Overview

All modules are mandatory

Modules

• Contemporary Perspectives of Care – Individuals with Long Term Conditions

  This module explores the factors which influence nursing practice which supports the care of individuals with long term conditions. It will focus on concepts which transfer across boundaries of ill health for individuals and their families living with long-term conditions. You will examine the evidence base for supporting service users to adapt to their condition and promote a life-style that will encourage independence and reduce the risk of further complications.

• Contemporary Issues in Nursing

  This module aims to promote a critical interpretation of the role of the nurse within socio-cultural, economic and political contexts. You will explore the nature and application of the knowledge base for nursing practice and analyse the contribution of the nurse to health in a range of settings. Research findings, in conjunction with your own experiences will be used to examine factors which may influence nursing practice, including: organisation of health care, professional regulation and autonomy, professional culture and identity.

• Health Assessment Practice

  This module aims to give you the skills and background knowledge to assess the health of an adult patient, and to know the differences which may be found in a child. You will explore the physical assessment of the adult patient, comparing this with the assessment of a child, and develop the clinical skills required to perform an effective assessment leading to diagnosis. Research findings, in conjunction with your own experiences will be used to examine the different presentations of many common conditions and variations across the globe.

• Leadership, Service Improvement and Integrated Care

  This module aims to provide you with opportunities to study leadership, contemporary thinking on organisations, quality and service improvement, project management and to contextualize these within policy and professional frameworks. The module draws on theories of clinical leadership, applied systems thinking and learning organisation theory to promote creative entrepreneurial approaches to previously intractable dilemmas of clinical practice, ensuring that the patient or service-user is central to the management and organisation of health and social care. Experiences of healthcare organisations will be used as a foundation for analysis of quality improvement and the principles and theories will be applied to healthcare worldwide.

• Nursing and Public Health

  This module aims to enable you to think critically about the improvement of population health and wellbeing and the role of nursing in public health. Students will analyse values, key principles, theory and concepts underlying public and global health and evaluate different strategies, interventions and challenges to improving health and wellbeing for communities and populations.

• Research Methodology, Design and Methods

  This module aims to provide an overview of the key approaches to designing practice based healthcare research. It will consider the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of research and critically appraise different design and methodological approaches utilised in health, social sciences and their related fields of practice. The module is designed todevelop your ability to prepare a detailed research proposal relevant to your field of academic study, area of professional practice, or service improvement area. The importance of ethical, social, legal, political and economic aspects of research studies will be considered.

• Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Nursing

  This module is designed to enable nurses to explore the application of educational theory to support the facilitation and assessment of learning for individuals and groups in a range of health care settings. The concepts of adult education and the clinical learning environment will be examined within the framework of the knowledge, skills and attitudes underpinning professional nursing practice and contemporary drivers of healthcare professional education within a range of contexts.

• The Evidence Base for Nursing Practice

  This module will explore the principles and strategies of evidence based nursing practice (EBNP) to enable you to acquire, appraise, apply and evaluate a wide range of sources of evidence within health care. The module aims to enable you to examine the theoretical and philosophical basis of EBNP and to explore the practical implications involved in achieving EBNP in clinical, managerial, research and educational settings. The module aims to provide opportunities for students to develop an understanding of the process of, and to apply evidence based principles to their specific practice context.

• Global Professional Development

  The aim of this module is to develop your ability to critically evaluate and develop solutions to complex, inter-related, multi-faceted issues that can be found in a variety of organisations and professional contexts. The module will involve students working together across disciplines to facilitate an appreciation of how different sectors solve internal issues and how different sectors can learn and adopt or adapt solutions from other fields. International, cultural and ethical issues will underpin the practical and theoretical developments in the module coupled with the principles of consultancy and the theories and practices found in leadership. The module is designed to engage you in wide-ranging debates and problem solving exercises using examples from real-life issues.

• Masters Dissertation

  The dissertation module is designed to allow you to undertake an in-depth individual study in an area of interest relevant to your nursing practice which will demonstrate research at an advanced level. The study will be supervised but independently undertaken. Within the study you will be expected to demonstrate understanding of the research process including ethical, theoretical and methodological issues associated with your particular subject and to demonstrate critical evaluation. It will build on the foundation provided by previous modules on this course.