Nursing Science Registered Nurse (Child) MSc
2 Years Full-Time | January Start

This module will introduce the concept of safe nursing practice, effective communication, medicine management, and the proficiencies of physical assessment. This module will be taught across the year aligned to your learning within CN0705 and CN0706 bringing together theory and practice to facilitate your development as a safe and effective practitioner. You will learn how to observe and assess children and young people in terms of symptoms and signs of physical ill health. You will learn how to take, record and interpret a patient’s vital signs and use communication tools to support verbal and written reports as well as basic medicine calculation and management. You will develop fundamental nursing skills to act in a holistic, individualised, non-judgemental, and honest way, with integrity, and apply principles of The Code (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2018a). Prior to your first placement, you will complete a number of mandatory requirements which include moving and handling (M&H), basic life support (BLS), and de-escalation technique. These skills are informed by the proficiency standards outlined in Annex A and B in ‘Future Nurse: standards of proficiency for registered nurse’ (NMC, 2018b).

You will be taught by experts and practice these skills in a variety of simulated education activities, utilizing a range of specialist technology such as human patient simulators alongside specialist equipment and immersive interactive environments within the clinical skills centre. These dynamic learning opportunities will support you to develop knowledge and gather evidence, which will inform your attainment of your Ongoing Record of Achievement (ORA).

Encouraging and supporting families with regards to lifestyle changes that could improve their health is an element of nursing that you will undertake in both community and hospital environments. You will be introduced to key concepts in contemporary public health promoting the health and wellbeing of children, young people, families and communities through the facilitation of health enhancing activities.

You will increase your knowledge and awareness of a range of strategies to support children and young people and their family in promoting health and preventing ill health. This will include a range of health promotion approaches and models and developing your skills in promoting behaviour change in your professional practice. You will explore the relationship between the wider health determinants of health, wellbeing and health inequalities incorporating skills required to understand and undertake community profiling.

By building upon the skills and knowledge from concurrent modules you will be able to show resilience and tenacity within the often challenging situations faced in with regard to health promotion in clinical practice. Through developing assessment and communication skills using evidence based knowledge you will have a comprehensive and holistic approach to managing care in partnership with the child / young person and family.

You will gain a thorough understanding of the complexities of nursing children and young people. This module addresses the care needs of children and young people with additional needs, including those living with acute, long-term or life limiting illness. Undertaking this module will encourage you to explore the variety of roles performed by the children’s nurse in different settings and think critically about the knowledge needed to fulfil these roles. You will also examine complexities of multi-disciplinary team working within health and social care systems.

You will explore some of the more difficult concepts such as withdrawal of care and the process of dying from a child and young person’s perspective as well as supporting the family. You will explore the role of the nurse in discharge planning and transition, which will provide you with knowledge and skills to support children and young people through this process. The module is delivered through many lenses and involves the views of Experts by Experience.

The module requires you to demonstrate your growing skills in academic research, through the appraisal of contemporary literature relating to children and young people with complex care needs. The module explores the philosophical assumptions underpinning contemporary healthcare literature to select appropriate research findings to apply to current children’s nursing practice.

This practice module will provide you with a unique opportunity to develop skills and knowledge directly relevant to your current practice placement experiences. The practice module will both support your learning while you are in practice and provide an environment, within university, to consolidate the skills and knowledge necessary to progress effectively. By using a concept curriculum approach, the nursing practice module will support you to learn how to become an accountable professional, lead and manage nursing care, and work in teams.

During the first year, you will learn the fundamental skills that are necessary for safe, effective and professional practice.

During the majority of your first year clinical placements you will return to university for two days a week to reflect on your experiences. You will learn together with your peers and examine theoretical concepts such as professionalism, interprofessional learning, medicines management and safeguarding that will enhance your practice. Seminars and workshops will focus on a range of subjects that will enhance your professional nursing practice.

You will learn how to develop your Ongoing Record of Achievement (ORA) and how to reflect on your personal and professional development. You will learn about the importance of patient centred and recovery focussed approaches and will be asked to reflect on feedback given by Experts By Experience (EBE). These skills are the start of your development as an evidence-based practitioner.

Academic skills when studying away from your home country can differ due to cultural and language differences in teaching and assessment practices. This module is designed to support your transition in the use and practice of technical language and subject specific skills around assessments and teaching provision in your chosen subject. The overall aim of this module is to develop your abilities to read and study effectively for academic purposes; to develop your skills in analysing and using source material in seminars and academic writing and to develop your use and application of language and communications skills to a higher level.

The topics you will cover on the module include:

• Understanding assignment briefs and exam questions.
• Developing academic writing skills, including citation, paraphrasing, and summarising.
• Practising ‘critical reading’ and ‘critical writing’
• Planning and structuring academic assignments (e.g. essays, reports and presentations).
• Avoiding academic misconduct and gaining credit by using academic sources and referencing effectively.
• Listening skills for lectures.
• Speaking in seminar presentations.
• Presenting your ideas
• Giving discipline-related academic presentations, experiencing peer observation, and receiving formative feedback.
• Speed reading techniques.
• Developing self-reflection skills.
• Discussing ethical issues in research, and analysing results.
• Describing bias and limitations of research.