1. NPR3027 – Practice Development 3



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Rosemarie Boyle

    Credit Value: 10

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: MAR - Practice Development 3 (March Start), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare students to manage and lead in practice in their final year of their nurse education and to start the prepaartion for the student?s transition to the register.


  1. NPR3028P – Nursing Practice 3



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Iain Schrantz

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: WBL - Nursing Practice 3, Coursework: 100% WBLM - Nursing Practice 3 (March Start), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to provide the essential practice experiences students require to enable their successful registration as a nurse practitioner. Through thier electronic portfolio (pebblepad), signed by their assessor in the practice setting, the student demonstrates achievement of the competencies needed to meet the criteria for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.


  1. NPR3029 – Enhancing Service Delivery within Specialist Mental Health Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Sarah Wickes

    Credit Value: 30

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Enhancing Service Delivery Within Specialist Mental Health Care, Coursework: 100% MAR - Enhancing Service Delivery Within Specialist Mental Health Care (March Start), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to advance the students knowledge in the specialist areas of forensic mental health, substance misuse, childhood mental health, brain injury and dementia. Students will develop their therapeutic skills and their ability to be competent and capable of working within and leading a clinical team.


  1. NPR3030 – Managing the Complexities of Care in Learning Disabilities



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: John Turnbull

    Credit Value: 30

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Managing The Complexities Of Care In Learning Disabilities, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare students to meet the challenges of managing and delivering complex care within the context of a changing organisational envirionment. The students will apply the underpinning principles of learning disability nursing to enhance professional practice and develop competence and capability working within and leading a clinical team.


  1. NPR3031 – Complex Child Health Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Andrew Winter

    Credit Value: 30

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Complex Child Health Care, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare students to meet the challenges of managing and delivering complex care within the context of a changing organisational envirionment. The students will apply the underpinning principles of children?s nursing to enhance professional practice and develop competence and capability working within and leading a clinical team.


  1. NPR3032 – Complex Care in Adult Nursing Practice



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Shev O'Brien

    Credit Value: 30

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: MAR - Complex Care In Adult Nursing Practice (March Start), Coursework: 100% STD - Complex Care In Adult Nursing Practice, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare final year adult nursing students for graduation and entry onto the NMC register. The basis of this module is to faciliate the skills and knowledge required to support the newly registered nurse to be one who is safe, professional, competent and capable of working within and leading a clinical team.


  1. NPR3034 – Nursing Fields Numeracy Test



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Rob Ashby

    Credit Value: 0

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Nursing Fields Numeracy Test, Exam: 100% MAR - Nursing Fields Numeracy Test (March), Exam: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip student nurses with the numerical calculations knowledge, understanding and skills required in clinical practice. This will enable students to safely undertake all aspects of medications management in the clinical setting related to their field of nursing with confidence and competence, and to meet the NMC requirements prior to final registration.


  1. NPR3035 – Developing My Nurse Identity Towards Becoming a Registrant



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Julia Nichols

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Developing My Nurse Identity Towards Becoming A Registrant, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing; BSc Children & Young People'S Nursing; BSc Learning Disability Nursing; BSc Mental Health Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to further develop adult, children and young people?s, learning disability and mental health nursing students critical self awareness, personal and professional resilience and professional identity as a nurse, deepening understanding of how complex health science, social and political knowledge, behaviour, vocabulary and skills enable collaborative leadership and effect change management within their chosen field. Additionally the module will further develop advanced communication skills including delivering constructive feedback to effect positive change.


  1. NPR3036 – Becoming a Professional, Responsible, and Accountable Registered Nurse



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Julia Brown

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Becoming A Professional, Responsible, And Accountable Registered Nurse, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing; BSc Children & Young People'S Nursing; BSc Learning Disability Nursing; BSc Mental Health Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to futher develop the adult, children and young people?s, learning disability and mental health student nurses wide ranging theoretical knowledge, enabling them to critically evaluate, lead, manage and reflect on the application of the scientific, legal and professional context of nursing in their chosen field, ensuring safe, ethical and lawful practice across all fields of nursing and in a range of clinical practice settings.


