Module Descriptors
MANAGEMENT OF PAIN
NURS60604
Key Facts
School of Health, Science and Wellbeing
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Lisa Beeston
Email: L.Curtis@staffs.ac.uk
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 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
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
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
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 Resources
Specialist practitioners
Module Texts
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Pain Management (2010) Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence (Third Edition) @www.anzca.edv.au
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
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
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
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 Special Admissions Requirements
Registered Nurses, Midwives, Health Visitors, or any professionally qualified healthcare worker with whose sphere of work involves the management of pain