Module: Communication Skills

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Communication Skills
Module Code	NS413 (ITS) / NUR1090 (Banner)
Faculty	Science & Health	School	Z-Nursing
Module Co-ordinator	-
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only
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Description

To provide a greater understanding of the dynamics of communication and human interactions and to facilitate the development and refinement of communication skills and self-awareness

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify influences on communication
2. Examine the role of communication in the nurse-client relationship
3. Participate in and appraise the value of skill practice for improving communication skills

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	18	No Description
Tutorial	6	No Description
Lecture	10	No Description
Total Workload: 34

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

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communicatin skills

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown

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 -

Indicative Reading List

owen hargie: 2004, Skilled interpersonal communication : research, theory, and practice / Owen Hargie and David Dickson., 4th, Routledge, London :, 0415227208 (PBK.)

Other Resources

None