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Module Code - Title:

NM4096 - PERSON CENTRED APPROACHES TO REHABILITATION NURSING

Year Last Offered:

2025/6

Hours Per Week:

Lecture

2

Lab

2

Tutorial

0

Other

4

Private

2

Credits

6

Grading Type:

N

Prerequisite Modules:

Rationale and Purpose of the Module:

This module will explore person centred approaches in supporting individuals with rehabilitation care needs through primary, secondary and tertiary interfaces.

Syllabus:

Concepts of rehabilitation and recovery, individual values, preferences and choices. Assessment frameworks, therapeutic interventions and transitions of care across emergency and specialist departments and care teams using exemplars including COPD exacerbations and outreach care, Parkinson's disease, Multiple sclerosis. Stroke care, hip fracture and frailty syndrome, amputation, chronic renal disease, transplantation. Collaborative practice and coordination of care planning services across multidisciplinary teams; recovery and rehabilitation in partnership with families, carers, services and teams, connecting primary, secondary, and tertiary services, community, voluntary and support groups. Clinical Skills 1. Mobility and positioning 2. Rehabilitation and assessment frameworks 3. Strategies to prevent complications in rehabilitative care 4. Pressure area care, tissue viability 5. Enhancing and developing sensory care 6. Functional neurological assessment 7. Self-management strategies

Learning Outcomes:

Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)

Upon successful completion of this module the students will be able to: Discuss the concept of rehabilitation in promoting person centred nursing. Discuss the role of nursing in facilitating an integrated and collaborative approach to care across primary, secondary and tertiary interfaces.

Affective (Attitudes and Values)

Upon successful completion of this module the students will be able to: Demonstrate an appreciation of the role of the nurse in supporting persons through admission, rehabilitation and the transition journey through hospital and community settings. Demonstrate an appreciation of the impact for families in caring for individuals throughout rehabilitation processes. Demonstrate professional commitment to providing safe, quality, person centred care acknowledging the uniqueness of the person and their family.

Psychomotor (Physical Skills)

Upon successful completion of this module the students will be able to: Demonstrate the ability to perform nursing clinical skills associated with the module.

How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:

This module aims to develop and apply students understanding of rehabilitation nursing through engaged learning modalities. The creative use of learning strategies promote student responsibility in accessing and using national and international evidence and applied to nursing practice. Students use person centred nursing philosophies to support the person transitioning across primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services. Learning strategies include lectures, clinical skills laboratories, peer group discussions, enquiry/problem based learning, and reflection. Students will also be expected to take increased responsibility for self-directed study to support their learning.

Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):

Prime Texts:

Burns, D. (2018) Foundations of adult nursing, 2nd edition , London: Sage.
Mauk,K.L. (2015) Rehabilitation nursing. A contemporary approach to practice , London: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
Hinkle, J. L., Cheever, K. H. and Overbaugh, K (2020) Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition , Philadelphia: Lippincott.
O'Hanlon, S. and Smith, M. (2020) A Comprehensive Guide to Rehabilitation of the Older Patient, 4th Edition, , Dublin: Elsevier

Other Relevant Texts:

Nicol. J. and Hollowood, L. (2019) Nursing adults with long term conditions, 3rd ed. , London: Sage.
Elcock, K., Wright, W., Newcombe, P. and Everett, F. (2019) Essentials of nursing adults, , London: Sage.
Lister, S. E., Hofland, J. and Grafton, H. (2020) The Royal Marsden manual of clinical nursing procedures, 10th edition, , New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell

Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:

Semester(s) Module is Offered:

Spring

Module Leader:

Seffie.ODonnell@ul.ie