  1. NPR3037 – Demonstrating Competence and Confidence in Safe, Effective Administration and Optimization of Medicines and the Health Numeracy Assessment



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Tim Alexander

    Credit Value: 0

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Demonstrating Competence And Confidence In Safe, Effective Administration And Optimization Of Medicines And The Health Numeracy Assessment, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing; BSc Children & Young People'S Nursing; BSc Learning Disability Nursing; BSc Mental Health Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to ensure adult, children and young people?s, learning disability and mental health student nurses knowledge and understanding of phamacology, the principles of safe effective adminstration and optimisation of medicines, their proficiency and accuracy when calculating dosages of prescribed medicines and their application of the health numeracy assessment, in the relevant clinical setting is complete, enabling student nurses to join the NMC nursing register in their chosen field, with the ability to progress to a prescibing qualification following registration.


  1. NPR3038P – Leading and Coordinating Adult Nursing Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Claire Clinker

    Credit Value: 60

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: WBL - Leading And Coordinating Adult Nursing Care, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to provide the essential clinical learning through simulation and practice experiences Adult nursing students require to achieve completion of the set of NMC proficiencies enabling registration. Through the electronic portfolio (Pebblepad), signed by their practice supervisor and practice assessor, and moderated by the academic assessor, adult nursing students will demonstrate achievement of the skills and professional behaviours identified by the Nursing and midwifery council. During clinical learning all students will be required to undertake clinical skills via a range of simulation techniques to meet the Achievement of Proficiency in the PAD. These will be signed off by the Module Team/Practice Assessor.


  1. NPR3039P – Leading and Coordinating Children and Young People’s Nursing Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Claire Clinker

    Credit Value: 60

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: WBL - Leading And Coordinating Children And Young People'S Nursing Care, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Children & Young People'S Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to provide the essential clinical learning through simulation and practice experiences Children and young people?s nursing students require to achieve completion of the set of NMC proficiencies enabling registration. Through the electronic portfolio (Pebblepad), signed by their practice supervisor and practice assessor, and moderated by the academic assessor, Children and young people?s nursing students will demonstrate achievement of the skills and professional behaviours identified by the Nursing and midwifery council. During clinical learning all students will be required to undertake clinical skills via a range of simulation techniques to meet the Achievement of Proficiency in the PAD. These will be signed off by the Module Team/Practice Assessor.


  1. NPR3040P – Leading and Coordinating Learning Disability Nursing Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Claire Clinker

    Credit Value: 60

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: WBL - Leading And Coordinating Learning Disability Nursing Care, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Learning Disability Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to provide the essential clinical learning and simulation and practice experiences Learning disability nursing students require to achieve completion of the set of NMC proficiencies enabling registration. Through the electronic portfolio (Pebblepad), signed by their practice supervisor and practice assessor, and moderated by the academic assessor, Learning disability nursing students will demonstrate achievement of the skills and professional behaviours identified by the Nursing and midwifery council. During clinical learning all students will be required to undertake clinical skills via a range of simulation techniques to meet the Achievement of Proficiency in the PAD. These will be signed off by the Module Team/Practice Assessor.


  1. NPR3041P – Leading and Coordinating Mental Health Nursing Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Claire Clinker

    Credit Value: 60

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: WBL - Leading And Coordinating Mental Health Nursing Care, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to provide the essential clinical learning through simulation and practice experiences Mental health nursing students require to achieve completion of the set of NMC proficiencies enabling registration. Through the electronic portfolio (Pebblepad), signed by their practice supervisor and practice assessor, and moderated by the academic assessor, Mental health nursing students will demonstrate achievement of the skills and professional behaviours identified by the Nursing and midwifery council. During clinical learning all students will be required to undertake clinical skills via a range of simulation techniques to meet the Achievement of Proficiency in the PAD. These will be signed off by the Module Team/Practice Assessor.


  1. NPR4003 – Dissertation Practice Improvement Plan



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Clency Meurier

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Dissertation Practice Improvement Plan, Coursework: 100% MAR - Dissertation Practice Improvement Plan (March Start), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare students for their role in leading and implementing service audit, evaluation and improvement. It is designed specifically to address the concerns of employers, the RCN and the NMC that nurses? practice should be ?appropriately based on research, evidence and critical thinking?. The module has been planned in partnership with service providers.


