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Undergraduate Course: Community Nursing (NUST10002)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course enables the student nurse to have greater knowledge and understanding about working within community health and social care teams whilst focusing on providing flexible holistic care. The student will gain confidence as they enhance and consolidate their knowledge relevant to contemporary health and social care.
Course description This honours option course develops theoretical understating of the shift in health and social care and is intended to prepare student nurses to work within community health and social care teams to provide flexible holistic care. Examination of teamwork and clinical supervision helps prepare the student for working in the changing health and social care context.

The course will be offered alternate years. The course will only run if there are more 12 students.

Students will analyse the socio- political context within which community nursing in Scotland is situated leading to an exploration of why community nursing is different and evolving? Students will critique the integrated health and social care agenda.

As part of the course students will consider the 5 dimensions (person (client/patient), team, organisation, me the person, me the role) in respect of caring in the community. This approach is to help understand the complexity of service organisation and delivery in the community and the work of the community nurse. The community nurse is considered mainly within the district nursing team, but considerations is also given to aspects of health visiting in the course

Students will debate developments in anticipatory care, long term conditions and enabling supporting self-care in addition to prevention (early years) for patients and clients.

An examination of change management reformed teams and multidisciplinary teams will occur with an emphasis on examining leadership in community nursing. Students will analyse the importance of communication and safe sharing of timely and accurate information in multidisciplinary teams in respect of service organisation and care delivery.

Consideration will be given to developments in safeguarding vulnerable adults and children.

For 'me the person' we will examine supporting resilience of the nurse with an emphasis on (clinical) supervision and support when working in the community.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Students must have progressed to Honours to take this class.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Course paper 100%. 4-4500 words excluding references.
Feedback Formative: In the University: In the first week the nursing students will write a short (max 500 words) reflective piece on their overall experience of community in Year 1 and Year 2 and their goals for nursing in the health and social care context in the future and share that with the lecturer and peers (fellow students). Non nursing students will reflect on developments in community health and social care in the last decade. All students will be required to give consideration to the evaluation of the models and contexts of care. The lecturer will provide feedback/comments.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. By the end of this honours options the students will have acquired the ability to: Appraise the challenges and complexity of nursing in the community settings and consider the implications across the 5 dimensions (person, team, organisation, me the person, me the role).
  2. Evaluate health and social care policy relevant to community nursing informed by the ever changing political and social context of care (organisation, me the role).
  3. Critique strategies to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care and support in partnership with people in community settings (5 dimensions)
  4. Evaluate the challenges for nurses and patients to participate fully in community health and social care team working (me the role, me the person).
  5. Debate the strengths and limitations of leadership in community nursing (team, me the role, me the person).
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Students will engage in lecture/workshop format with the lecturer. Preparatory reading and activities will be required for the teaching session. Students need to engage in reflection, class debate and discussion.

Students will reflect on their clincal experiences as relevant to community health and social care. The course will be taught in accordance with the pattern for honours option delivery in nursing studies 20 lectures over 10 weeks
Keywordscommunity nursing,service organisation and delivery,integrated care agenda,teamwork
Contacts
Course organiserDr Elaine Haycock-Stuart
Tel: (0131 6)50 8442
Email: e.a.haycock-stuart@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Lisa Binder
Tel: (0131 6)51 3969
Email: lisa.binder@ed.ac.uk
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