2024/25 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HECS2231 Adult Nursing: Health Promotion and Management of Long-term Conditions

40 creditsClass Size: 180

Module manager: Andrew Booth
Email: a.o.d.booth@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally 120 level 1 credits

This module is mutually exclusive with

HECS2232	Child Nursing: Health Promotion and Management of Long-term
HECS2233	Mental Health Nursing: Health Promotion and Facilitation of

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

You will discuss the attitudes, values and biopsychosocial-spiritual conditions that promote and restrict health and wellbeing for people with long-term conditions and the impact these have on their quality of life. You will critically appraise the influence culture and diversity have on health and well-being and the impact these have on quality of life. You will critically appraise the evidence base that underpins public health, public mental health, health promotion and prevention. You will access and review research evidence in conjunction with service user, carer and family narratives to critically evaluate the impact of interventions on health and wellbeing. You will describe and evaluate behaviour change strategies.

Objectives

Recognising the complexity of the lived experience of individuals, students will explore:
- factors that promote or challenge health and wellbeing
- the impact these have on quality of life
- the local, national and global health and wellbeing issues
- the underpinning health and social policy designed to address these

Students will explore the management of long-term conditions and people with co-morbidities

Students will discuss their health and wellbeing and that of health professionals and people and their families considering how resilience can be developed, maintained and maximised.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:

1. Discuss attitudes and values that promote and restrict health and wellbeing for adults and older adults with long-term conditions and the impact these have on their quality of life in the context of a biopsychosocial-spiritual model.

2. Appraise the influence culture and diversity have on health and well-being and the impact these have on the quality of life for adults and older adults.

3. Appraise the evidence base that underpins public health, public mental health, health promotion and prevention.

4. Access and review research evidence in conjunction with service user, carer and family narratives to critically evaluate the impact of interventions on health and wellbeing.

5. Describe and evaluate behaviour change strategies appropriate to adult and older adults service users.

Skills outcomes
Please see skills mapping.

Syllabus

This is an integrated module that combines 4 strands central to adult nursing practice: professional practice; applied practice; the biopsychosocial-spiritual model of health and well-being; and evidence-based practice. Students will continue to develop their understanding of key theories within these strands and their application to the health of adults and their families. The promotion, protection and improvement of health needs will be expanded upon.

Professional Practice:
- Ethics: principles -autonomy, beneficence (paternalism), benevolence, non-maleficence and justice including duty of care applied to access to health services and choices of individuals
- Relevant policy, guidelines and legislation
- Anti-discriminatory and culturally sensitive practice
- Gender, culture, diversity and hard to reach groups in relation to promoting health and wellbeing

Applied Practice:
- Interpersonal and communication strategies (including motivational, solution-focused, cognitive and behavioural and asset- based interventions)
- Health needs assessment and health promotion models
- Law in relation to medicines management and long-term conditions (including controlled drugs, PGD’s and self-administration of medications).
- Sustaining behaviour change and developing resilience in communities (Including smoking, diet, exercise, addiction, obesity, breast feeding, antibiotic resistance, sexual health)
- Clinical skills relevant to field and area of practice

Biopsychosocial-spiritual Model of Health and Wellbeing:
- Biological - pathophysiology of body systems relevant to individuals with long term health conditions and co-morbidities
- Psychological - understanding health related behaviour models, psychological demands of acute and long-term illness and co-morbidities, ill health behaviour.
- Social - social structure of disability, culture and wellbeing, self-help, stress management. Structures of care systems e.g. integrated healthcare systems, introduction to international care systems
- Spiritual - Maslow’s hierarchy

Evidence Based practice:
- Epidemiology
- Qualitative research designs (case study, ethnography)
- Quantitative research designs (including cohort studies, case control studies)
- Knowledge integration using different kinds of evidence, (including empirical research, patient experience and narrative, guidelines)

Adult:
- Adults and their families using the biopsychosocial-spiritual model, focussing on those with common mental health problems (including depression, eating disorders and associated behaviours e.g. self-harm), long term health conditions (including asthma, pain, diabetes, cardiac conditions, hepatic and renal conditions, wounds and leg ulcers) and the link between physical and mental health
- Interventions required to care for adults with long term health conditions (biopsychosocial-spiritual and pharmacological)
- Use of physical assessment measures and mental health assessments (including PHQ9, GAD7) including strengths and weaknesses
- Health promotion and health education strategies for working with adults and their families with long-term conditions and co-morbidities

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	23	1.00	23.00
Practical	3	2.00	6.00
Tutorial	22	2.00	44.00
Independent online learning hours			127.00
Private study hours			200.00
Total Contact hours			73.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Private study

The module will adopt a blended learning approach. Students will be provided with learning resources both to support face to face sessions and promote independent learning and curiosity. A blend of independent and group learning tasks will be undertaken during this module.

Students will be expected to undertake pre-reading and come to sessions, both theoretical and practical, prepared to apply their knowledge to a variety of different scenarios and discussions.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

The focus of the module will be centred around a fictitious family who have several relevant biopsychosocial-spiritual needs impacting on their health and well-being. Throughout the module students will be required to apply theory to practice and develop their critical thinking skills. Informal feedback will be provided on their ability to offer topics for discussion and complete learning tasks such as case study analysis.

Student progress is monitored according to attendance at timetabled teaching, by participation in tutorials and by individual supervisors during the period of group and individual supervision.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	2500 words	80.00
Presentation	HNA 20-minute group presentation/10 minutes questioning.	20.00
Group Project	FORMATIVE: Group presentation (Field Specific)	0.00
In-course Assessment	FORMATIVE: Group and individual academic support e.g. case study analysis	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

The mark for the presentation will be awarded to the group, rather than to individual students. Students need to pass both elements of the assessment. There is no compensation between elements.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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