Adult Critical Care (Professional Practice)

This module adopts the National Standards for Critical Care Nurse Education (CC3N, 2016) and the General Provision of Intensive Care standards (FICM, 2015) to ensure that critically ill patients are cared by professional nurses who have the appropriate specialist knowledge and skills set to assess, implement and evaluate patients and related care interventions. The module has been developed and will be delivered by a combination of individuals who are academically and clinically credible within the speciality of critical care.

This module aims to provide you with the skills and knowledge required to deliver evidence-based clinical management for the critically ill patient. Through case studies you will develop a deep and systematic understanding of the complexities of critical illness in relation to patients you will provide care for. You will be expected to evaluate the reliability and validity of key evidence to justify management interventions.

This module aims to enhance your knowledge base of applied anatomy and physiology, in relation to body systems and explore the pathophysiological processes that may affect these systems. This module aims to provide you with the skills, in-depth applied physiology, and knowledge required to apply safe high quality bedside care to the critically ill patient and their family. The focus of the module is to provide opportunities for you to interpret the significance of altered pathophysiological mechanisms, pathophysiology of critical illness and its implications will be explored within the context of patient assessment and interpretation of clinical symptoms.

This module aims to provide you with the skills and knowledge required to deliver evidence-based clinical management for the critically ill patient. This module intends to provide you with the opportunity to investigate and evaluate professional and managerial issues within a critical care environment. The topics will allow you to explore the relevant underpinning theories and reflect on the application of theory to clinical practice. It will allow you to reflect on current issues and facilitate a greater understanding on how professional issues impact on health care. We aim to ensure that you acquire the theoretical understanding and skills to advance and promote knowledge in this specialty and develop your leadership skills and confidence to enable the provision of the highest standards of critical care.

This module is for all healthcare practitioners if you want to enhance your understanding of evidence based practice to help improve your patient/client/service-user care. The aims of the module are to develop both your understanding of the importance of best evidence in practice, and your ability to locate, evaluate, and use best evidence in developing aspects of practice.

Good reasons to study Evidence-Based Practice: Clinical practice does not remain static but changes frequently. As a healthcare practitioner you must be able to justify and rationalise your practice to ensure quality care is provide and maintained. To ensure best practice is sustained you, as a practitioner, need to understand the concepts of evidence based practice and how to apply these concepts to your area of practice.

This module is can also be taken as a standalone credit bearing course

This module is aimed at healthcare practitioners who wish to negotiate learning of a bespoke topic. Under the guidance of facilitators, you will be able to direct your learning and identify relevant learning opportunities that you feel enable you to learn more about a specific field of study.

The subject area within this module is student led with guidance and facilitation from designated academic and practice support. You will identify an area of study that you would like to critically review and evaluate and which promotes your clinical development. A significant proportion of the module is based around negotiation with academic and clinical facilitators to identify extended areas of study and opportunities that are possible to enhance your progression towards completion of the study.

This module is can also be taken as a standalone credit bearing course

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This module adopts the National Standards for Critical Care Nurse Education (CC3N, 2016) and the General Provision of Intensive Care standards (FICM, 2015) to ensure that critically ill patients are cared by professional nurses who have the appropriate specialist knowledge and skills set to assess, implement and evaluate patients and related care interventions. The module has been developed and will be delivered by a combination of individuals who are academically and clinically credible within the speciality of critical care.

This module aims to provide you with the skills and knowledge required to deliver evidence-based clinical management for the critically ill patient. Through case studies you will develop a deep and systematic understanding of the complexities of critical illness in relation to patients you will provide care for. You will be expected to evaluate the reliability and validity of key evidence to justify management interventions.

This module aims to enhance your knowledge base of applied anatomy and physiology, in relation to body systems and explore the pathophysiological processes that may affect these systems. This module aims to provide you with the skills, in-depth applied physiology, and knowledge required to apply safe high quality bedside care to the critically ill patient and their family. The focus of the module is to provide opportunities for you to interpret the significance of altered pathophysiological mechanisms, pathophysiology of critical illness and its implications will be explored within the context of patient assessment and interpretation of clinical symptoms.

This module aims to provide you with the skills and knowledge required to deliver evidence-based clinical management for the critically ill patient. This module intends to provide you with the opportunity to investigate and evaluate professional and managerial issues within a critical care environment. The topics will allow you to explore the relevant underpinning theories and reflect on the application of theory to clinical practice. It will allow you to reflect on current issues and facilitate a greater understanding on how professional issues impact on health care. We aim to ensure that you acquire the theoretical understanding and skills to advance and promote knowledge in this specialty and develop your leadership skills and confidence to enable the provision of the highest standards of critical care.

This module explicitly addresses students’ personal and/or professional development with a view to enhancing competence for service improvement in a rapidly changing health and healthcare environment. Through a flexible provision, students are inspired to reflect critically upon their individual learning needs as well as their organisations’ practices, to appraise and apply concepts from the literature on leadership, to issues of relevance for their role, organisation and overall programme of study.

This module is can also be taken as a standalone credit bearing course

This module specifically addresses the broader programme aims related to “pursuing excellence” and “practice-led, knowledge applied” through a flexible provision that encourages students to develop their research ideas, enabling those on various Health MSc programmes to satisfy their individual learning needs, whilst contributing to their area of study.

This module is can also be taken as a standalone credit bearing course

• Choose from a range of CPD modules available

This triple module forms the final bridge between the award of a Postgraduate Diploma and a Health MSc related to a named award. It provides the student with the opportunity to complete a piece of work around a chosen topic in order to demonstrate competence in the planning, execution, analysis and evaluation of a Research Project, a Systematic Review or Project Management. It involves 600 hours of study. The focus is on facilitating the student's independent, critical study in their academic discipline or area of professional practice. It will also serve those who wish to embark on Doctoral studies in the future.

This double module provides the student with the opportunity to complete a piece of work around a chosen topic in order to demonstrate competence in the planning, execution, analysis and evaluation of a Research Project, a Systematic Review or Project Management. It involves 400 hours of study. The focus is on facilitating the student's independent, critical study in their academic discipline or area of professional practice. It will also serve those who wish to embark on Doctoral studies in the future.

• Choose from a range of CPD modules available