Children and Young People Recognition and Emergency Care in Critical Illness - Level 6 - AC6714
Delivered as part of the Health and Social Practice Framework

Designed by a multi-professional team including Nurses, Midwives and Medical practitioners our range of Continuing Workforce Development (CWD) is tailored towards individuals who are driving and enabling practice development in NHS North East.

Northumbria is the principal provider of nurse education in the North East of England and was named Nurse Education Provider of the Year (post-registration) for three consecutive years by Student Nursing Times.

We have excellent relationships with partner services in health, social care and social work and our range of CPD provision supports practitioners and managers to engage in professional learning and then examine how this can be integrated in the practice arena.

You will attend 10 one-day sessions over a period of 10 weeks. You will learn through a variety of teaching and learning strategies which will be used to facilitate links between theory and practice. This includes simulation using scenarios and sim baby/junior lectures, seminars, clinical skills, group work, directed study.

Summative assessment for the module consists of a written essay, critical exploration of acute and serious illness in children and an Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). You will also be required to participate in student led simulated scenarios to demonstrate competent practice and through dialogue rationalise actions.

This course is based at our Coach Lane Campus where you will have access to cutting-edge facilities with technology embedded through all aspects of your CPD course.

Northumbria University has been ranked in the top quartile in the UK for research power in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. Additionally, more than 80% of our research activity in Allied Health Sciences and Nursing is rated as world-leading or internationally excellent (REF 2014).

Completing this module will enable you to apply knowledge of child specific and developmental pathophysiology in relation to the critically ill child or young person, and demonstrate the ability to rationalise clinical decisions in recognition and assessment of the critically ill child or young person and in the emergency care given.

You will also be able to demonstrate ability to provide safe and effective emergency care to children and young people including basic and advanced life support and demonstrate critical evaluation of national/local and professional guidelines and practice prior to and during transfer.