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This module will enhance your knowledge and skills to prepare you to contribute effectively to the care of children in a range of diverse and contemporary child health care settings. You will explore key literature, legislation and policy/ procedure to inform the knowledge base and skills required to respond safely and effectively to children. The module will encourage you to examine leadership styles, professional behaviour, management of self and others, clinical governance, quality improvement and clinical decision making theory. This will encourage you to integrate knowledge into practice and your influence decision making to ensure positive outcomes for children and their families.
You will develop knowledge of and skills to recognise acute illness and deterioration and you will enhance your decision making skills by reviewing decision making theories. You will review strategies to enhance your therapeutic communication skills and advanced compassionate caring with infants, children, young people and their families.

You will have the opportunity to practice associated clinical skills and scenario based skills teaching within the Centre for Simulation and Clinical Skills to contextualise the theory to practice.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Extend existing knowledge and skills to evaluate the patient journey through a range of diverse and contemporary child health care settings.
LO2: Utilise a problem solving approach to implement and evaluate of safe, effective evidence based care for children and their families.
LO3: Evaluate the evidence-base to develop the knowledge and skills required to assess, prioritise, implement and evaluate care for children and young people.
LO4: Examine the contribution of key policies and application of principles therein to professional child heath practice.
LO5: Using a critical, analytical and ethical problem solving approach, examine the contribution of nursing leadership to enhance quality in child health practice.
LO6: Evaluate the various strategies available to support compassionate communication and decision making processes to ensure positive outcomes for infants, children, young people and their families.