Fundamental Aspects of Care

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explain common approaches that nurses may use to assess fundamental care needs and monitor peoples' health status
• Describe the nursing process as a framework that nurses use to meet peoples fundamental care needs.
• Identify principles and concepts that underpin effective communication and relationship management skills for nursing practice
• Begin to collect evidence from authoritative sources which provide the evidence base and rationale for the delivery of fundamental care

The outline syllabus is linked with the learning outcomes and will introduce you to the fundamental aspects of care:

• Introduction to thinking critically and the importance of evidence led practice.
• Introduction to the range of people's care needs that nurses respond to, including the interaction between physical and mental health
• Introducing and developing communication and relationship management skills within nursing
• Introduction to how nurses assess, plan and deliver care to meet fundamental care needs (for example; dignity, safety, comfort, infection prevention, skin integrity, nutrition, hydration, elimination, mobility, hygiene, oral care)
• Coping with challenging situations in nursing practice (e.g. death and dying; raising concerns; violence and aggression).
• Developing awareness of the diversity of the people who nurses may care for
• Introduction to medicines management: principles of safe and effective administration of medicines by nurses; legal / professional frameworks that support medicines management

Clinical Skills sessions:

Vital signs

Fundamental physical assessment skills

Fundamentals of physical care delivery

Aseptic technique

Injection technique

Physical First Aid

Mental Health First Aid (to include responding to distress; anxiety and aggression)

Foundation communication skills

Communication skills with children and young people

Communication with people with frailty and cognitive impairment

The module is taught using a variety of learning and teaching approaches which may include:

Lectures

Seminars

Small group teaching

Interactive theatre

Guided independent study and online learning

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Presentation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: You will receive peer feedback on how you have interpreted the evidence to inform fundamental care. You will also have an opportunity to receive written feedback on your assignment plan.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.