Acute Presentations in Nursing Practice

This module seeks to facilitate students in developing the knowledge and skills necessary for the safe, effective and person-centred care of adults with acute illness. Student participation in clinical simulations is a key aspect of the module.

The module will particularly attend to the integration of biological, medical and clinical science with specialist nursing knowledge and skills in recognition of both the science and the art of nursing. Module content focusses on emergency, high dependency and critical care settings. 

1. Critically discuss and apply clinical nursing and scientific reasoning skills to decision-making in acute care contexts.

2. Accurately perform the clinical skills necessary for the nursing care of the person in acute care contexts underpinned by the core values of nursing.

3. Accurately identify clinical deterioration in the adult patient and respond effectively and safely using appropriate principles, tools and evidence.

4. Accurately conduct a systematic and comprehensive assessment of acutely ill adults using appropriate tools and evidence.

5. Critically reflect on the role of the nurse in provision of effective communication in acute care contexts

6. Critically analyse the clinical presentation and the pathophysiology related to a range of acute illness presentations

7. Effectively apply detailed knowledge of the relevant pharmacology and safe administration of medications used in the treatment of acute presentations

8. Critically analyse the role of the nurse in planning, delivering and evaluating person-centred, ethical and safe nursing practice in acute illness scenarios.