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.

Available as a standalone module: Yes

Attendance (Please note, this is subject to change for future intakes)

Days: Wednesdays

Dates: See top of page

Times: 10am-4pm

Typical intake(s): Semester 1

Career Benefits

This module seeks to provide focus and direction for practitioners who wish to develop their skills and expertise in relation to care of the person with an orthopaedic disorder. 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 and to work in orthopaedic care settings.

Assessment

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

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

Assessment/submission date:  See attendance dates

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding:     

• Evaluate and review knowledge and understanding of national and local health care policies and initiatives aimed at improving orthopaedic patients’ outcomes.
• Appraise the role of the orthopaedic nurse in the delivery of care utilising problem-solving and enquiry based approach.
  

Intellectual skills:

• Syntheses information from a number of sources in order to evaluate and review change in orthopaedic practice.
  Identify and solve complex problems within the field of orthopaedic care.
  

Practical Skills:

• Demonstrate competence in evaluating, reviewing and shaping the assessment, monitoring, medication and the promotion of patient safety.
  

Transferable skills:

• Construct a logical and systematic approach to providing care while working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Defend and argue convincingly their ideas both orally and in writing.
• Shape and refine workload in order to evaluate own academic performance, taking responsibility for personal and professional learning. 
   

Courses this module can contribute to

MSc in Nursing (Orthopaedic Care)
Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing (Orthopaedic Care)
Postgraduate Certificate in Nursing (Orthopaedic Care)