Children and young people become acutely unwell and require nursing in a variety of settings, to meet their individual needs. Accurate clinical assessment and recording of clinical information is essential in the early detection of deterioration in children and young people, and crucial in decision making if children and young people are to receive the best quality care in the most appropriate clinical setting. Spotting the seriously ill child and young person requires vigilance, robust systems such as Paediatric Early Warning Scores, and excellent pathways of communication and response. 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. You’ll develop the knowledge, skills and experience to recognise, communicate and respond competently, with care and compassion, when a child or young person’s presentation indicates they are becoming acutely unwell. You’ll participate in a range of clinical scenarios relating to acutely unwell children and young people, providing evidence-based justification for your clinical decision making.
We’ll enable you to develop an understanding of the role you play as a children’s nurse in the promotion of health and the prevention of ill health for children, young people, and their families. Recognising that children do not grow and mature in isolation but are actors in the wider society. You’ll also develop an awareness of the factors (political and societal) that influence children and young people’s health, both in the United Kingdom and around the world.
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 children and young people’s 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 the care of children and young people 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 care for children and young people.
Children and young people can have complex needs as a result of their underlying condition. Some may have long-term consequences of extreme prematurity, others may have inherited conditions, chronic illness, or sustain life changing injury. Building on your knowledge, skills and understanding, you’ll explore a wide range of complex health care issues experienced by children, young people and their families/carers. You’ll analyse research and evidence to inform decision making and support effective partnership and collaborative multi-professional working. We’ll equip you with the essential knowledge and skills required to provide comprehensive holistic family and child-centred care for children and young people with diverse and complex healthcare needs. You’ll learn to identify the challenges of addressing comorbidities, psychological factors and social influences when assessing and prioritising care while developing the ability to make evidence-based clinical decisions in complex and challenging situations. You’ll explore the implications of polypharmacy in children and young people 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.