4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) Intellectual Disability Nursing

NU2D06 -Physical Ill-Health in Persons with Intellectual Disability Part 1 (10 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

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

Part A:

• Explain the general principles of pathology and pharmacology.
  
• Outline the underlying cause and risk factors and explain the pathophysiology and signs and symptomsof some of the main disorders of the cardiovascular, respiratory, haematological, gastrointestinal, nervous and endocrine systems that are prevalent in the intellectual disability population.
  
• Overview the main treatments and outline the main drugs groups used in the typical dysfunctions of the cardiovascular, respiratory, haematological, gastrointestinal, nervous and endocrine systems that may occur are prevalent in the intellectual disability population.

Part B:

• Discuss how a nurse may carry out a nursing assessment.
  
• Carry out a nursing assessment.
  
• Describe the nursing care, for typical physical disorders, of people with intellectual disabilities in their living environment, related to the following systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, haematological, gastrointestinal, nervous and endocrine.
  
• Demonstrate competence in the performance of essential clinical skills and nursing care delivery.

Practicals:

• Following completion of this module the student should be able to:
  
• Demonstrate the administration of O2, peg feeds and suctioning procedures.
  
• Describe the care of children and adults with infectious diseases.

Module Learning Aims

This module aims to provide the underlying scientific knowledge that underpins comprehension and
understanding of disease, care and pharmacological intervention for some of the physical diseases that
are prevalent in people with an intellectual disability. This module is designed to enable the student to
further his or her knowledge of relevant physical diseases and the nursing interventions that may be
required by people with an intellectual disability in practice.

Recommended Reading List

Essential Reading

• Waugh A., & Grant A. (2010) Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness. 11th edn. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  
• Hinkle J.L. & Cheever K.H. (Eds.). (2013) Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing (13th edn.). Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.
  

Recommended Reading

• BMJ Publishing Group. British National Formulary. (available online through Library.) Carpenito-Moyet L. (2011) Nursing Diagnosis. 13thedn. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.
  
• Gates B. & Barr O. (2009) Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing, Oxford Press, London.
  
• Gould BE. (2006) Pathophysiology for the Health Professions. 3rd edn. Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia.
  
• Greenstein B., Gould D. & Trounce JR. (2009) Trounce's clinical pharmacology for nurses. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  
• McCarron M., Swinburne J., Burke E., McGlinchey E., Mulryan N., Andrews V., Foran S. & McCallion P. (2011) Growing Older with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland 2011: First Results from the Intellectual Disability Supplemental of the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing. School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin.
  
• Pawlyn J. & Carnaby S. (2008) Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities, Nursing Complex Needs. Wiley Blackwell, U.K.

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