MENTAL HEALTH NURSING 2 - 2024/5

Module code: NUR2189

Module Overview

This module provides a sequential and integrated learning experience using theory and practice, by a spiraling of content that supports student development. Students will be supported to apply their knowledge of altered physiology and body functioning to commonly encountered mental, physical, behavioural and cognitive health conditions. There will be a focus on management of increased complexity in patient care, with placement experiences that support and reflect the learning within university learning blocks. Students will have an opportunity to consider the wider scope of leadership innovation and change management and its impact on teams and care provision.

Practice within simulation and placement will enable students to further develop clinical proficiencies and assessment and decision-making skills, focusing on the management of complexity within holistic scenarios.

Module provider

School of Health Sciences

Module Leader

SIREY Lauren (Health Sci.)

Number of Credits: 0

ECTS Credits: 0

Framework: FHEQ Level 5

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Overall student workload

Clinical Placement Hours: 765

Independent Learning Hours: 250

Seminar Hours: 250

Tutorial Hours: 30

Practical/Performance Hours: 100

Guided Learning: 30

Captured Content: 30

Module Availability

Crosses academic years

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

None

Module content

Shared across field

Understand, research, analyse and synthesise evidence to inform an innovative solution to practice.

Team working and leadership styles including underpinning theories.

Reflective learning strategies to evaluate own practice and develop accordingly.

Service redesign and change management including the role of service users and carers in development of services, influencing and negotiating skills and managing resources – time, people, finances.

Mental and physical health comorbidities and interactions in a social context across the lifespan drawing upon evidence to support understanding.

The interaction between cognitive abilities and disabilities, mental health and physical well–being.

Service user and carer focused approach to understanding and relieving psychological and physical distress.

Range of interventions and evidence to inform a choice of strategies for managing effective, holistic delivery of care, taking account of ethical issues associated with care.

Furthering knowledge about medication management including more complex delivery methods and medication interaction.

The benefits and challenges of interdisciplinary and interagency working and communication strategies, including looking after own emotional wellbeing (Mental Health First Aid).

Field specific

Common conditions leading to changes in health status and impacting upon mental health

Frameworks and policy guidelines for managing long term mental health conditions

Self-management, empowerment and behaviour change theories for people living with mental health conditions and impact on families and carers.

Clinical assessment and decision-making for complex patients and situations

Knowledge and evidence base underpinning assessment and management of the deteriorating mental health patient

E-health technology, diagnostics and clinical decision making

Risk assessment and management strategies to inform decision-making for delivery of safe practice

Decision-making theories and processes and the influence of personal judgement

Challenges which impact upon care including ethical, legal and professional issues.

Content:

Postive Practice – de-escalation and least restrictive care

Preventable conditions

Appriasing mental health settings and service design

Management of long term mental health conditions

E:health and e:technologies to support patients and families

Planning and prioritising care

MDT working

Self management and empowerment

Applied physiology to common conditions

Applied pharmacology, pharmokinetics and medicine management

Acute pain management

Communication strategies

Common acute conditions that impact on mental health

The nurse as an advocate

Policy & politics in relation to mental health

Public health targets for mental health

Ethical principles in mental health e.g. consent, assent, competence etc.

Child and adolescent mental health

Safeguarding

The challenges of empowering patients with complex mental care needs.

Behavioural challenges

Maladaptive coping strategies

Using restictive practices – managing violence and agression

2nd year core and field related skills and proficencies (Skills Passport)

A range of clinical skills will be taught and practiced in a simulated environment utilising a range of health care equipment in preparation for supervision within practice learning settings

Assessment pattern

Assessment type	Unit of assessment	Weighting
Programmatic assessment	Mental Health Nursing 2 (120 Credits)	Pass/Fail

Alternative Assessment

None

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate an understanding.

This will be alongside the practice-based proficiencies, within the practice assessment document in order to achieve the criteria set by the Nursing and Midwifery Council, (NMC 2018x). Progression will be confirmed by the practice assessor and the assigned academic assessor.

Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• Evidence Enquiry (2 pieces of primary research, critically appraised and significance for practice explored) – 3000 words

• LTC case scenario - write about decision-making, care/treatment plan (3000 words)

• X1 VIVA/OSCE (explain the treatment of a case assessment treatment and evaluation) 20 mins

• Safe Medicate pharmacology exam/year 2

• Completion Practice Assessment Document requirements

• Written clinical account 1000 words

Formative assessment compulsory elements

Formative feedback via surrey learn

• Formative 1 - Service user needs with a long-term condition – 500 words

• Formative 2 – EE- article checking and significance discussion (peer supported)

• Formative 3- Think out loud activity, online

• Formative 4- Written submission of scenario-based decision making

Additional formative activities

• Self-tests (Applied A&P)

• Think out loud activity

• Simulation with actors

• Reflective learning journal

• Safe medicate tests- applied pharmacology

Feedback Mechanisms

• Continuous feedback from teaching fellows & actors within university learning blocks

• Continuous feedback from practice, whilst on placement learning blocks

• Online feedback

• Peer feedback

• Personal tutor feedback

• Service user and carer feedback

Module aims

To enable students to assess and apply knowledge of altered physiology and body functioning to commonly encountered mental, physical, behavioural and cognitive health conditions; to inform clinical assessment, decision making and interventions (including pharmacology and medications management).
Students will have an opportunity to consider the wider scope of leadership innovation and change management and its impact on care on teams and care provision.
Enable students to explore the relationships between physical and mental health in order to effectively implement holistic care develop the knowledge, skills and understanding of the management of long term condtions within different healthcare contexts.
Consider the impact on the person, their family and how to actively support and empower self care. Explore the concept of empowerment and its application to contemporary mental health care practice.
Enable students to develop academic skills to source and critically analyse evidence from a variety of sources.

Learning outcomes

		Attributes Developed
001	Understand and evaluate the principles of holistic care and assessment promoting individuals' rights, dignity, interests, preferences, beliefs and cultures, developing an understanding of human identity using a person-centered approach.	KCPT
002	Demonstrate personal and professional values and behaviour in accordance with relevant professional codes including taking responsibility for seeking and responding to feedback to develop professional knowledge and skills.	KCPT
003	Demonstrate the knowledge and ability to effectively communicate and contribute to healthcare practice utilising a range of strategies with colleagues and people across the lifespan.	KCP
004	Applies knowledge to identify solutions for ongoing care and co-existing health needs, that considers psychological wellbeing, economic and social/cultural circumstances.	KCP
005	Act with an understanding of legal and ethical frameworks and policy to inform professional care delivery and evidence-based practice, recognising and reporting any situations, behaviours or errors that could lead to poor care.	KCP
006	Identify and analyse knowledge of anatomy and physiology of body systems across the lifespan when assessing, planning and delivery care interventions.	KCP
007	Apply knowledge of altered physiology and body functioning to commonly encountered mental, physical, behavioural and cognitive health conditions to inform clinical assessment, decision making and interventions (including pharmacology and medications management).	KCP
008	Evaluate and apply evidence to inform practice, utilising different types of evidence including research, policy and governance frameworks.	KCP
009	Apply evidence to health care interventions and the evaluation of health care provision to ensure the use of evidence to improve person-centred care.	KCP
010	Apply evidence to health care interventions and the evaluation of health care provision to ensure the use of evidence to improve person-centred care.	KCP
011	Demonstrate ability in a range of relevant clinical skills in simulated and clinical environments utilising health care technology.	KCP
012	Demonstrate the ability to interact effectively and reflect upon your role within a team, understanding the principles of leadership, human factors and strength-based approaches when working in teams to safely and effectively deliver person centered care.	KCPT
013	Build partnerships and therapeutic relationships with service users, carers, families and other professionals to ensure safe, effective and non-discriminatory care.	KCP
014	Apply the knowledge from an evidence base to underpin a person-centered approach to shared assessment, planning and decision making when working with service users, carers, families and other professionals.	KCPT
015	Understand the need to evaluate the effectiveness of care using an evidence base, by self or others, and understand appropriate quality improvement strategies and methodologies to enhance person centered care across the lifespan.	KCP
016	Demonstrate the importance of safe practice and an understanding of risk management strategies, local and national guidelines across a range of clinical environments.	KCP
017	Apply an understanding of public health within practice to support and enable people to make informed choices about their care to manage health, life choices, illness and care.	KCP

Attributes Developed

C - Cognitive/analytical

K - Subject knowledge

T - Transferable skills

P - Professional/Practical skills

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

This module provides a sequential and integrated learning experience using theory and practice, by a spiraling of content that supports student development. There will be a focus on management of increased complexity in patient care, with placement experiences that support reflect the learning within the university learning blocks. Students will have an opportunity to consider the wider scope of leadership innovation and change management and its impact on care on teams and care provision.

Practice within simulation and placement will enable students to further develop clinical proficiencies alongside assessment and decision-making skills, focusing on the management and evaluation of complexity within holistic scenarios within different care environments.

Simulation

Seminars

Online – self-test / additional learning materials / discussion boards / student forums

Classroom discussions

Student-led seminars

Problem based learning

Case studies / scenarios

Experiential learning

practice placement experience

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Other information

The School of Health Sciences Mental Health Nursing programme is committed to developing graduates with strengths in Employability, Digital Capabilities, Global and Cultural Capabilities, Sustainability, and Resourcefulness and Resilience. This module is designed to allow students to develop knowledge, skills, and capabilities in the following areas:

Digital capabilities:

Students will explore the digital transformation of care, adopting new digital technology to reimagine healthcare leading to a cultural transformation and the democratisation of care to improve health outcomes, lowering cost of care and improving the human care experience.

Students are also required to develop and

evidence proficiency in effectively utilising general digital search tools and specialist online health science databases as part of their research and study throughout their degree. They will be supported in reaching such proficiency with ongoing learning and guidance from the School and from the University.

Employability:

Students are exposed to a wide range of employability opportunities that extend beyond the development of clinical / professional skills within practice placements.

Students are also offered a wide range of shorter clinical placements and outreach opportunities, that align to the substantive placement in which they are working. These opportunities help students to plan experiences and activities that map against the NMC proficiencies, whilst equipping them with additional clinical competence, confidence in their practice and ultimately, preparing them for future employability.

Students will be required to demonstrate through their learning and assessment: the ability to source and to assess the accuracy and validity of various sources of information, exercise judgement over how knowledge is analysed, exploring the principles of decision making.

Opportunity for elective placement abroad

Global and cultural capabilities:

Students will be supported to continue develop their cultural competence to support the diverse range of communities engaging with services and play a vital role in improving health, preventing and treating diseases.

Students will be encouraged and supported to explore the current social landscape, social justice, ethical and legal and professional frameworks. The programme content and assessment tasks will require students to develop and demonstrate competence in incorporating relevant critical analyses to explore the evidence base to make evaluative judgements.

Resourcefulness and Resilience:

Students are guided to develop the ability to reflect, evaluate, adapt, and respond flexibly to unforeseen circumstances throughout the module and in the clinical environment. This pillar is fundamental to the development of effective and safe health professionals. Scenario based examples are used to develop students’ ability to respond effectively to changing situations. These skills are tested through formative and summative assessments and in the clinical environment. Students are supported to engage with Wellbeing services and are encouraged to foster resilience through peer support. An integrated programmatic approach and scaffolding helps with both the development of knowledge throughout the academic year and programme and highlights the importance of assessment for learning in the journey of the student. In the ever changing world resilience skills sustain themselves in challenging and difficult working climates.

Sustainability:

Healthcare resources are finite and this module will explore the role of health promotion in providing service users with information to make good choices regarding health behaviours. This will give learners the knowledge and skills to compassionately address current inequalities and maximize long term outcomes which may positively impact on their own and the world’s sustainable development. We have a philosophy which aims to create the future healthcare workforce which is fit for today but which is also future proofed through consideration of an ever changing healthcare landscape. Students will focus on global challenges of our era that are the focus of current policy processes to develop the necessary social skill as global citizens by focusing on social issue (e.g., increase of uptake of vaccines) from the perspective of diverse target audience.

Programmes this module appears in

Programme	Semester	Classification	Qualifying conditions
Nursing Studies (Registered Nurse Mental Health Nursing) BSc (Hons)(NURSES PRE-REG SEP)	Cross Year	Core	Each unit of assessment must be passed at 40% to pass the module

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2024/5 academic year.