To develop an understanding of the impact that long term conditions have on patients’ physical and psychosocial well being. To develop awareness of the health care resources available to provide appropriate and informed nursing care and support for those with long-term conditions.

To develop an understanding of the impact that long term conditions have on patients’ physical and psychosocial well being.
To develop awareness of the health care resources available to provide
appropriate and informed nursing care and support for those with long-term
conditions.
Learning Outcomes:
Understanding of the role of the nurse in meeting care needs of patients with long- term health conditions, applying knowledge relating to assessment data, in order to plan safe, appropriate and individualised care.
To be able to formulate appropriate plans of care for patients with long-term conditions, using integrated care planning and/or care pathways, recognising the importance of the roles of others in multi-professional care.
To be able to analyse the use of national service frameworks, government policies, self-management and current evidence which informs the management of patients with long- term conditions.
To be able to apply a legal and ethical framework and a non-discriminatory approach to analysing situations from practice.
Content:
Overview of the different care contexts and how patients/clients access and move between these contexts.
National service frameworks
The expert patient
Case management models
Managing complex care
Promotion of self-management
Behaviour change strategies
The needs, nursing care/ management of patients with chronic conditions e.g.:-
Type 2 diabetes mellitus;
Chronic Heart Failure;
Chronic respiratory disorders;
Neurological conditions;
Cancer;
Arthritis
Value clarification and ethical theories –
Ethical principles – autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice; informing decision-making when caring for patients with long-term health problems.
Mental capacity act principles
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES
Reflective learning
Experience based learning
Key note lectures with preparatory reading beforehand.
Patient-based discussion boards and presentations
Independent study
Reading and resources guide
Studentcentral
Audio-visual resources.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Key Texts:
Bullock I, J Macleod Clark and J. Rycroft- Malone (ed.), 2012. Adult Nursing Practice Using Evidence in Care Oxford University Press
Carrier, J. 2009. Managing Long- term Conditions and Chronic Illness in Primary Care – a guide to good practice. Oxon: Routledge.
Chilton, S. 2012. A textbook of community nursing London: Hodder Arnold.
Denny E., S. Earle 2009 The sociology of long term conditions and nursing practice Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Department of Health. 2010 Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS. London: Department of Health
Lloyd C.and T. Heller. 2012 Long –Term Conditions, Challenges in Health and Social Care. Sage Publications UK
Margereson, C. and S.Trenowith. (eds). 2010. Developing Holistic Care for Long-term Conditions. Oxon: Routledge.
Meerabeau, L and K.Wright. 2011. Long Term Conditions: Nursing Care and Management. John Wiley and Sons.
Nichol, J. 2011. Nursing Adults with Long Term Conditions Exeter: Learning Matters.
Nolte, E. and M. McKee. 2008. Caring for people with chronic conditions: a health system perspective. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
Presho, M. 2008. Managing long term conditions. A social model for community practice. Chichester: Blackwell Publishing.
Randell,S and H. Ford 2011. Long Term Conditions: A guide for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals. John Wiley and Sons.
Saxon, A. and S. Lillyman 2011. Developing advanced assessment skills: patients with long-term conditions. Keswick: M and K publishing.

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