Program Overview

Professional Education

Study

Neonatal Nursing: Special Care Level 6 (6KNIN626)

Course Overview

This module will support you to apply safe clinical skills to promote effective care of the neonatal and their family on the special care unit.

Course Features

This module will support you to:

• Discuss the role of the special care unit in relation to high dependency and intensive care units
• Evaluate current evidence-based practice in the special care unit in relation to the infants who meet the criteria for level 1 admission
• Analyse the role of the nurse and the family as members of the multidisciplinary team in the special care unit
• Develop understanding of neonatal physiology and development
• Apply safe clinical skills to promote effective care of the neonatal and their family on the special care unit
• Evaluate current evidence-based practice to underpin the application of family-centred care within the special care unit
• Synthesise and evaluate evidence-based information to underpin decision-making in the care of neonates and their families
• Analyse and evaluate communication skills which promote effective collaborative working between members of the team in the special care unit

Entry Requirements

Qualified nurses who are working in a neonatal unit.

Assessment

Essay

Further Information

Teaching Schedule

01/10/2024, 22/10, 12/11, 26/11

Key Information

Course code: 6KNIN626 Credit level: 6 Credit value: 15 Duration: 8 weeks Fees & Discounts: Full Price: £1,700.00

Offered by

Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care