  1. NPR4005 – Transforming and Innovating Adult Nursing



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Katy Louise Payne

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Transforming And Innovating Adult Nursing, September, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Adult Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to continue the development of Adult nursing students professional development, theoretical evidenced based knowledge and skills to enable them to lead and manage person centred decision making, respectfully influencing positive lifestyle choices to improve health outcomes and exert influence on the appropriateness and quality of care to effect service improvement


  1. NPR4006 – Transforming and Innovating Children and Young Peoples Nursing



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Katy Louise Payne

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Transforming And Innovating Children And Young Peoples Nursing, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Children & Young People'S Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to continue the development of Children and young people?s nursing students professional development, theoretical evidenced based knowledge and skills to enable them to lead and manage family centred decision making, respectfully influencing positive lifestyle choices to improve health outcomes and exert influence on the appropriateness and quality of care and to effect service improvement


  1. NPR4007 – Transforming and Innovating Learning Disability Nursing



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Katy Louise Payne

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Transforming And Innovating Learning Disability Nursing, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Learning Disability Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to continue the development of Learning Disability students professional development, theoretical evidenced based knowledge and skills to enable them to lead and mange person centred decision making, respectfully influencing positive lifestyle choices to improve health outcomes and exert influence on the appropriateness and quality of care to effect service improvement


  1. NPR4008 – Transforming and Innovating Mental Health Nursing



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Katy Louise Payne

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Transforming And Innovating Mental Health Nursing, September, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Nursing;

    Description: The purpose of this module is to continue the development of Mental Health nursing students professional development, theoretical evidenced based knowledge and skills to enable them to lead and mange person centred decision making, respectfully influencing positive lifestyle choices to improve health outcomes and exert influence on the appropriateness and quality of care to effect service improvement


  1. NUR3006 – Enhanced Communications for Healthcare Professionals



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Melissa Symonds

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Enhanced Communications For Healthcare Professionals, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up) (Emergency Care); BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is to explore knowledge, practice and attitudes that underpin the enhancement of communication skills by promoting assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation appropriate for any healthcare practitioner who cares for those with serious or life limiting conditions.


  1. NUR3007 – Delivering Therapeutic Care Within an Ethical and Legal Framework



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Ged Rogers

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: SPRSA - Delivering Therapeutic Care Within An Ethical And Legal Framework (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to further develop the students understanding of the legal and ethical issues relating to the care of the mentally disordered offender and the client presenting with challenging behaviour; thereby enabling them to apply ethical principles to clinical decisions made within their context of care. The delivery of Recovery Focused therapeutic care within mental health services can be both challenging and complex. Practitioners are regularly faced with decisions or dilemmas which require knowledge of both ethical and legal frameworks. This module has been developed to enhance the practitioner's knowledge and skills in providing therapeutic care within a professional structure when making key clinical decisions[This information to be drawn from the CAIeRO mission statement where possible. Alternatively, a short (up to 50 word) overview, suitable for inclusion in the Module Catalogue should be provided].


  1. NUR3008 – Physical Health in Psychiatric In-Patient Settings



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Curran

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: AUTSA - Physical Health In Psychiatric In-Patient Settings (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 50% SPRSA - Physical Health In Psychiatric In-Patient Settings (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 50% Exam: 50% AUTSA - Physical Health In Psychiatric In-Patient Settings (St Andrews Healthcare), Exam: 50% SAM09 - Physical Health In Psychiatric In-Patient Settings (St Andrews Healthcare) (Stand Alone Module) September, Coursework: 50% Exam: 50%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Care (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is for registered health and social care professionals to have a good understanding of physical health care needs and ongoing management. This is in order to meet their own requirements for professional practice and have the knowledge and skills to support other medical colleagues. It is relevant and pertinent that Mental Health and Learning Disiability Nurses develop sufficient skills and knowledge to act as a competent and effective practitioner to be able to assess and interpret the physical health care needs of patients in their care.


  1. NUR3015P – Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescribing (NISP) (NMC V300) Programme



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Julie Holloway

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) Nursing And Midwifery Council V300 Programme, Coursework: 80% Exam: 20% SAM03 - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) (Nmc V300) Programme (Stand Alone Module, March), Coursework: 80% SAM09 - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) (Nmcl V300) Programme (Sam) (September), Coursework: 80% SAM06 - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) Nursing And Midwifery Council V300 Programme (Sam), Coursework: 80% SAM09 - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) (Nmcl V300) Programme (Sam) (September), Exam: 20% SAM06 - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) Nursing And Midwifery Council V300 Programme (Sam), Exam: 20% SAM03 - Nurse Independent And Supplementary Prescribing (Nisp) (Nmc V300) Programme (Stand Alone Module, March), Exam: 20%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: This module will enable autonomous nurse/midwife practitioners to demonstrate safe prescribing practice within their own speciality. On successful completion practitioners will gain academic accreditation and advanced skills required to prescribe safely in line with current professional regulation and thus will be eligible to record the qualification of Nurse Independent & Supplementary Prescriber (NISP) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2018).The overall aim is to prepare nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses to prescribe safely and cost effectively as independent supplementary nurse prescribers within their scope of professional practice.


