Modules

**Year one**
You'll get an introduction into the nursing profession, focusing on the skills you'll need as a learning disability nurse - such as, health and behaviours and developing therapeutic approaches.

- Applied Biological Sciences for Health
Anatomy and physiology relating to key systems including Principles of Homeostasis, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Gastrointestinal.
- Professional Practice and Accountability
Spheres of professional accountability & responsibility, including health & social care legislation, legal & professional duty of care and negligence.
- Developing Evidence-Based Practice
Exploring knowledge acquisition, academic skills, information and digital literacy and fluency, academic integrity, and reflective practice.
- Introduction to Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Equipping students with a variety of communication, interpersonal and self-awareness skills required to provide culturally appropriate and compassionate nursing care.
- Concepts of Health and Social Policy
Explore perspectives of biological, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual and behavioural determinants of health and promote person centred wellbeing across the lifespan.
- Introduction to Learning Disabilities Nursing
Explore key concepts in Learning Disability Nursing and develop a foundation of knowledge and skills.

**Year two**
You'll build on the skills learned in your first year and put theory into practice with practical placements to ensure you get the very best, first-hand experience of working within a clinical setting - abroad should you choose it.

- Pharmacology and Medicine Therapeutics
Focus on understanding and applying the principles of pharmacology and medicine therapeutics in the management of care.
- Living with Long Term Conditions Across the Lifespan
Develop underpinning knowledge relating to the causes, presentation and management of long term conditions across the lifespan.
- Learning from the Lived Experience
Analyse contextual knowledge through problem based learning and reflection using narratives of individuals accessing health and social care.
- Communication and Relationship Management in a Therapeutic Context
Learn to recognise, select and utilise appropriate communication strategies and therapeutic skills.
- Recognition and Assessment of Physical & Mental Health of Clients with Learning Disabilities
Learn to acknowledge the prevalence of health issues and inequalities that individuals with a learning disability experience. Develop assessment skills to enable clinical care planning.
- Values-Based Contemporary Learning Disability Nursing
Explore a bio-psycho-social approach to overcoming barriers, and discrimination to promote independence enable people with a learning disability to lead desired lives.

**Year three**
- Clinical Decision Making and Complex Care
Consolidate professional competence in clinical decision-making related to the management of complex care.
- Contemporary Issues and Change Management in Professional Practice
Learn to consolidate evidence in order to improve service quality within professional practice.
- Public Health
Focus on public health and social care agendas and their impact on individuals, groups and communities.
- Leading and Managing Health and Social Care
Prepare for working as a professional within an organisation, leading and managing care within a changing environment.
- Consolidating Awareness of Learning Disability Nursing
Prepare for registration as a learning disability nurse with the ability to make analytical and objective assessments and judgement based on evidence related to your area of practice.

Assessment methods

Modules use formative and summative assessment so that students progress through a module and build knowledge for practice coherently and logically. Formative assessments are designed so that feedback on the individual student’s performance is provided prior to the submission of the final, summative assessment – though this does not contribute to the final module mark or the credit awarded.

The wordage – or equivalent – for both formative and summative assessments is counted towards the whole module assessment wordage.

Types and methods of assessment will include:
- Group seminars and presentations
- Essays
- Interpersonal skills analysis
- Portfolio of evidence (achievement of clinical competencies and written evidence)
- Examination (context-based scenarios)
- Map of patient/client experience
- Reflective essays
- Community health profile, learning statement and reflective incident recording
- Resource package
- Poster presentation
- Dissertation