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Child Emergency Care
NH6139
20
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Level 0 (for modules at foundation level)
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Level 7
Level 8
Entry criteria for registration on this module
Pre-requisites
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equivalent
Normal course entry requirements apply. Or, if taken as a free standing
module, pre-requisites are: health care professionals working within
accident and emergency, urgent care or walk-in-centre with normally one
years’ post-registration experience, working in clinical practice for at least
15 hours per week.
Co-requisite modules
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equivalent
Module delivery
Mode of delivery
Taught
x
Distance
Placement x
Online
Other
Pattern of delivery
Weekly
x
Block
Other
When module is delivered
Semester 1
x
Semester 2
x
Throughout year
Other
Brief description of module Children and young people account for 25% of attendances to accident
content and/ or aims
and emergency departments. This module is aimed at developing the
Overview (max 80 words)
assessment skills, management and knowledge base of nurses caring for
children in emergency and unscheduled care.
Module team/ author/
Jason Gray, Jill Durrant
coordinator(s)
School
School of Health Sciences
Site/ campus where
Falmer, Brighton
delivered
Course(s) for which module is appropriate and status on that course
Course
Status (mandatory/ compulsory/
optional*)
*Mandatory: a module that must be taken and passed;
Compulsory: a module that must be taken but may be compensated for if failed
Optional/mandatory: used in the Faculty of H&SS where a student has a choice of modules. Once chosen, the
module must be passed.
Optional/compulsory: used in the Faculty of H&SS where a student has a choice of modules. Once chosen, the
module must be taken but may be compensated for if failed.
BSc (Hons) Acute Clinical Practice
Graduate Certificate Acute Clinical Practice
BSc (Hons) Professional Practice
BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner
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MODULE AIMS, ASSESSMENT AND SUPPORT
Aims
Enable health care professionals to demonstrate critical knowledge and
clinical skills related to the emergency care management and treatment
of children and young people in hospitals and urgent care centres.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the module the student will be able to:
1. Critically analyse the factors contributing to accidents in childhood
and the consequences of an injury to the child/young person and
family.
2. Critically review and differentiate common types of illness and
injuries in children and the evidence based care associated with these.
3 Demonstrate a systematic ABCDE approach to assessing children
with serious injury and illnesses and rationalise clinical management
relevant to the practitioner’s area of practice.
4. Debate and evaluate the contributing factors influencing the care of
the acutely ill child requiring high dependency support in A & E and the
provision of health services required to meet the demand.
5. Critically explore the pharmacological and non-pharmacological
management of pain in children attending emergency care.
Content
Demonstrate a structured ABCDE assessment rapidly identifying
organ dysfunction phase in the seriously ill infant/ child
Pathophysiology associated with paediatric presentations to
emergency and urgent care centres.
Psychological care of patients and families following a traumatic injury,
serious illness or bereavement of a child.
Learning support
Identification of child maltreatment and current management.
Text books:
Latest editions of the following texts:
Advanced Life Support Group. 2010. Advanced Paediatric Life Support
(5th Ed), UK:Wiley-Blackwell
Davies F, Bruce C.E, TaylorK.J. -Robinson 2011. Emergency Care of
Minor Trauma in Children. Hodder & Stoughton: London
Cleaver, K. J.Webb.2007. Emergency Care of Children and Young
People. Blackwell Publishing. London.
Cameron P, Jelinek G, Everett I, Brown G, Raftos J. 2012 Textbook of
Paediatric Emergency Medicine.(2nd Ed) Churchill Livingstone: London
Crisp, S. J, Rainbow. 2007. Emergencies in Paediatrics and
Neonatology. UK: Oxford University Press.
Glasper,A. G, McEwing. J, Richardson.2011. Emergencies in Children
and Young People’s Nursing. Oxford University Press
Websites:
www.spottingthesickchild.com
www.trauma.org
www.rcpch.ac.uk/emergencycare
Journals:
 Emergency Nurse

Nursing children and young people

International Emergency Nursing
Teaching and learning activities
Details of teaching and
learning activities
A variety of teaching methods include:

Lectures

Group work
 Simulations
Allocation of study hours (indicative)
Study hours
Where 10 credits = 100 learning hours
SCHEDULED
This is an indication of the number of hours students
can expect to spend in scheduled teaching activities
including lectures, seminars, tutorials, project
supervision, demonstrations, practical classes and
workshops, supervised time in workshops/ studios,
fieldwork, external visits, and work-based learning.
70 hrs
GUIDED INDEPENDENT
STUDY
All students are expected to undertake guided
independent study which includes wider reading/
practice, follow-up work, the completion of assessment
tasks, and revisions.
60 hrs
PLACEMENT
The placement is a specific type of learning away from
the University that is not work-based learning or a year
abroad.
70 hrs
TOTAL STUDY HOURS
200 hrs
Assessment tasks
Details of assessment for
this module
The assessment consists of two parts: Both parts must be passed
in order to pass the module.
Part one Theory assessment- (50% of overall mark).
Students will submit a 2,500 word assignment which will critically
analyse and evaluate the care provision of a child and family requiring
emergency care interventions with hospital or urgent care centre
environments (LO 1,2,3,4,5).
Part two – clinical skills (50% of overall mark)
Types of assessment task1
Students will be expected to complete six clinical skills within the
clinical skills portfolio 2 of which are mandatory and 4 taken from a
selection of 6 ( LO 1,2,3,4,5,6)
% weighting
Indicative list of summative assessment tasks which lead to the award of credit or which are required for
progression.
(or indicate if
component is
pass/fail)
WRITTEN
COURSEWORK
2,500 word assignment
50%
PRACTICAL
Clinical Skills Assessment – 6 skills
50%
EXAMINATION INFORMATION
Area examination board
BSc (Hons) Acute Clinical Practice
Refer to Faculty Office for guidance in completing the following sections
External examiners
Name
Position and institution
Date appointed
Karen Currell
Senior Lecturer Huddersfield
University
September 2013
Date tenure
ends
August 2017
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Date of first approval
June 2008
Only complete where this is not the
first version
Date of last revision
May 2010
Only complete where this is not the
first version
Date of approval for this
version
Version number
Modules replaced
April 2015
(old code NH3139)
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this is a replacement
Available as free-standing module?
1
Yes
x
No
Set exercises, which assess the application of knowledge or analytical, problem-solving or evaluative skills, are included
under the type of assessment most appropriate to the particular task.