  1. NUR3019 – Applied Public Health



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Helen Ruth Kimble

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Applied Public Health (January Scphn Top-Up), Coursework: 100% SEP - Applied Public Health (September Scphn Top-Up), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare practitioners for working within the community to develop and enhance their public health knowledge and skills. It will equip practitioners to undertake a health needs assessment, and design an intervention to build community capacity and empower a target population to improve their health and wellbeing, following a settings based approach.


  1. NUR3021 – Dynamics of Health and Healthcare



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Francis Beckett

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Dynamics Of Health And Healthcare, Coursework: 100% JUN - Dynamics Of Health And Healthcare (June), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: This module has been developed for the international healthcare practitioner whose first registration was obtained overseas. The module focuses on providing the support and opportunities needed for the student to explore and analyse factors influencing the dynamics of healthcare provision in a variety of settings and cultural contexts.


  1. NUR3022 – Global Perspectives on Professional Practice



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Peter Stuart

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Global Perspectives On Professional Practice, Coursework: 100% JUN - Global Perspectives On Professional Practice (June), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: This module has been developed for the international health care professional whose first registration was obtained overseas. The module focuses on providing the support and opportunities needed for the student to critically examine the professional role of the healthcare professional, the practitiioner patient relationship and factors influencing practice.


  1. NUR3023P – Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribers Formulary (V100)



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Clare Bramer

    Credit Value: 0

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribers Formulary (V100) (January Scphn Top-Up), Coursework: 0% Exam: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to prepare students enrolled onto the SCPHN/SPQ programmes, on successful completion of the course, to legally prescribe from the Community Practitioner Formulary (V100). This module follows an approved education programme in line with the NMC Standards for Prescribing Programmes (NMC 2018).


  1. NUR3028 – Dementia Care



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Nicola McHugh

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Dementia Care, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: This module is designed to develop and enhance skills in healthcare which are relevant to contemporary practice for dementia care. The module offers a range of study days on clinically relevant topics and allows students to reflect on their own professional practice and consider how levels of service may be improved.


  1. NUR3031 – Enhanced Communication Strategies for Patients and Clients



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Claire Poole

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: JAN - Enhanced Communication Strategies For Patients And Clients (January Scphn Top-Up), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to advance the students interpersonal communication skills and knowledge of evidence based psychological therapeutic approaches. Advancing skills and knowledge in this area will enable students to better promote their patients wellbeing and mental health.


  1. NUR3032P – Children, Young People and Family Well-being (1)



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Helen Ruth Kimble

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: JAN - Children, Young People And Family Well-Being (1) (January Scphn Top-Up), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate a level of skill and understanding commensurate with SCPHN Practice (School Nurse (SN) / Health Visitor (HV)). The first of two Principal modules, using an active blended learning approach, students will demonstrate developing proficiency in SCPHN practice (NMC 2004) through evidence based, innovative, reflective and pro-active approaches to meeting community and universal health needs for Children, Young People and Families within a progressive framework.


  1. NUR3033P – Children, Young People and Family Well-being (2)



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Helen Ruth Kimble

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Children, Young People And Family Well-Being (2) (January Scphn Top-Up, 2 Terms), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this second principal module is to enable students to develop innovative, reflective and pro-active approaches to meeting targeted and complex health needs for children, young people and families, within a progressive framework. Whilst this module forms the foundation of knowledge and skills acquisition through an active blended learning approach, knowledge and skills gained in other modules can be used to further inform the context of evidence presented to promote robust achievement of SCPHN School Nurse (SN) / Health Visitor (HV) professional proficiency (NMC, 2004).


  1. NUR3034 – Orthopaedic Development



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Beverley Al-Azzawi

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Orthopaedic Development, Coursework: 100% SPR2 - Orthopaedic Development, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip and empower health care professionals (HCP) from the field of trauma and orthopaedics with the knowledge and skills required to deliver effective evidenced-based care.


