Stand Alone Module

Nutritional Support: Implications for Practice

30 Credits

Duration:: 15 weeks
Start Dates:: September
Attendance:: Block days
Venue:: Burdett Institute of GI Nursing
Cost:: Available on request

Key Contact:: Julia Williams
Tel:: 01494 522141 ext 2341
Email:: julia.williams@bucks.ac.uk

Is this course suitable for me?

This module is suitable for health care professionals who are involved in management and care for people in a gastrointestinal care environment.

Overview

This module aims to develop your knowledge and skills relevant to providing care and support for people requiring nutritional support. You will develop a systematic understanding of the principles, clinical decisions and complex situations relating to nutrition and the patient with a gastrointestinal disorder thus enhancing your critical thinking in evidence based practice within this speciality.

Content

This module will explore:

normal A&P of the Gut
processes of digestion and absorption
nutritional assessment and screening
enteral and parental feeding including indications, contraindications and potential complications
pharmacology
intestinal failure
patients experience
living with a chronic illness
health education
multidisciplinary approach to care.

What will I learn?

On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:

display an in-depth knowledge of nutrition screening and assessment methods and be able to evaluate their use in clinical practice.
critically review the evidence of the safety and efficacy of different methods of artificial nutrition support.
critically reflect upon the practitioner’s role in the care of patients requiring nutrition support.
identify the psychological and social impact of the requirement for home artificial nutrition support.

Teaching and learning

This module will consist of a variety of teaching and learning strategies relevant to the broad ranging and complex nature of the subject material. This will therefore include taught lectures, student–led seminars, group work, discussion and debate, web -based learning, use of audio visual aids.

You will be encouraged to share and reflect on practice and management decisions based on clinical situations. Networking and exploration of wider critical care forums will also be promoted.

Entry requirements

Registered professional qualification (e.g. nursing)
60 level 5 credits (or equivalent)
Minimum six months experience in a relevant practice area

How to make an application

Please contact the Recruitment Officer on 01494 603 171 or ask@bucks.ac.uk

We hope to have a fully on-line application system shortly, but in the meantime, to apply for a course, please download and print these forms, completing them fully and posting back to the address below.

Mike Thomson

Student Recruitment Officer

Bucks New University

106 Oxford Road

Uxbridge

UB8 1NA

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Alternatively, if you call us on 01494 603 171 or email ask@bucks.ac.uk we can post you a hard copy application pack.

Students funded by the NHS or other employer

If the cost of your course is being funded by your employer, please contact your education lead or manager for guidance as to how they would prefer you to make an application.