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

NU3D07 -Physical Health in Persons with an Intellectual Disability 2 Part B (5 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

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

Using a structured approach, describe the nursing care, for typical physical disorders, of people with
intellectual disabilities in their own living environment, related to the following systems: renal/urinary,
immune, skeletal, eye, ear, nose, throat, skin and reproductive system.

Module Learning Aims

This unit of learning seeks to equip the student with knowledge and skills that are necessary for the
delivery of nursing care in practice settings relating to specific conditions. Attention is given in this
module to the student's application of knowledge to practice.

Recommended Reading List

Essential Reading

• BMJ Publishing Group. British National Formulary. (available online through Library.)
  
• Burke E., McCallion P., McCarron M. (2014) Advancing Years, Different Challenges: wave 2 IDS-TILDA, Findings on the ageing of people with an Intellectual Disability. School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College, Dublin.
  
• Carpenito-Moyet L. (2011) Nursing Diagnosis. 13thedn. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.
  
• Gates B. (2006) Care Planning and Delivery in Intellectual Disability Nursing, Blackwell Publishing, U.K.
  
• Gates B. & Mafuba K. (2015) Learning Disability Nursing: Modern Day Practice. CRC Press, UK.
  
• 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. (2009) Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities, Nursing Complex Needs. Wiley Blackwell, U.K.
  
• Royal College of Nursing (2011) Meeting the health needs of people with learning disabilities. RCN guidance for nursing staff. Royal College of Nursing, London.
  

Practicals:

• Nicol M., Bavin C., Cronin P. & Rawlings-Anderson K. (2008) Essential Nursing Skills, 3rd Edition.
  Mosby Elsevier, London.
  

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