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School of Nursing & Midwifery

4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) Mental Health Nursing

NU3P06 -Working with People who Experience Multiple and Complex Needs (5 ECTS)

 

Learning Outcomes

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

Unit 1 (10 hours)

  • Describe the bio-psychosocial and cultural effects of sexual violence the person, family and society
  • Discuss and critique the relationship between sexual abuse and a diagnosis of personality disorder and eating disorders
  • Describe the care, treatment approaches and service provision in the field of sexual violence
  • Describe the care, treatment approaches and service provision for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder
  • Describe the care, treatment approaches and service provision for people with a diagnosis of an eating disorder

Unit 2: (10 hours)

  • Describe the normal structure and explain the normal functioning of the systems of the body (renal, gastrointestinal, reproductive, cardiovascular, integumentary)
  • Describe and explain the pathophysiology and signs and symptoms of sample disorders of the systems (renal, , gastrointestinal, reproductive, cardiovascular, integumentary) which result from substance misuse
  • Discuss the different theories of drug use and concepts of dependency, harm reduction, prevention, intervention, harm minimization, normalization and risk
  • Describe the bio-psychosocial effects of substance misuse on the person, family and society
  • Describe the treatment approaches and service provision in the field of substance misuse
  • Discuss the social, cultural, political and economic change and its impact for the health of particular disadvantaged groups including: drug users, people with a dual diagnosis in relation to relevant national policy guidelines and legislation
  • Discuss the nursing assessment and interventions for a person with a substance abuse problem

Unit 3 (10 hours)

  • Demonstrate a level of competence in the performance of essential clinical skills and nursing care delivery for Year 3 of the programme

Module Learning Aims

This module will provide the student with the knowledge and skills necessary to care for a person with
multiple and complex needs.

Recommended Reading List

Unit 1:

  • Bryant-Jefferies R. (2006) Counselling for eating disorders in women: Person-centred dialogues. Oxford, Radcliffe.
  • McGee H., Garavan R., de Barra M., Byrne J. and Conroy R. (2002) The SAVI report: Sexual Abuse and Violence in Ireland. A national study of Irish experiences, beliefs and attitudes concerning sexual violence, Liffey Press in association with Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Dublin.
  • Morrissey J., Keogh B. and Doyle L. (2008) Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Irish Perspective. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan

Unit 2:

  • Waugh A. and Grant A. (2006) Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness, 10th edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
  • Gould B.E. (2006) Pathophysiology for the Health Professions, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.
  • Department of Health and Children (2004) Strategic Task Force on Alcohol Second Report. Stationary Office, Dublin
  • Drake R.E., Mueser K.T., Brunette M.F., & McHugo G.J. (2004) A review of treatment for peoples with severe mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 27 (4) 360-374.
  • Moore G. (2008) ‘Working with Addiction Problems’. In Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Irish
  • Perspective (J. Morrissey, B. Keogh, & L. Doyle eds). Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, pp 287-306.
  • Petersen T. and McBride A. (2002) Working with Substance Misusers: A Guide to Theory and Practice. London: Routledge.
  • McGabhann L., Scheele A., Dunne T., Gallagher P., MacNeela P., Moore G. & Philbin M. (2004) Mental
  • Health and Addiction Services and the Management of Dual Diagnosis in Ireland, (NACD). Dublin, Stationary Office
  • Miller W.R. and Rollnick S. (2002) Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change, 2nd Edition. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Prochaska J.O., Norcross J.C. & DiClemente C.C. (1994) Changing for the Good. New York: Harper Collins.
  • National Advisory Committee on Drugs (2004) Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland. National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Dublin.
  • National Advisory Committee on Drugs (2007) An Overview of Cocaine Use in Ireland. National Advisory Committee on Drugs, Dublin.

Unit 3:

  • American Heart Association (2011) BLS for healthcare providers Student Manual (2011), First American Heart Association; USA.
  • Coyne I., Neill F. and Timmins F. (2010) Clinical Skills in Children’s Nursing, 1st edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Dougherty L. and Lister S. (2008) The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, 7th Edition. Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust: Blackwell Publishing.
  • Nicol M., Bavin C., Cronin P. and Rawlings-Anderson K. (2008) Essential Nursing Skills, 3rd Edition. London: Mosby Elsevier.

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