This module is for nurses and other registered healthcare professionals who wish to develop knowledge and skills in managing minor injuries in children and adults. It is intended to develop practice through the efficient use of resources and enable practitioners to manage patients presenting to urgent and primary care settings with minor injuries.

Aims

The module will enable students to provide effective and efficient evidenced based care to patients with minor injuries.

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:

Anatomy and physiology

• Upper limb

• Lower limb

• Facial and head trauma

Pathology

• Types, causes and mechanism of common minor injuries

• A brief overview of epidemiology

Management of minor injuries

• Clinical decision-making in assessment, treatment, diagnosis and complications

• Wound care for minor burns, bites, lacerations and crush injuries to limbs

• Referral, follow-up and appropriate use of resources

• Health education and health promotion

Ethical and legal issues

• Informed consent for patient assessment and management

• An overview of negligence and accountability

• Ethical issues influencing decision-making, follow-up, and referral

• Documentation, record keeping and risk management

Inter/ intra professional working

• Collaborative roles and responsibilities

• Leadership and independent practice

Academic practice

• Database searching

• Referencing and avoiding plagiarism

• Critical Thinking Skills Toolkit

Course length: 6 teaching days

Assessment

Literature review (2000 words) and Competency assessment document

In order to complete the Competency Assessment Document assignment for this module, the student will need to arrange a clinical placement suitable for this module with an Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre or Minor Injuries Unit, for up to 50 hours in practice