General Practice Nursing

This module aims to support you to critically evaluate theories and strategies in integrated care and public health and then apply these theories into practice. You will have the opportunity to develop a local case study to explore the social, political, and historical factors shaping local, national, and international health care provision. The module will also enable the exploration of how integrated care is being applied within professional disciplines and the wider health and social care system.

You will be encouraged to explore your own professional perspective, but also work with colleagues from a range of disciplines to gain an understanding of how integrated is affecting practice and service delivery.

Single Module Principles and Foundations in Integrated Care (15 Credits, Level 7) | University of Salford

Demand for health and social care has been rising consistently over the last few decades and there is now a realisation that there needs to be a much greater emphasis on prevention, self-care, and social care. This module explores co-morbidity and management of complex conditions at an individual, organisational and system level, giving students the opportunity to develop systems improvement using a quality improvement approach.

This module will develop and advance the fundamental clinical skills and knowledge required within the Practice Nursing role. With a strong focus on clinical decision-making, consultation and assessment skills, successful completion of the module will equip you with specialist knowledge and enhance your clinical practice.

Through use of care planning, evidence-based practice, patient-centred care, patient education/self-management and teamwork, you will contribute to clinical effectiveness and safe innovative care delivery.

You will have the opportunity to explore practical application of the theory into the consultation room with opportunities to discuss complex cases and scenarios.

Topics covered:

Chronic disease management- asthma (including paediatric asthma), COPD, diabetes, CVD and hypertension. This will include history taking, clinical diagnosis and management of these conditions.

-Family planning and sexual health.

-Mental health.

-Multiple morbidity.

-Health promotion (including health screening), lifestyle change, including patient education and self-management.

-Respiratory workshop- introduction to spirometry, inhaler technique and choosing the right device, chest auscultation (this will be a face-to-face session).

The use of technology is increasing all the time and is now a key tool in the delivery of health and social care. This module explores not only the technology in use, but importantly how it can be applied compassionately to enhance delivery of care and support prevention, independent living and self-care. This module provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop critical skills for analysis, synthesis, and discussion of research and policy in the use of technology in practice.

After gaining an understanding of the evidence base you will have the opportunity to identify appropriate methods for dealing with complex and ethical issues pertaining to the delivery and management of compassionate person-centred care through digital health solutions (including digital consultation and assessment/ Artificial Intelligence / health monitoring).  Finally, you will identify and critically assess how technology can support and enhance the health outcomes of individuals through integrated approaches, relating these approaches to your own practice.

Single Module Compassionate Digital Integrated Care (15 Credits, Level 7) | University of Salford

Completing the Leading, Developing and Designing Integrated Systems module will enhance your skills in leading in systems at an individual, team and organisational level. This module focuses on development and advancement of co-production and co-design techniques to support leadership.

During this module you will learn to critically evaluate theories and strategies of leadership and co-production, to develop advanced level knowledge, skills, and behaviours to lead on patient and/or service improvements within your healthcare organisation.

You will have the opportunity to engage in activities and mentoring to critically evaluate self and others and critically reflect on techniques required to provide leadership in co-production and co-design of care. 

You will be encouraged to critically appraise your qualities as a leader and their impact in the development of healthy communities, including preventive, self-care and asset-based approaches to health and social care. Exploring how to use co-production and co-design in complex conditions management at a patient, family, and community level.

Single Module Leading, Developing and Designing Integrated Systems (LLD) (15 Credits, Level 7) | University of Salford

This module will look at the practical elements of independent prescribing, accompanied by the theory module Non-medical Prescribing - Independent Prescribing Theory. 

This module is accredited by the NMC, HCPC and GPhC and upon successful completion, you will be able to add an annotation to your professional registration as an independent prescriber.

This module will enable you to evaluate and challenge prescribing practice with reference to evidence based practice, equality and diversity and clinical governance.

This module is accredited by the NMC, HCPC and GPhC and upon successful completion, you will be able to add an annotation to your professional registration as an independent prescriber.

In this module you will focus on the development and advancement of skills in evaluation and research in practice within an organisational setting.

The overall aim of this module is to demonstrate in depth knowledge and understanding of managing quality across integrated services including – Evaluation, Audit, Research, and developing an evidence base in community, primary and integrated care. 

Students will have the opportunity to practically apply quality improvement techniques through activities, critical evaluation of self and others, and critically reflect on techniques for evaluation of quality improvement. 

This module is aimed at registered healthcare professionals who wish to develop their knowledge and competence in contraceptive and sexual health within a community setting.

Topics covered will included:

• Anatomy and physiology of the reproductive system
• History taking
• STI’s-transmission, prevalence and treatment
• Contraceptive methods and rationale for use
• Contraceptive and sexual health needs in specific client groups
• Legal and ethical issues in practice