Program Overview

Principles of Orthopaedic Care (Level 6)

Overview

This module is designed to facilitate the nurse to become a competent and knowledgeable practitioner in planning and implementing care for orthopaedic patients undergoing both elective and trauma orthopaedic care. It aims to introduce the practitioner to a range of orthopaedic disorders, their associated anatomy and physiology and care. The unit has been developed in conjunction with the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore.

Career Benefits

This module seeks to provide focus and direction for practitioners who wish to develop their skills and expertise in relation to orthopaedic care nursing across the age spectrum. The module aims to enable an individual practitioner to have broader competence skills to progress in a direction that meets workforce development, meeting the needs of the future NHS as outlines in the Five Year Forward View in 2014 by the Department of Health (DH,2014) and the HEE agenda for Clinical Academic Careers Framework (HEE 2015).

Encompasses multi-professional working and a sharing of expertise and skills across traditional professional boundaries and fields as new services and roles are being developed to meet current and future challenges for post operative service delivery. Completion of this module should help the practitioner to be in a better position to progress in their career.

Assessment

• Element 1 - Competence Document
• Element 2 - 3000 word case study

Both elements of assessment must be passed to pass this module.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

• To demonstrate an understanding of the role of the orthopaedic nurse in the delivery of care.
• Increase knowledge and understanding National and local health care policies and initiatives aimed at improving patient care and safety.
• Promote quality care by utilising and evaluating available evidence

Intellectual skills

• Become an autonomous and accountable decision maker.
• Synthesise information from a number of sources in order to provide high quality care.

Practical Skills

• Demonstrate clinical competence in the field of orthopaedic assessment, patient monitoring, medication, and the promotion of patient safety.
• Demonstrate effective essential clinical skills pertinent to orthopaedic care.
• Problem solve in changing and challenging health care situations.

Transferable skills

• Demonstrate ability to think logically and systematically in the provision of care.
• Develop a reflective approach to work and academic study.
• Effectively communicate ideas and convincingly both orally and in writing.

Courses this module can contribute to

• BSc (Hons) Professional Nursing Practice (Orthopaedic Care)
• Graduate Diploma in Professional Nursing Practice (Orthopaedic Care)
• Graduate Certificate in Professional Nursing Practice (Orthopaedic Care)
• BSc (Hons) Professional Nursing Practice
• BSc (Hons) Health Studies

Entry Requirements

• 120 credits at Level 5 or equivalent.
• Registration on a Professional Register.
• A minimum of 12 months' post-registration experience (of which 6 months must be in a related area of practice).