| Learning Outcomes: must be met
1. Discuss the principles of infection prevention and control, pathogenesis, immunology, epidemiology and genomics (SoP2.2)
2. Discuss the range of communication skills and strategies required to proactively promote health for people, across all stages of life and with a range of health challenges (SoP1.11, 2.1)
3. Analyse factors that may lead to inequalities in health, including health economics
and resource allocation within care systems (SoP 2.3, 7.3)
4. Explain and evaluate the principles of prevention strategies, including the evidence
base for screening and immunisation programmes (SoP 2.5, 2.11)
5. Identify appropriate opportunities to discuss health-related lifestyle choices and
critically discuss contemporary approaches towards behaviour change (SoP 2.4, 2.8)
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of infection prevention and control mechanisms; including,
communicable disease surveillance and anti-microbial stewardship and resistance
(SoP2.12)
Knowledge, Skills & behaviours:
Knowledge:
K4: Understand research methods, ethics and governance in order to critically analyse, safely use, share and apply research findings to promote and inform best nursing practice
K9: Understand the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people
K10: Understand epidemiology, demography, genomics and the wider determinants of health, illness and wellbeing and apply this to an understanding of global patterns of health and wellbeing outcomes
K11: Understand the factors that may lead to inequalities in health outcomes
K39: Understand and accept the need to accept and manage uncertainty, and demonstrate an understanding of strategies that develop resilience in self and others
K45: Understand the principles of health economics and their relevance to resource allocation in health and social care organisations and other agencies
Skills
NB. The following skills are also assessed throughout the Practice Assessment Documents in practice across the programme.
S14: Apply the principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people
S15: Use all appropriate opportunities, making reasonable adjustments when required, to discuss the impact of smoking, substance and alcohol use, sexual behaviours, diet and exercise on mental, physical and behavioural health and wellbeing, in the context of people’s individual circumstances
S16: Promote and improve mental, physical, behavioural and other health related outcomes by understanding and explaining the principles, practice and evidence-base for health screening programmes
S17: Use up to date approaches to behaviour change to enable people to use their strengths and expertise and make informed choices when managing their own health and making lifestyle adjustments
S20: Promote health and prevent ill health by understanding and explaining to people the principles of pathogenesis, immunology and the evidence-base for immunisation, vaccination and herd immunity
S21: Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance
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