Acute and High Dependency Care Specialist Role Development

Acute and High Dependency Care Specialist Role Development CPPD

• Overview

This module aims to address the core competence base of specialist practitioners and allied healthcare professionals having to care for acute and high dependency patients with, or who are likely to develop, single organ failure or have recognised critical care needs beyond the expectation of ''normal'' ward care.

The overall aim is to develop the specialist practice skills of practitioners enabling them to clinically assess the critically ill patient, in order to detect subtle changes and respond rapidly to patient care needs, within acute and high dependency care. This will be undertaken through a systems approach to evaluate care needs. The practitioner will have a clear understanding of advanced contemporary treatment protocols within acute and high dependency care.

The focus of the module will be on the role development of acute and high dependency practitioners from a clinical perspective. Therefore, multi-system assessment skills will form a key component. In relation to this, advanced treatment strategies such as non-invasive ventilation and vasoactive support will be explored as will liver failure, haematological disorders and pain management.

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This is a Nursing Studies top-up degree programme module. If you wish to complete a top-up degree, please apply directly on the Nursing Studies programme webpage. If you would still like to complete this module as a CPPD student but would like to complete a top-up degree at a later date, please note that you will only be able to transfer a maximum of 30 credits which have been awarded within 5 years prior to the start date of the programme (top-up degree). For any further information regarding top-up degrees please contact Kim Sanghera (Kim.Sanghera.1@city.ac.uk)

Course Information Start Date Cost Course Code Apply Tuesday 2 May 2017 Home / EU - £1,125 NM3225 Apply Now For additional dates please register your interest Home / EU - £1,125 NM3225 Register Interest Eligibility

Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone module. You must be a qualified nurse or midwife either in the UK or overseas.

Pre-requisite Modules: NM3224 - Acute and High Dependency Care Core Skills (The NM3224 module must be completed before applying for the NM3225 module).

English Requirements

For those students whose first language is not English, the following qualification is also required:

• IELTS: 7.0

Please note that due to changes in the UKVI's list of SELTs we are no longer able to accept TOEFL as evidence of English language for students who require a CAS as of April 2014.

Application Deadline: