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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Childrens Nursing 2B
Module Code NS259 (ITS) / NUR1030 (Banner)
Faculty Science & Health School Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinatorFiona Hurley
Module TeachersYvonne Corcoran
NFQ level 8 Credit Rating 5
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
None
Description

To apply general nursing principles to special client groups and practice settings, specifically mental health, maternity care, and care of the older person. To advance students’ knowledge and understanding of the principles and practice of children’s nursing in a variety of settings.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explore the fundamental concepts of care associated with special client groups and their families in a variety of special healthcare settings
2. Explore and expand knowledge of the principle roles of the children’s nurse and the nursing care needs of the infant/child/ adolescent and their family in the acute children’s hospital and community setting.
3. Demonstrate a knowledge of the principles of midwifery practice and the role of the midwife caring for these women and their families
4. Demonstrate a knowledge of the nature of nursing clients and their families with mental illness, categories of mental illness and the implications for general nursing practice in all health care settings
5. Explore the special healthcare needs of the elderly patient and their families



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture33No Description
Independent Study92No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

The concept of mental health and illness
The nature of mental health nursing and the variety of setting in which it occurs. The implications and approaches of mental health and illness in the general setting

Children's nursing
Nursing assessment, care planning, delivery techniques and evaluation of care for the sick infant/child and their family to include the Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS). Principles of care including nursing assessment and care delivery for the newborn, infant feeding and immunization of the newborn/child.

The principles of Midwifery
Models of practice including pre-conception, ante-natal, intra partum and post- natal care.

The principles of caring for the elderly patient
Principles of caring for the elderly patient including safety, mobilisation and advocacy

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment0% Examination Weight100%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories:
Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module.
Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module.
Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1
Indicative Reading List

  • Chambers, M: 2017, Psychiatric and mental health nursing: the craft of caring, 3rd Ed, CRC Press, Boca Raton,
  • Eliopoulos, C: 2018, Gerontological nursing, 9th Ed, Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia, 9781496377258
  • McAlinden, O., Price, J.: 2018, Essentials of nursing children and young people, Sage, Los Angeles, 9781473964853
  • Snow, S., Taylor, K., Carpenter, J.: 2016, Rapid midwifery, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 9781119023371
Other Resources

None

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