Nursing Interventions for the Child in Paediatric Intensive Care (GOSH/LSBU Partnership) (Level 6)

Program Overview

It emphasizes the impact on the child, family, and healthcare professionals, considering ethical, legal, and professional issues. The module develops students' critical thinking skills through research analysis and provides practical assessments to enhance their clinical competencies in pediatric intensive care nursing.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

This module focuses on the ongoing management of infants, children, and adolescents requiring pediatric intensive care. It utilizes a systems-based approach to explore care pathways for managing specific physiological changes experienced by children and young people. The module also considers discharge planning, the implications for ongoing care for the child, young person, and family, and the profound impact of the pediatric intensive care experience on all involved. Ethical, legal, and professional issues are implicitly considered throughout the module.

Objectives:

• Provide students with essential knowledge regarding the management of care for infants, children, and young people requiring specific intensive care interventions, including the ethical, legal, and professional implications of such interventions in light of current practices and government reports.
• Develop students' ability to critically review research studies and literature, highlighting the implications for evidence-based practice within the pediatric intensive care area.
• Enable students to evaluate the impact of PICU admission on the infant, child, young person, and family.

Assessment:

• Element 1 - Clinical Competencies: Practice-based assessment
• Element 2 - Viva voce: To support a clinical practice guideline.

Careers:

This module provides focus and direction for nurses who wish to develop their knowledge and expertise within children's intensive care nursing. It is essential for all nurses working in the children's intensive care setting to have the knowledge and skills to provide a safe and optimal standard of holistic care. The National Service Framework (Department of Health 2004) recognizes the importance of appropriately qualified and trained personnel specific to client needs.

Other:

• The module is available as a standalone module.
• Typical intake: Semester 2
• Venue: GOSH
• The module is essential for nurses working in the children's intensive care setting.