This is an option module within the MSc Healthcare Practice programme and may also be taken as a free-standing module. It is suitable for registered nurses wishing to gain insight into the knowledge and skills required to provide evidence-based care within a primary care setting. The module content reflects the diverse nature of this area of practice and includes the exploration and critical analysis of contemporary professional issues, screening and health promotion, skills-based competencies and the management of long-term conditions.

 

Aims:

The module will enable nurses with no previous specialist knowledge to gain an evidence-based understanding of the knowledge and skills required for general practice nursing.

 

What and how you will learn on this module

 

How you will learn:

This module is delivered using a blended learning approach which integrates a variety of on-campus and online activities, supported by Canvas, the University’s virtual learning environment. A complementary range of activities are employed to engage you in the critical exploration of key topic areas, and the completion of formative tasks during the module also helps to keep you on track with the learning and gain feedback on your understanding of the content. A sense of community is developed and maintained with frequent opportunities for peer learning, enabling you to share your practice experiences and to learn from each other. Level 6 and level 7 students taking this module may be taught together.

Academic writing and critical thinking skills are developed through ‘The Critical Thinking Skills Toolkit’ and other academic practice activities embedded within the module, that have been designed to nurture the skills needed to facilitate you to become a thoughtful, objective and reasoned thinker. This will help you tackle the assignment(s) confidently, understand marking criteria, use evidence, take a reasoned approach, make structured arguments and engage with other points of view. 

 

What you will learn:

• Social policy and General Practice Nursing

• Principles and theories to underpin the strategic position of primary care

• The role of the General Practice Nurse within primary care

• Areas of service delivery and enterprise within primary care

• Public health- policies related to GP practice

• Commissioning and provider arm of primary care

• Primary care and quality assurance frameworks

• Social enterprise and partnership working

• Service user involvement.

• Medico-legal issues

• Informed consent/ informed refusal of services and care

• Capacity

• Fraser competency

• Documentation and accuracy using ICT systems

• Caldicott guidelines and confidentiality

• Professional accountability and duty of care.

• Screening and health promotion

• New patient and well person screening

• Primary and secondary prevention

• Health promotion and well-being

• Public Health.

• Long term conditions

• Screening for long term conditions

• Cancer as a LTC

• Medicines management

• Caring for the person with complex needs

• Self-management, empowerment and shared decision making.

• Communication:

• Communication skills and history taking

• Negotiation and multi-agency working

• Motivational interviewing.

• Clinical skills:

• Wound management

• Well woman, cervical screening and contraception

• Infection control

• Risk assessment- safeguarding children and adults

• Immunisation (child and adult) and travel health.

 

Academic Practice

• Database searching

• Referencing and avoiding plagiarism

• Critical Thinking Skills Toolkit.

 

Course length: 10 Teaching Days

 

Assessment

Reflective essay (4000 words) and Competency assessment document