AU1S012 - Assessing Needs And Creating Therapeutic Opportunities 01 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: AU1S012
Module Title: Assessing Needs And Creating Therapeutic Opportunities
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: Integrated Health, Social Care and Post Registration Nursing
Faculty Sub Group: Collaborative Provision
Module Leader: Katie Spender
Module Team: Anitha Livingstone, Stacey Jenkins, Stuart Baker
First Intended Intake: SEP 2023 Final Year of Intake: 2025
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 4
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100290 - nursing
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 01 Sep 2023
Valid To 31 Aug 2028

Module Aims

To provide the student with knowledge and understanding to assess and contribute to integrated care and create therapeutic opportunities for service users across a range of care settings and client groups.

Content Summary

The content of this module will be applied across all four fields of practice. The module will explore the following themes:

Processes and techniques of person-centred assessment to include mental, physical, cognitive, behavioural, spiritual, cultural, language and development influences on assessment process across a range of settings.

Communication and interpersonal skills in assessment process and development of therapeutic relationships across all client groups.

Introduction to the evidence base underpinning assessment and therapeutics across a range of client groups. Introduction to evidence-based assessment tools/frameworks across a range of care settings and client groups.

Assessment tools applied to a range of service users and lay the foundation on which to base therapeutic interventions.

Introduction to non-pharmacological principles and interventions applied to fields of nursing. The principles of evaluating assessment and therapeutic interventions.

Legal frameworks underpinning assessment including Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health (Wales) Measure.

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 4
Independent Study 100
Directed Study 90
Active/Simulation Based 6
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the core principles of evidenced based biopsychosocial assessment across care settings

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Essay 1 Evidenced based discussion of an assessment tool/framework related to field of practice 0 2500 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1
Essay 1

Reading List

Aveyard, H. (2018) Doing A Literature Review in Health and Social Care: A practical Guide (4th Edition). Open University Press. Maidenhead.

Cooper, K. Gosnell, K (2019) Foundations of Nursing (8th Edition). Elsevier. London

Delves-Yates,C (2018) Essentials of Nursing Practice (2nd Edition). Sage. London.

Dougherty, L. Lister, S. West-Oram, A.(ed) (2015) Royal Marsden manual of clinical procedures (9th Edition). John Wiley & Son ltd. Oxford.

Young, S. Pitcher, B (2016) Medicines management for nurses at a glance. Wiley Blackwell. London.

Adult Texts

Gaskell, E. Rostron, C. (2013) Therapeutics and human physiology. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Brooker, C. Nicole, M (2011) Alexander’s Nursing Practice (4th Edition). Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh.

Peate, I. (2019) Alexander’s Nursing Practice Hospital and Home (5th Edition). Elsevier. London. Peate, I., Nair, M., Hemming, L., Wild, K, Burke, K. (2012) Adult Nursing: Acute and Ongoing Care. Pearson, London.

Child Texts

Boyd, D. Bee, H (2017) Lifespan development. Pearson Education. London Blair, K (2015) Medicines management in children’s nursing. Sage. London

Price, J., McAlinden, O. (2018) Essentials of Nursing Children and Young People. Sage, London.

Learning Disabilities Texts

Barber C. (2015) Caring for people with learning disabilities a guide for non-specialist nurses. Lantern Publishing. Banbury.

Grant, A., Goodman, B. and Bach, S. (2019) Communication & interpersonal skills in nursing (2nd Edition), Learning Matters Ltd, Exeter.

Hardy, S., Chaplin, E. and Woodward, P. (2016) Supporting the Physical Health Needs of People with Learning Disabilities: A Handbook for Professionals, Support Staff and Families. Pavilion Publishing. Brighton.

Moulster, G., Iorizzo. J., Kernohan. J. (2019) The Moulster and Griffiths Learning and Disability Nursing Model: A framework for practice. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. London.

Prasher, V. and Janicki, M. (2019) Physical Health of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. (2nd Edition). Springer. Cham (Switzerland).

Priest, H., Gibbs, M. (2000) Mental Health Care for People with Learning Disabilities. Churchill Livingston. London.

Quigley, B., Palm, M. and Bickley, L. (2017) Nursing guide to Physical Examination and History Taking. (2nd Edition). Wolters Kluwer. Philadelphia.

Mental Health Texts

Wright, K.M & McKeown, M (eds) (2018) Essentials of Mental Health Nursing. Sage. London. Wrycraft, N (2015) Assessment and Care Planning in Mental Health Nursing. Open University Press. Maidenhead.