Intensive Care of the Neonate

NURS9105C Intensive Care of the Neonate 20 Variable teaching patterns Undergraduate Cont Education/Prof Developmen Cassie Swire Unit coordinator Nursing & Midwifery 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Last part of a Bachelors ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 10.0 Welcome to the course unit. You may undertake this course unit as part of your degree pathway, or you may undertake the unit as a "stand alone" course unit. It is a level 6 course and worth 20 credits. This course unit is presented as the core unit within the Neonatal Pathway leading to the award of BSc. (Hons) in Nursing/Midwifery/Professional Practice. The course unit builds upon the North West Foundations in Neonates Programme or alternatively a pre-course study package, both of these addressing focused areas of study and clinical competencies. The course unit will enable you to provide competent neonatal care for  infants requiring intensive care within the managed clinical networks. Beyond the core course unit, you can undertake a series of twenty credit course units  including Safeguarding Children and Young People, Leadership and Management and Ethics and Law.Alternatively you may undertake the forty credit course unit Enhancing Neonatal Nursing Practice. Nursing developments and their integration into neonatal care. Professional, financial and political influences on neonatal practice and care provision. The aetiology and provision of critical and long term neonatal management.  Focal family sociological and psychological integration.  Homeostatic imbalance and disease patterns relevant to intensive conditions. Management of conditions requiring intensive care.  Mortality and morbidity management.  Ethical and legal issues related to care management.  Reflection on intensive neonatal management on nursing practice.  Research based practice developments and the role of the nurse managing neonatal care. Auditing and quality management and its impact upon care. Enable staff to meet the complex needs of infants and families requiring Neonatal Intensive Care. (NICU) To develop knowledge and skills to support the family unit at times of severe illness and  stress.    To provide nursing expertise within networks and to local, national and international forums. Encourage nurses to become an integral part of research strategies focused on neonatal management, by developing skills to relate current research to present and future practice and to support the exploration of practice and development    • To ensure knowledge and understanding by critical analysis of disease patterns and  processes, planning and management of care in the NICU and relating this to  potential sequelae of care that may affect the intensive care neonate either short or  long term.  • To integrate in-depth knowledge of pathophysiology and justify the use of  technological developments to support homeostasis in the intensive care neonate.  • To understand and critically evaluate the potential iatrogenic sequelae of disease and be proactive in management to avert such occurrences, thereby minimising distress and discomfort for the neonate and family.  • To provide support and guidance for colleagues contributing to the enhancement of NICU care. • To support the development of intellectual skills by assessment and critical analysis of  professional, political and financial drivers that may impact on care, and to support  exploration and debate of these issues and their integration into relevant health care.  • To evaluate care strategies and be instrumental in evaluating standards and quality of care and management in Neonatal Intensive Care environments.<div> </div> • To promote the development of practical skills that supports the co-ordination of  initiation, management, facilitation and evaluation of care given to the NICU baby and  family.  • Providing suitable environments and competence in care and management for the neonate and family during episodes of intensive care. • To develop transferable skills of critical analysis, promotion and integration of  management strategies that will empower the nurse to provide excellent holistic care and disseminate this knowledge to their colleagues.  • Critically explore the needs of the family and be proactive in developing and disseminating flexible and innovative neonatal family practices.  • To integrate into the neonatal team and to become instrumental in developing and evaluating standards and strategies to promote excellence in care in the Neonatal environment at all levels of care. 7 Oral assessment/presentation 50% 8 Practical skills assessment 50% Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is  utilised across all postgraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced.  Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on blackboard, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit.  BSc(Hons) Midwifery Practice BSc(Hons) Midwifery Practice First Year Optional BSc(Hons) Midwifery Practice BSc (Hons) MP (NonSLA) First Year Optional BSc(Hons) Nursing Practice BSc(Hons) Nursing Practice First Year Optional BSc(Hons) Nursing Practice BSc Nursing Practice (NonSLA) First Year Optional CPD Stand Alone Units CPD Stand Alone Units First Year Optional CPD Stand Alone Units CPD SA (NonSLA) First Year Optional N Lectures 40 Tutorials 2 0 158