4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) Children's/General Integrated Degree Programme

NU4C06 Continuing Healthcare (Children's Nursing) (5 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

Following completion of this module the student should be able to:

• Caring for the child with a terminal illness (including cancer) and their family
  
• Caring for the child with a haematological disorder and their family
  
• Caring for the child with a burn injury and their family
  
• Caring for the child with poisoning and their family
  
• Accidents in childhood
  
• The nurse’s role in the prevention and management of childhood illnesses including the National
  
• Childhood Immunisation Programmes.

Module Learning Aims

The aim of this module is to introduce the student to the principles and practice of caring for the sick
child. The focus is to provide the student with the necessary knowledge and skills in order to participate
in the assessment, planning, implementation and delivery of care to children with a range of illnesses,
and their families on clinical placement.

Recommended Reading List

Essential Reading

• Association for Children with a Life-Threatening Illness (ACT) and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2003) Guide to the Development of Paediatric Palliative Care Services. 2nd edn. ACT/RCP&CH, London.
  
• Davies R. & Davies A. (2011) Children and Young People’s Nursing, 3rd edn. Hodder Arnold, London Coyne I., Neill F. & Timmins F. (2010) Clinical Skills for Children’s Nursing. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  
• Edwards S. & Coyne I. (2012) A Survival Guide to Children's Nursing. Churchill Livingston Elsevier, United Kingdom.
  
• Department of Health and Children (2005) A Palliative Care Needs Assessment for Children. The Stationery Office, Dublin.
  
• Department of Health and Children (2009) Palliative Care for Children with Life-Limiting Conditions in Ireland. The Stationery Office, Dublin.
  
• Feudtner C. & Connor S. (eds.) (2004) Palliative Care in Infants, Children and Adolescents. A Practical Handbook. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  
• Hockenberry M. & Wilson D. (2011) Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and Children, 9th edn. St Louis, Mosby.
  
• Ingleton C. & Seymour J. (eds) (2004) Palliative Care Nursing Principles and Evidence for Practice. Open University Press, Berkshire.
  
• National Institute for Clinical Excellence (2003) Supportive and Palliative Care Guidance for Cancer. NICE, London.
  
• O'Reilly M. (ed) (2005) Palliative Care for Children in the Irish Republic. Open University Press McGraw Hill Education, Buckingham.
  

* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.