Requisites: Pre-requisite: students will be in possession of NMC registration or appropriate professional registration for allied health professionals

This module runs over 2 university trimesters. In this timespan you will focus on the neonate who requires all aspects of high dependency and/or intensive care. Teaching and learning will be centered around complex physiology and pathological process related to the respiratory, cardiovascular, central nervous, endocrine, renal, gastrointestinal and immunological systems of the premature and ill neonate as they transition to extra uterine life. This will enable you to recognise developing illness and initiate plans of care. Alongside this, you will critically engage with the global evidence base which guides how you provide care and treatment options for these babies. The principles of family integrated care will be critically appraised throughout, as will the concepts and practice of neonatal neuro developmental supportive care. The importance of multidisciplinary team working will be evaluated throughout this module.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to

LO1: Examine the impact of homeostasis and altered homeostasis related to complex physiological and pathophysiological processes in the neonate who requires high dependency and intensive care.

LO2: Analyse the very specific physical care needs of babies with complex pathology who require high dependency/intensive neonatal care provision.

LO3: Critically appraise the current global evidence base in relation to neonatal care provision, clinical practice and treatment options in the neonatal intensive and high dependency areas.

LO4: Critically evaluate your professional role in light of government and local policies, ethical and legal issues and current global evidence and research findings.

LO5: Critically engage with the global evidence base underpinning policy and practices which support the developmental, emotional social and educational needs of the babies and their families in the the high dependency and intensive care areas.

LO6: Apply knowledge, skills and understanding when using a significant range of the principle professional skills, techniques and practices associated with your subject discipline.