child 13th Ed Boston Pearson International
Glasper, E., Richardson, J. (2010) A Textbook of Children and Young Peoples Nursing 2nd ed Edinburgh Elsevier
Wilson, K. James, A. (2007) The Child Protection Handbook 3rd ed Edinburgh Bailliere Tindall

Module Special Admissions Requirements
Registered Healthcare Professionals
Students may require enhanced CRB clearance for placements outside of employing Trust
Module Learning Strategies
Contact Hours: (72)
20 hours Lead Lectures
8 hours Groupwork
18 hours VLE/Blackboard
24 hours Alternative practice placement during contact time
2 hours Group/Individual Tutorials/email support

Independent Study Hours: (378)
100 hours Library and Research time
100 hours Portfolio Development
28 hours Blackboard
25 hours Preparation for OSCE
75 hours Preparation for Practice Development
50 hours Reflection

Module Additional Assessment Details
3,000 word assignment - 100%
OSCE - Pass/Fail
Profile of Practice Development - Pass/Fail

Analysis of a critical incident from the student's own area of practice, 3,000 words (all learning outcomes achieved)
OSCE - Paediatric Life Support (contributes to meeting LO 2)
Profile of Practice Development (contributs to meeting LO 2)

All elements of assessment must be passed to achieve module pass

Formative Assessment / Feedback:
Blackboard; Presentations; Group work; Group and individual tutorials; Practical Supervision.

Module Indicative Content
This interactive practice based module will include:
Physical and psychosocial development of infants, children and adolescents
Principles of communication with children and their families
Child perspectives of concepts of health and illness
Use and management of play and distraction therapy during assessment and treatment
Assessment and management of pain
Recognition of the sick child and rapid assessment of the acutely ill child
Safeguarding Children
Parental Responsibility
Child consent and children's rights
Family-centred care
Paediatric life support
Pharmacology relating to children and calculations
Contemporary guidance documents