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Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title Health Prevention Promotion & Protection Specialist 3
Module Code NS5135 (ITS) / HEA1045 (Banner)
Faculty Science & Health School Nursing, PsyT & Comm Health
Module Co-ordinator-
Module Teachers-
NFQ level 9 Credit Rating 10
Pre-requisite Not Available
Co-requisite Not Available
Compatibles Not Available
Incompatibles Not Available
Coursework Only
Description

The module aims to provide students with opportunities to develop their public health practice through the application of newly acquired knowledge and understanding of health promotion, health protection, disease prevention and infection prevention and control. The module will assist students in applying knowledge and further developing their competencies relevant to public health practice and to the Nursing and Midwifery Board in Ireland (NMBI) Domains of Competence. Students must be working in an area of practice which allows them to gain experience in the key areas of this specialism: disease prevention, health promotion, health protection and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC).

Learning Outcomes

1. Integrate specialist knowledge in public health, including health promotion, health protection, disease prevention and IPC into their own practice
2. Demonstrate competence in NMBI Domains of Competence- Professional values and conduct of the nurse competences
3. Demonstrate competence in NMBI Domain of Competence- Nursing practice and clinical decision making competences
4. Demonstrate competence in NMBI Domain of Competence- Knowledge and cognitive competences
5. Demonstrate competence in NMBI Domain of Competence- Communication and interpersonal competences
6. Demonstrate competence in NMBI Domain of Competence- Management and team competences
7. Demonstrate competence in NMBI Domain of Competence- Leadership potential and professional scholarship competences



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture4Theoretical lectures online: 4 hours
Class Presentation12Presentations of public health practice case studies
Professional Practice130Clinical Practicum: 130 hours Experience in the application of public health skills, for example, health promotion, health protection, disease prevention and IPC, in their practice setting.
Independent Study88Self Directed Study: 88 hours
Seminars16Clinical Practice Preceptors: 16 hours
Total Workload: 250

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

LO1
Integrating specialist theory of public health to practice based initiatives

LO2
NMBI Domains of competence WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce in the European Region

Learning Activities
Workshops/ peer presentations Workplace placement in public health settings

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment100% Examination Weight0%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
PresentationIndividual presentations- students will be required to deliver four oral presentations highlighting case studies demonstrating their competence in applying public health skills in their own practice.30%Week 10
Practice assessment record Public health practice reflection/ competency. Completion of public health practice competence documentation. Pass/ Fail70%Week 12
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

  • Wild, K. and McGrath, M.: 2019, Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses, Wiley Blackwell, Oxford,
  • Naidoo, J. and Wills, J.: 2016, Foundations for Health Promotion, 4th Edition, Elsevier, London,
  • Ghebrehewet, S., Stewart, A., Baxter, D., Shears, P., Conrad, D., Kliner, M.: 2016, Health Protection: Principles and Practice., Oxford University Press, Oxford,
  • Damani, N: 2019, Manual of Infection Prevention and Control, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
  • Elmore, J., Wild, D., Katz, D. and Nelson, H: 2020, Jekel's Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health, 5th Edition, Elsevier, London,
Other Resources

49714, Report, World Health Organization, 2020, WHO-ASPHER Competency Framework for the Public Health Workforce in the European Region, Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 49715, Report, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, 2015, Post Registration Nursing and Midwifery Programmes: Standards and Requirements, Dublin, NMBI, 49716, Report, Health Information and Quality Authority, 2018, National Standards for infection prevention and control in community services, Dublin, HIQA, 49717, Report, World Health Organization, 2021, Health Promotion Glossary of Terms 2021, Geneva, WHO, 49718, Report, Government of Ireland, 2017, Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Slaintecare, Dublin, Government of Ireland,

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