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NUR-40101 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 26 April 2024

NUR-40101 - Clinical Judgement and Decision Making MSc Nursing
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Level: Level 7
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 556723

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25


Aims
To enable you to demonstrate critical thinking, decision-making and team-working skills to manage and provide continuity of person-centred care in partnership with people with healthcare needs, their families and carers.
To support the development of your presentation skills.
To prepare you for the numeracy examination.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Use best evidence to critically evaluate safe and effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centred care whilst recognising, responding to and understanding physiological and psychosocial changes, drawing on underpinning
anatomy and physiology.: 1
Demonstrate the ability to work autonomously with a caring, compassionate and professional attitude in the application of theoretical knowledge, clinical reasoning and decision-making skills; to meet people¿s complex nursing care needs in their field of nursing: 1,2
Critically discuss how partnership working with people facilitates shared decision-making in order to support individuals, their families and carers to manage their own care
: 1

Study hours

Breakdown of active learning hours:
In situ- 13.5hrs / Synchronous-13.5hrs (Lectures, discussion, seminars, tutorials, workshops, assessment preparation).
Asynchronous- 7hrs (Guided independent study including preparation for scheduled sessions, follow up work).
Breakdown of independent study hours-
Independent study- 116hrs (Wider reading, revision, assessment preparation)
Due to the dynamic nature of nursing programmes, the above breakdown may be subject to alteration.






School Rules

You will not be able to complete this module unless you are in good academic standing, having successfully completed the previous part/year 1 of your MSc programme

Description of Module Assessment

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 26 April 2024