Development of Community Practice teachers to facilitate the learning of District Nurses, School Nurses and Health Visitors. This module will prepare participants for the role of practice teacher/educator and provide Foundation Teacher status.

Designed to meet the needs of nursing and midwifery staff caring for a special and high dependency infant in the Neonatal unit, this module can be combined with the Neonatal intensive care module to lead to the award of Specialist Neonatal Practice. You will explore Neonatal practice with colleagues from many units in the region, engaging in discussion and debate to understand the complexities and challenges caring for an infant receiving special and high dependency care and their family. You will gain an understanding of the specialist needs of infants in Neonatal units including thermoregulation, nutrition, pain management, palliative care, infection control and discharge and transfer to neighbouring units or home. You will also understand the physiological changes as an infant adapts to extra uterine life, and how problems with this transition lead to infants requiring your care.

This module addresses the guidelines for critical care nursing as described by the Critical Care Nurse Education Review Forum, incorporating the Critical Care National Competency Framework Step 2.The course is delivered across five contact days over a 10-week period within semester 1. You address the complex care required by critically ill patients, enabling you to develop evidence-based knowledge and skills to support effective clinical decision-making.There is emphasis on the safe and effective integration of knowledge and evidence to support clinical decision-making. You access highly realistic patient simulation training in our simulation laboratory. This allows you to experience teamwork, leadership, communication skills, and aspects of clinical practice in a protected learning environment.

This module addresses the guidelines described by the Critical Care Nurse Education Review Forum, incorporating the Critical Care National Competency Framework Step 3. Designed for those working in critical care, you learn by a variety of learning and teaching strategies including seminars, direct supervision in the clinical area, e-resources and simulation. A virtual learning environment, e-learning@tees, is provided to support you with podcasts blogs and videos. There is an emphasis upon the safe and effective integration of knowledge and evidence to support clinical decision-making. Highly realistic patient simulation training within the simulation laboratory provides opportunities for you to experience teamwork, leadership, communication skills and aspects of clinical practice, in a protected learning environment. The module is delivered over five contact days over a 10 week period within semester two. It addresses the complex care required by critically ill patients enabling you to develop evidence-based knowledge and skills to support effective clinical decision making.

You progress towards achieving the neonatal nurse qualification in speciality (QIS) status within the neonatal special and high dependency care setting. This award is part of a 60-credit programme delivered as two 30-credit, degree-level awards spanning one academic year. The other award is Care of the Neonate in Intensive Care. The award enables you to:  further develop your understanding of the principles and clinical concepts relating to neonatal special and high dependency care further develop your knowledge and skills in neonatal special and high dependency care progress towards achieving the neonatal nurse qualified in speciality status.

You progress towards achieving the neonatal nurse qualification in speciality (QIS) status within the neonatal special and high dependency care setting. This award is part of a 60-credit programme delivered as two 30-credit, degree-level awards spanning one academic year. The other award is Care of the Neonate in Special and High Dependency Care. If your normal place of work does not provide neonatal intensive care, you need to complete no less than four weeks in a supernumerary practice placement in a negotiated in a neonatal intensive care unit. This is required to help you achieve specific neonatal intensive care unit clinical competencies. You must have a designated practice mentor to support your development and to assess the practice competencies. The practice mentor must be an experienced registered nurse with the neonatal QIS qualification and must also have completed a mentorship preparation programme.