Managing Acute Changes in Health Status (MH field GEN)

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate the evidence base which supports nursing responses to acute changes in health status
• Analyse how clinical judgement and decision making skills inform the management of nursing care
• Explore how the nurse may identify, prioritise and respond to risk factors that may lead to deterioration in health status
• Critically discuss the principles, purposes and different types of bio-psycho-social assessment undertaken with people with common mental health disorders.
• Critically discuss the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake a prioritised assessment of people who are experiencing an acute change in health status

Content for ALL Fields: Clinical judgement & decision making Responding to mental and emotional distress including agitation, aggression and challenging behaviour Responding to self-harm and or suicidal ideation Recognising and responding to acute deterioration in physical health status (e.g. sepsis) Breaking significant news Sudden and / or traumatic death Ethical and legal issues in acute care: DNACPR, DOLS Managing risks to vulnerable groups with acute health care needs (e.g. Learning Disability) Human Factors: Safety culture, Debriefing Medicines Management: Safe medicine use. (e.g. drug interactions / reactions including anaphylaxis; recreational drugs; using technology to improve medicines safety; forms of prescribing including PGD) ENGAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY The nature of mental health Explanatory models of mental disorder (ie. biopsychosocial model) Classification of mental disorder Recovery in mental health care Assessment in mental health care (i.e. information gathering) Behavioural change models (i.e. for goal/intervention identification) Use of standardised assessment tools Types of anxiety disorder and mood disorder MANAGING ACUTE HEALTH NEEDS: Mental health and the law Care planning Admission and discharge planning Admission of a person in acute distress Managing risk of self-harm and suicide Managing risk of violence and aggression Engagement and observation of people at risk Psychopharmacology Psychotropic medication in practice The person experiencing psychosis The person with a personality disorder The person with an eating disorder Managing mental health crisis Skills: Taking a structured history Venepuncture and cannulation Physical assessment skills Mental Health assessment Therapeutic communication skills Airway skills and supporting the patient at risk BLS Update Responding to physiological deterioration ECG

Guided independent study Lectures Seminars

Formative

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

Seminar Participation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Peer and seminar led feedback.
• 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.