| CODE | NUR5154 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Advanced Nursing Management and Care in Perioperative Contexts | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 10 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | - The study-unit focuses on organisational factors specific to perioperative contexts with an emphasis placed on core principles at team, study-unit, and departmental, levels, which either facilitate or hinder optimal patient care, preparing students to navigate the complexities of healthcare organisations. - The study-unit further equips students with the skills, knowledge, and competence to enhance teamwork efficiency, to establish and sustain professional relationships in the highly dynamic and occasionally chaotic environments, to promote adaptability and resilience. - Communication strategies and tools are also a central theme that optimise patient care and students will critically evaluate information flow, honing their communication skills essential. - The study-unit facilitates cultural diversity awareness and sensitises students to diverse cultural perspectives of multiple stakeholders emphasising the integration of cultural competence into perioperative nursing and collaborative management. Study-Unit Aims: 鈥� To develop an awareness of local, national and global quality and safety standards that impact direct patient care and professional standards. 鈥� To cultivate critical thinking and reflective skills at specialist and advanced practice levels, to foster the enhancement of professional qualities and a high level of competence to ensure perioperative best practices are applied and appraised. 鈥� To explore the unique cultural aspects with organisational structures and systems that impact work productivity and contribute to the overall impact on patient safety outcomes 鈥� To identify best practices from current advanced roles in the perioperative contexts and leverage these to shape advanced perioperative nursing Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 鈥� Explore critical strategies for effective communication and collaboration in perioperative nursing by demonstrating various aspects of communication, teamwork, and the ability to speak up within the perioperative environment and ways to overcome extant barriers. 鈥� Identify and navigate organisational cultural influences and how these impact productivity, learning, and interprofessional collaboration. 鈥� Evaluate the balance between safety and efficiency ensuring equally the highest standards of care quality and accountability of specialist nursing care delivery. 鈥� Recognise current trends and innovations in OR nursing and articulate applicability. 鈥� Expand knowledge on deviant workplace behaviour and workplace dynamics in perioperative settings. 鈥� Develop awareness of the complexities to manage a diverse workforce, considering multigenerational, multicultural, and multiprofessional variations. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 鈥� Distinguish organisational factors that enhance and facilitate optimal care that support the patients鈥� surgical pathway. 鈥� Distinguish if there is a distinct local style of communication and collaboration in perioperative practice, and articulate impact on cultural nuances and local healthcare dynamics. 鈥� Identify the role that human factors and non-technical skills have on specialist OR nursing role. 鈥� Consolidate the crucial role of critical incidents to inform and improve practice. 鈥� Ability to differentiate between historical and contemporary cultural issues and how this is mediated with the advanced nursing roles. 鈥� Debate the contributing factors that facilitate deviant workplace behaviour and will explore preventative and coping strategies to minimise such behaviour. 鈥� Critically evaluate contemporary advancements in OR as examples of the dynamic nature of perioperative nursing intertwined with the emerging practices in the field. 鈥� Critically examine the scope of specialist nursing practice within perioperative care with emphasis on integration with the multidisciplinary team, highlighting the collaborative nature of care delivery and the role of specialised nursing in enhancing patient outcomes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Phillips, N. & Hornacky, A. (2020) Berry & Kohn's Operating Room Technique, 14th Edition. Elseiver. - Rothrock, J. (2022) Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, 17th Edition. Elseiver. - Sutherland-Fraser, et al. (2021) Perioperative Nursing, An Introduction, 3rd Edition. Elseiver. Learned Societies: - Association for Perioperative Practitioners (AfPP). - 2019 AORN Guidelines for Perioperative Practice. - 2020 ACORN Standards. Journals: - American periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Journal. - Journal of Perioperative Nursing. - Journal of perioperative Medicine. - British Journal of Anaesthesia. - European Journal of Anaesthesiology. - Anesthesiology. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Level 6 and 1 year professional experience within perioperative areas | ||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Group Learning, Lecture, Seminar & Tutorial | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Justin Deguara Stephen Ebejer (Co-ord.) Amanda Rapa |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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