| CODE | NUR3114 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Medical Management of Geriatric Patients | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will focus on the assessment and management of common geriatric syndromes through the use of a comprehensive geriatric assessment. The importance of an interdisciplinary team approach will be highlighted in clinical practice using a biopsychosocial approach. In addition, the unit will provide an overview of the effects of aging on the presentation and course of disease in older people and of common clinical geriatric syndromes such as falls, incontinence, impaired mobility and other common age-associated conditions. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of the study unit is to provide students with an overview of the assessment and management of common geriatric syndromes with a focus on a biopsychosocial approach including impaired mobility, falls, incontinence, pressure sore ulceration and other common age-associated conditions. Moreover, the study unit will also seek to provide students with the knowledge and skills to carry out a comprehensive geriatric assessment as part of the interdisciplinary team. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate a critical understanding of the theoretical bases of the care of older people; - Develop an appreciation of the effects of ageing on the presentation and course of disease in older people; and - Identify and prevent common clinical geriatric syndromes that occur in the care of older persons. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate a critical evidence-based approach to undertaking a comprehensive geriatric assessment of older people; - Utilise confidently the different rating scales used in the comprehensive geriatric assessment of older people; and - Reflect on the importance of interdisciplinary working in the care of the older adult. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Eliopoulos, C. (2013). Gerontological nursing. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - Mauk, K. (2010). Gerontological nursing: Competencies for care. Jones & Bartlett Learning. Supplementary Readings: - Nicholl, C. G., & Wilson, K. J. (2012). Lecture notes: elderly care medicine. John Wiley & Sons. - Blundell, A., & Gordon, A., (2015). Geriatric medicine at a glance. Wiley-Blackwell. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Online Learning | ||||||||||||
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