  1. NUR3040 – Return to Nursing Practice (Level 6)



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Ros Wray

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: SAM09 - Return To Nursing Practice (Level 6) (Stand Alone Module) September, Coursework: 100% SAM02 - Return To Nursing Practice (Level 6) (Stand Alone Module) February, Coursework: 100% SAM05 - Return To Nursing Practice (Level 6) (Stand Alone Module) May, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to enable nurses who have had a break from practice to update knowledge and skills in order to be able to re-register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and return to the workforce; and to reintroduce students to academic study in higher education institutions.


  1. NUR3044 – Fundamentals of Research



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator:

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Fundamentals Of Research, Coursework: 100% JUN - Fundamentals Of Research (June), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: This module aims to provide a critical knowledge of health care research and its contribution to evidence based professional practice. Healthcare professionals are faced with a plethora of information and to be equipped with the relevant tools to critically evaluate the evidence and make judgements about its validity and potential effectiveness before application in the clinical setting. Healthcare professional's knowledge of research and its application to practice should develop within the wider context of research governance, taking into account ethical, legal, political and economic influences on health and social care research.


  1. NUR3045 – Surgical Nursing Development Course



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Melissa Symonds

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Surgical Nursing Development Course, Coursework: 100% SPR2 - Surgical Nursing Development Course, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: This module helps health professionals meet their aspirations to become confident and knowledgeable clinical practitioners who can competently work in surgical settings.


  1. NUR3051 – Enhanced Skills for Clinical Practice (Recognition of Deterioration, ECG Recognition and Intermediate Life Support)



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Melissa Symonds

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment:

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up) (Emergency Care); BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: This module is designed to develop and enhance skills in contemporary healthcare practice. The module offers a range of study days on clinically relevant topics or skills and allows students to reflect on their own professional practice and consider how levels of service may be improved by utilisation of new knowledge or skill. This module is particulaly focused on post registration development.


  1. NUR3055 – Mentorship Programme Level 6



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Jacquie Ridge

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Mentorship Programme Level 6, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up) (Emergency Care); BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is to enable appropriately qualified and experienced practitioners to facilitate and assess learners (i.e. student midwife, student paramedic, student social worker) within health and social care settings.


  1. NUR3057 – Developing Leadership Practice of Self and Other



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Peter Woodcock

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: SUMSA - Developing Leadership Practice Of Self And Other (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100% AUTSA - Developing Leadership Practice Of Self And Other (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Care (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is ?To equip students with an understanding and skills of leadership practices that focuses on three elements within the context of their own professional practice: leading self and impact on others, leading and developing others and leading change within the context of their own professional practice.


  1. NUR3058 – Providing Gender Sensitive Care in Mental Health Settings



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Curran

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: SUMSA - Providing Gender Sensitive Care In Mental Health Settings (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Care (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is ? to ensure student's are able to fully understand and analyse the complexities of managing, planning and delivering gender specific Mental Health care.


  1. NUR3059 – Contemporary Approaches to Enhancing Practice



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Claire Poole

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Contemporary Approaches To Enhancing Practice, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to enable students to develop knowledge and skills in relation to enhancing healthcare practice. Students will have the opportunity to critically explore contempory agends for defined patients groups, diseases or skills. Practical workshops and clinical simulation will provide students with the opportunity to apply new knowledge within a safe environment.


  1. NUR3060 – Promoting Health and Wellbeing



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Debbie Kilsby

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: Semester 2

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Promoting Health And Wellbeing, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: To enable students to promote health and wellbeing and empower patients to take responsibility to reduce the risk of illness across their lifespan.Additionally, the module offers students the opportunity to engage with contempory public health agendas and think creatively about their delivery through the development of materials to support lifestyle improvements.


  1. NUR3061 – Complexities of Health Across the Lifespan



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Clare Cooper

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: Semester 1

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Complexities Of Health Across The Lifespan, Coursework: 100% AUT2 - Complexities Of Health Across The Lifespan, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to explore complex health conditions across the life span. Included in the modules learning is an appreciation of how health care providers can collaborate with service users and others, to develop supportive strategies to manage common problems encountered. Key concepts of collaborative working, evidence based interventions and effective communication strategies are critically present and appraised.


  1. NUR3062 – Progressing and Influencing Practice



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Fiona Barchard

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Progressing And Influencing Practice, Coursework: 100% SAM06 - Progressing And Influencing Practice (Stand Alone Module) June, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to develop and extend their practice by contextualizing values, principles and frameworks of care to influence improvements in quality and safety. Using and Active Blended Learning (ABL) approach to promote students learning and understanding of the theory element, whilst beginning to understand how to apply this in practice.


