Adults become acutely unwell in clinical or home settings. Accurate clinical assessment and recording of clinical information e.g. observation, medication and fluid balance is essential in the early recognition of an acute deterioration in adults, and crucial in clinical decision making if adults are to receive the best quality care and timely admission to critical care and acute areas. Using evidence-based guidelines and policies you’ll appreciate the need for a structured process for risk assessment, monitoring and communication to optimise clinical decision making that informs patient outcome. The recognition of adult patients’ clinical deterioration and the management of unstable patients are key skills for nurses. You’ll develop the knowledge, skills and experience to recognise, communicate and respond competently, with care and compassion, when a patient’s clinical condition indicates they are becoming acutely unwell. You’ll explore how psychological wellbeing can impact on recovery and the importance of patient focused care and empowerment. Based on a range of different acute conditions, you’ll participate in clinical scenarios, providing evidence-based justification for your clinical decision making.
Personalised care is expected to benefit up to 2.5 million people by 2024, giving them the same choice and control over their mental and physical health that they have come to expect in every other aspect of life (NHS England 2023). To meet the NHS Long Term Plan of personalised care becoming business as usual across the health and care system, you’ll explore the factors that influence personalised care needs and decisions, and a range of skills and approaches to working in partnership with individuals, families, and other professions/agencies to achieve it. You’ll build on your knowledge and understanding of health promotion to explore an assets-based approach to addressing the challenges caused by the wider determinants of health on contemporary public health issues.
We’ll provide you with the opportunities to develop and practice clinical skills in order to achieve all the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses (NMC 2018) identified in the England Practice Assessment Document 3 in adult nursing. We’ll support your transition to an autonomous practitioner in readiness for joining the NMC register. You’ll practice with increased confidence and competence as you apply the knowledge and skills learned throughout Part 3 of the course, to a real-world clinical setting, working with a variety of people who use services and their carers in a range of different settings. You’ll enhance your skills around accountability, professionalism, assessment and care planning, providing and evaluating care, leading and managing nursing care, working in teams, and improving safety and quality of care as part of a wider inter-professional team. Simulation in the University skills laboratory will be used to support evidence based practice in a safe environment, and you’ll undertake practice learning via simulation as part of this module. You’ll have a named Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisors during the practice module. In collaboration with the Practice Assessor/Supervisor, you’ll identify a learning goal for each shift, and will receive feedback on the achievement of that goal. The Practice Assessor, in consultation with the Practice Supervisors, Academic assessor, and yourself, will assess your achievement of professional values, and performance criteria using the England Practice Assessment Document to confirm that you are practising independently with minimal supervision, and leading and co-ordinating care with confidence.
Nursing leaders ensure that the workplace supports high quality, safe and compassionate health care. The nursing leader must be able to ensure direction, alignment and commitment within the team and through this to the entire organisation. In this module you’ll focus on developing a repertoire of skills and knowledge to work and lead patient care effectively within multi-disciplinary healthcare teams, in the often-challenging environments encountered in modern clinical practice. Furthermore, you’ll provide supervision and support to your peers acting as a role model within the healthcare team. You’ll appraise the quality and effectiveness of nursing care and apply understanding of the importance of setting and auditing standards in delivering and maintaining quality care. You’ll understand the importance of exercising political awareness to maximise the influence and effect of registered nursing on quality of care, patient safety and cost effectiveness. As a result of this module, you’ll be equipped to not only make the successful transition from student to qualified practitioner but to generate positive change in delivering high quality patient care in practice.
A growing number of adults are living with complex care needs, co-morbidities, mental health and social challenges. Building on your knowledge and understanding of personalised care, you’ll explore the assessment and management of adults with long-term conditions, complex care needs and co-morbidities in both in-hospital and community settings. You’ll analyse research and evidence to inform decision making, and support effective partnership and collaborative multi-professional working. You’ll explore the implications of polypharmacy in adults with co-morbidities, and gain an understanding of the requirements for non-medical prescribing following NMC registration. We’ll support you through your Undergraduate Major Project to develop skills in sharing knowledge and understanding through poster presentations and writing for publication.
Entering higher education is exciting; but it can also be a daunting experience. At ARU, we want all our students to make the most of the opportunities higher education provides, reach your potential, become lifelong learners and find fulfilling careers. However, we appreciate that the shift from secondary education, or a return to formal education is, in itself, quite a journey. This module is designed to ease that transition. You'll be enrolled on it as soon as you receive an offer from ARU so you can begin to learn about university life before your course starts. Through Into ARU, you'll explore a virtual land modelled around ARU values: Courage, Innovation, Community, Integrity, Responsibility, and Ambition. This innovative module is designed as a game, where you collect knowledge and complete mini tasks. You'll proceed at your own pace, though we you to have completed your Into ARU exploration by week 6. If for any reason you're unable to complete by that date, we'll signpost to existing services so that we can be confident that you are supported.