Adult Nursing

This module is the foundation for developing your nursing practice and professional identity. The module will enable you to explore the fundamental principles of nursing and become a reflective and independent learner.

The aim of the module is to provide you with a variety of learning experiences in applied biological sciences theory. Undertaking this module will enable you to develop a knowledge and understanding of biological concepts that are key to understanding nursing care.

This module aims to offer you an understanding of the biopsychosocial model across the life course so that you have an appreciation of how people develop and what influences this development.

In this module you will learn the integration between the physical and psychological challenges that people may face. You will examine where these challenges may result in ill health and how healthcare staff can prevent or manage such effects.

The module will consider a range of subject areas relevant to physical and mental healthcare across the lifespan that will contribute to your development as a registered nurse within your field of practice.

This module will provide you with an overview of primary and secondary level initiatives to prevent disease and injury, as well as an understanding of theories, policies and practice relating to health promotion.

This module will assist you to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to recognise, manage and care for service users and carers that are experiencing an acute health event. This could affect their physical or mental health or a combination of both.

This module will enable you to develop the knowledge, skills and values to support people experiencing long term care and to understand how people live with, make sense of, and self-manage long term conditions.

This module will build upon your biological sciences knowledge and will focus on pathophysiology and therapeutic interventions across a range of relevant disorders. This will develop your understanding of the essential biological principles necessary to provide safe, effective integrated nursing care.

This module will provide you with an introduction to the critical use of evidence to inform decisions you make in practice. You will have the opportunity to develop the skills required to support decision making when clinical questions arise in your own practice.

This module aims to integrate both the Simulated Practice and your placement learning experience. This will enable you to further develop and build upon your professional knowledge, skills, values and attitudes so you can effectively provide safe, person-centred care.

This module explores the lessons learnt from research and development aimed at improving care for older people. The intention is to inspire you to become the future leaders of dignified and compassionate health and social care for older people.

This module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of the actual and potential role of the nurse in leading and implementing family centred health promotion and prevention.

This module aims to give you an understanding of how people within communities can improve their health and where solutions to health problems are not solely about the provision of traditional services in the community.

This module aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of relevant disease processes and medical, surgical and nursing interventions so that you can extend your nursing practice in relation to the management of patients in Critical Care.

This module will provide you with the opportunity to explore the concepts and developments of health and social care practice involving technology based assistive devices (Telehealth (TH), Telecare (TC) and Telemedicine (TM)).

The purpose of this module is to further develop your knowledge and understanding of how to improve support and outcomes for people suffering from both physical and mental health challenges.

As it is essential that nurses have a baseline understanding of sexual health issues, this module will improve knowledge, develop skills, challenge understanding and enable you to share experiences with your cohort. Topics include gender identity, sexual disorders, and promoting sexual health.

This module will enable you to develop an understanding of the key challenges and concepts that influence global health. You will gain a perspective on health exploring current and emerging transnational issues related to population’s health and wellbeing.

This module will enable students across all nursing fields to explore the wider and local issues that impact on adolescent health. There is also the opportunity for an off-site trip to a specialist adolescent unit and meet staff working within this specialist area.

The aim of this module is to develop an in-depth understanding of the causes and consequences of substance use within a biopsychosocial context. You will develop this knowledge further in order that you can apply this knowledge when encountering people who use substances.

The aim of this module is to enable you to develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of the specialist roles relevant to your field of practice in community and public health nursing.

The intention of this module is to support and guide you in the development of the skills and knowledge required to lead and manage others to deliver high quality health care for all service users, carers and families.

The aim of this module is to prepare you to work in partnership with people with complex needs, their family and/or friends, and other professionals across health and social care, across varied health and care settings, and throughout the life course.

This module will equip you with the skills and knowledge to complete prescribing qualification once you have registered and have attained sufficient competency. This will involve using evidence-based interventions to maximise the therapeutic benefits and minimise adverse effects of medicines.

The purpose of this module is to expand your knowledge, skills and critical understanding of advance practice intervention to perform all required nursing procedures and effectively manage devices safely while meeting people’s needs with compassion, supported with evidence based, person-centred care.

This module will enable you to build on the research knowledge of adult nursing and apply critical appraisal skills through undertaking a review of the research literature on a policy or clinically relevant question in a systematic way, written up as a dissertation.

This module will also focus on the importance of valuing your own personal development and will encourage you to critical reflective and evaluate your learning as you prepare to be a registered nurse.