| CODE | NUR2356 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Nursing in the Accident and Emergency Setting | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit begins with a discussion of factors common to all patients and/or emergency departments such as primary/secondary assessment, triage, documentation and crisis responses. The remaining units presented as case studies focus on acute illnesses and injuries affecting the respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, neurological, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal and neurological systems for patients requiring emergency services. Special considerations for elderly and children are also presented. The case studies (including illnesses and injuries) will be grouped according to the patient's presenting complaint or predominant physiologic abnormality. Using a combination of lectures, case studies and working in groups, students will gain an overview of the changing and challenging world of accident and emergency nursing. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit aims to develop an understanding of the principles of emergency nursing care of the acutely ill and injured adult and child through a practice based approach. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand the changing and challenging world of accident and emergency nurses; - Develop an understandng of a variety of medical conditions (varying from major and life threatening illnesses or injuries to minor conditions or injuries; - Be knowledgeable on how to manage such patients. 2. Skills (including transferable [generic] skills): By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Carry out the primary and secondary survey; - Identify vulnerable groups of people who utilise the emergency department; - Describe interventions of care required according to various emergency illnesses or injuries. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Toulson S. (2001) Accident & Emergency Nursing, London: Whurr Publishers - Dolan B. & Holt L. (2007) Accident & Emergency: Theory into Practice, (2nd Edition), Edinburgh: Balliere Tindall - Walsh & Kent (2000) Accident & Emergency Nursing, Oxford: Butterworth- Heinemman |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | While TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE NUR2092 OR TAKE NUR3274 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Trevor Abela Fiorentino |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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