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Postgraduate Course: Community Nursing Insights (NUST11127)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Health in Social Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course enables the student 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 of current issues and challenges of care in the community context.
Course description This option course develops theoretical understanding of the shift in health and social care and is intended to prepare 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 than 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 consideration 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 take place with an emphasis on examining leadership in community nursing. Students will analyse the importance of communication and the 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 None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
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) Debate (15%)
Course paper (85%) (word count is 3000-3500 words)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Debate the challenges and complexity of nursing in the community settings and analyse the implications across the 5 dimensions (person, team, organisation, me the person, me the role).
  2. Evaluate models of community nursing informed by the ever changing political and social context of care (organisation, me the role).
  3. Synthesise evidence and personal reflections to analyse and debate care planning, delivery and implementation for nursing to support partnership working with people in community settings (5 dimensions).
  4. Synthesise and debate how nurses engage patients and their families to participate fully in community health and social care team working (team, 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
Baird B, Ross S, Honeyman M, (2018) June. Innovative models of General Practice Kings Fund.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-06/Innovative_models_GP_Kings_Fund_June_2018.pdf
In this report innovative models of general practice from the UK and other countries are examined to identify key design features important in designing effective GP services in the future.

Baylis A & Trimble A (2018) June. Leading across health and social care in Scotland
Learning from chief officers¿ experiences, planning next steps Kings Fund.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-07/Scottish_officers_full_final.pdf
This report sets out how the chief officers of the integration authorities have developed their role in the Scottish health and social care system ¿ a narrative of their approach, achievements and direction of travel. It draws on research and analysis by The King¿s Fund on integrating health and social care and system leadership, as well as policy guidance from the Scottish Government.

Chilton S & Bain H (2018) A Textbook of Community Nursing 2nd Ed Routledge, London.

Maybin J, Charles A, Honeyman M (2016) August. Understanding quality in district nursing services. Kings Fund.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/default/files/field/field_publication_file/quality_district_nursing_aug_2016.pdf
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Students will be prepared to care for people in their own home, in the community where their needs are supported and managed. Students demonstrate understanding for the ability to work in the context of continual change, challenging environments, different models of care delivery, with shifting demographics. Students better understand the need to negotiate boundaries and play a proactive role in interdisciplinary teams including the integration of health and social care services. Students will have the confidence and ability to think critically, apply knowledge and skills, and provide expert, evidence-based nursing care within the community setting.

The ability to gather, organise and present orally and in written form complex data and information.
Skills in seeking out relevant literature and developing a written report
Able articulate verbally and in written reflection
Skills in synthesis of relevant policy and research evidence to critique care.
Use of a range of software packaged and IT skills to undertake assessments
Organisation and time management skills for managing the course work

KeywordsCommunity Nursing,Service organisation and delivery,Integrated care agenda,Teamwork,Supervision
Contacts
Course organiserDr Elaine Haycock-Stuart
Tel: (0131 6)50 8442
Email: e.a.haycock-stuart@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr David Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3969
Email: dmorri14@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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