4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) General Nursing
NU2G04 General Nursing 4 (5 ECTS)
Learning Outcomes
Following completion of this module the student should be able to:
- Discuss a nursing assessment, problem identification, individualised care planning and associated nursing interventions of persons experiencing altered neurological and endocrine function
- Describe the nursing care of patients with common neurological disorders
- Demonstrate skill in the assessment of the neurological status of a patient, to includes the GCS
- Describe the nursing care of a patient before, during and after a lumbar puncture
- Discuss the role of the nurse in relation to the relevant diagnostic procedures used in the care of persons experiencing altered neurological function
- Discuss the nursing care and management of patients with type 1 and type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Discuss the nursing care and management of patients with Diabetic keto-acidosis and hypoglycaemia
- Discuss how complications of Diabetes Mellitus might be reduced
- Discuss the role of the nurse in relation to the relevant diagnostic and therapeutic interventions used in the care of persons experiencing altered endocrine function
Module Learning Aims
The aims of this module are to introduce the student to the theory underpinning the nursing care of
persons experiencing altered health related to neurological and endocrine function.
Develop the students knowledge of neuro-endocrine nursing for application in the clinical practice
setting.
The module is presented in two units of study, as follows:
- Unit 1 Nursing care in altered neurological function
- Unit 2 Nursing care in altered endocrine function
Recommended Reading List
Essential Reading
- Dougherty L. & Lister S., (eds.) (2011) The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, 8th edn. Blackwell Publishing, Chichester.
- Hinkle J.L., & Cheever, K.H. (eds.) (2014) Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 13th edn. Wolter Kluwer | Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
Recommended Reading
- Chaney, D. and Clarke A. (2014) Nursing care of conditions related to the endocrine system. In Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: A Systems Approach, by Brady, AM. McCabe, C. and McCann, M. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Department of Health & Children (2006) Diabetes: Prevention and Model for Patient Care. Department of Health & Children, Dublin.
- Graveling A., & Frier B. (2009) Hypoglycaemia: An overview. Primary Care Diabetes 3(3),131-9. Iggulden H. (2006) Care of the Neurological Patient. Blackwell, Oxford.
- Irish Diabetes Prevalence Working Group (2007) Making Diabetes Count: What Does the Future Hold? The Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Dublin.
- Kitabchi A., Guillermo E., Miles J., & Fisher J. (2009) Hyperglycemic crises in adult patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care 32(7), 1335-1343.
- World Health Organisation (2004) Diabetes Action Now. WHO: Geneva.
* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.