QQI Level 5 Nursing Theory & Practice

Course Code: 5N4325
Course Delivery:
This course is delivered fully online, own pace and can be started anytime.
Qualifications:
QQI Level 5 Nursing Theory & Practice Component Certificate
Module is part of the QQI Level 5 Major Award in Healthcare Support 5M4339
Course Unit |
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CODE | MODULE | LEVEL |
5N4325 | Nursing Theory & Practice | 5 |
Course Fee Information:
The purpose of this award is to equip the learner with the knowledge, skill and competence in the theory, principles and practice underpinning the nursing process and nursing profession to enable the learner to perform a range of basic nursing skills.
Online Module Payment is €235
€235.00
Learning Outcomes
Learners will be able to:
- Examine the development of nursing as a profession
- Explore the functions of the health care structures and specialties in Ireland and the effects of European Union directives on nursing
- Describe the stages of the nursing process and how they relate to patient care
- Outline the Code of Practice for nurses
- Identify the activities of daily living and how to assist a patient in these activities
- Explain commonly nursing terminology and medical abbreviations
- Identify the members of primary, secondary and tertiary health care teams and their functions
- Explain the importance of precision in administering drugs and recording the procedure
- Describe empathic behavior of the care worker
- Practice safe lifting techniques
- Execute the measurement and accurate recording of temperature, respiration, blood pressure and fluid balance
- Demonstrate knowledge of commonly occurring infections to include the organisms that cause them, the modes of transmission of these organisms, the effects of each infection and how to prevent infection and cross infection.
Assessment / Examinations:
Examination - Theory 50%
Skills Demonstration 50%
Location & date:
Location | Start | Delivery | Access |
Online | Anytime | Own Pace | 12 Months to Complete |