  1. NUR3063 – Principles of Effective Clinical Education



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Rosemarie Boyle

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: Semester 1

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Principles Of Effective Clinical Education, Coursework: 100% SAM10 - Principles Of Effective Clinical Education (Stand Alone Module), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip Health Care Practitioners with the knowledge to safely and effectively supervise, facilitate and assess learners in a range of health and social care settings.


  1. NUR3064 – Developing Public Health Leadership



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Debbie Kilsby

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Developing Public Health Leadership (January Scphn Top-Up), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The indicative content explores leadership theories, motivation, creativity and innovation in self, others and their organisations in relation to group and team dynamics, considering how to overcome barriers to promote a positive culture and influence effective change in public health practice.


  1. NUR3065 – Evidence Informed Practitioner



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Katherine Merrick

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: AUTSA - Evidence Informed Practitioner (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Care (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the tools to enable them to judge research findings and incorporate them judiciously into their practice and sek continaul service improvement. Students are enabled to demonstrate their ability to undertake an individual assignment that has direct relevance to their own professional practice. The module is project based that will allow the student to research a topic of their choosing, while applying theories and principles intergrated from modules previously studied on the programme. In establishing the evidence base and context for the work based learning project, the student will need to review the existing available evidence base in the area under investigation in order to establish current best practice. It is the successful submission of the work based project report for the evidence based Practitioner which forms the dissertation for the BSc in Mental Health Care (St Andrew?s Healthcare).


  1. NUR3066 – Health and Social Research Methods for the Evidence Based Practitioner



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Katy Louise Payne

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: AUT2 - Health And Social Research Methods For The Evidence Based Practitioner, Coursework: 100% STD - Health And Social Research Methods For The Evidence Based Practitioner, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up) (Emergency Care); BSc Professional Practice (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip students with the tools to enable them to judge research findings and incorporate them judiciously into their practice.


  1. NUR3069 – Enhancing Physical Healthcare



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Elizabeth Curran

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: SPRSA - Enhancing Physical Healthcare (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100% SAM2S - Enhancing Physical Healthcare (St Andrews Healthcare), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for: Designated for: BSc Mental Health Care (Top-Up);

    Description: The purpose of this module is to equip the student with relevant knowledge and skills to enable them to practice as a competent and effective practitioner.


  1. NUR3071 – Delivering Contemporary Adult Critical Care Practice



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Trevor Venes

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: Semester 1

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: 39OH - Delivering Contemporary Adult Critical Care Practice (Oxford University Hospitals) September Cohort, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to develop competence in critical care through evidence based practice and person centred care.


  1. NUR3072 – Developing and Leading Contemporary Adult Critical Care Practice



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Trevor Venes

    Credit Value: 20

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: Semester 2

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: 39OH - Developing And Leading Contemporary Adult Critical Care Practice (Oxford University Hospitals) September Cohort, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to develop critical care practice and leadership.


  1. NUR3073 – Critical Care Competencies



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Trevor Venes

    Credit Value: 0

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: 39OH - Critical Care Competencies (Oxford University Hospitals) September Cohort, Coursework: 100% 32OH - Critical Care Competencies (Oxford University Hospitals), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to enable the student to apply theorectical knowledge and skills to clinical situations through the assessment of Critical Care competencies .


  1. NUR4002 – Inquiry Based Independent Study



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator:

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot:

    Pre-requisites: NUR3044

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Inquiry Based Independent Study, Coursework: 100% JUN - Inquiry Based Independent Study (June), Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: Healthcare professionals practice within a global/international context and are expected to be able to critically explore health issues at the local, national and International level. The independent study module facilitates this process by asking students to identify and research an international health issue; evaluating treatment and or intervention strategies within the international context. This approach will require students to undertake a literature review, enhancing skills in locating, appraising and synthesising evidence from published research and other key sources.


  1. NUR4003 – Evidenced Based Research Project



    Field: NURSING

    Co-ordinator: Jacquie Ridge

    Credit Value: 40

    Level: 6

    Timetable Slot: All Year

    Pre-requisites: None

    Co-requisites: None

    Assessment: STD - Evidenced Based Research Project, Coursework: 100%

    Designated for:

    Description: The purpose of this module is to enhance students? ability to critically engage with evidence to inform personal and professional development. The production of a research proposal and a critical review of literature offersthe learner the opportunity to extend and apply knowledge within a field of their choice.