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Module Title |
Nursing and Humanties
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Module Code |
NS273
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School |
School of Nursing and Human Sciences
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Online Module Resources
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| Module Co-ordinator | Dr Briege Casey | Office Number | H212 |
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Level |
2
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Credit Rating |
5
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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To enable students to reflect more deeply on the complexity of the human experiences of health, sickness, disability and death through studying the expression of these experiences in the arts and humanities.
To encourage students to explore the nature of nursing and caring and discover more creative, imaginative approaches to nursing roles and patient care.
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Learning Outcomes
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On completion of this module the student will be able to:
Use a range of interpretative approaches to reflect on people's experiences of health.
Illness and caring.
Through study of arts and media, discuss how contextual and cultural factors influence people's perceptions and articulation of health, illness and caring.
Demonstrate greater sensitivity to the lived experiences of people in relation to health and illness.
Discuss the portrayal of nursing in the arts and media and reflect on the nature of nursing.
Reflect on the nature, experience and complexities of caring from recipient and care-giver accounts.
Identify and use arts and humanities for personal creativity/ fulfilment and considered approaches to patient care.
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
24
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Tutorials |
4
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Laboratories |
0
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Seminars |
6
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Independent Learning Time |
41
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Total |
75
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Placements |
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Assignments |
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NOTE
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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The use and usefulness of humanities in nursing.
Interpretative approaches and their relationship to nursing.
Health and illness in the humanities - contexts and cultures.
Concepts and meanings of health and illness in relation to:
Gender,
Culture,
Age,
Health and illness in the humanities - lived experiences.
Exploration of the following themes/ experiences as represented in the humanities:
Disintegration,Being a patient,Being in pain,
Being excluded,Living with handicap/disability,
Experiencing beauty,Experiencing hope/hopelessness,Living on the margins,
Experiencing meaning/ meaninglessnessBeing afraid, Feeling in control/ powerlessness Recovery,Living with long-term illness,Feeling violated,
Grieving, loss and dying,Experiencing caring,Experiencing the body.
Nursing and caring in the humanities
Historical and modern portrayal of nurses and nursing roles.
Nursing as an art.
Creative/ artistic expression in nurses.
Caring
The experience of caring.
Roles of care-givers - complexities and ethical issues.
Using the humanities in caring practice.
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
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Indicative Reading List
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Readings from the following texts (this list is not definitive) in addition to other sources and forms of arts as already described.
Sontag S., 1977. Illness as Metaphor. Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex
Styron W., 1991. Darkness Visible. Vintage, London
Baier S and Schomaker M.Z. (1986) Bed Number Ten Reinhart and Winston. New York.
Lear M. (1984) Heartsounds Pocket books New York.
Monette P.(1988) Borrowed Time: An Aids memoir, Abacus, London.
Kafka F. (1992) Metamorphosis and other stories (Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir) Minerva, London.
Keenan B (1992) An Evil Cradling London: Vintage
Moffat M.J. (1992) In the Midst of Winter: Selections from the literature of Mourning. Vintage books, London
Alther L. (1996) Other Women. Plume Books New York.
Bayley J. (1998) Iris: a memoir of Iris Murdoch. Duckworth, London.
Potok C. (1993) I am the clay Penguin: London
Pointon A., Davies C.(1997) Framed- Interrogating Disability in the media. British Film Institute, London.
Tolstoy (1981) The death of Ivan Illyich London: Bantam
Mc Crum (1998) My Year off. Picador, London.
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| BNGN | BSc in Nursing (General) |
| BNID | BSc in Nursing (Intellectual Disability) |
| BNPY | BSc in Nursing (Psychiatric) |
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