MODULE OUTLINES

LEVEL 4

Module Title Promoting Health & Preventing Ill Health

Module Code NUR4021
School School of Nursing
Level Level 4
Credit Value 15 Credits
Contact Hours 49
Programme(s) BSc (Hons) Nursing
Module Leader Hannah Gray
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Related
Post-requisites None
Modules
Excluded
None
Combinations
External Accrediting Body
NMC
(if appropriate)

INTRODUCTION

This first module provides students with an introduction and increased awareness of the key
concepts and principles relating to Promoting Health and Well Being within contemporary
care practice. By providing an opportunity for students to assimilate theory and practice the
holistic assessment, management and inter-professional care of this client group will be
explored in its broadest terms and applied to any patient, in any setting. This module will
introduce concepts such as key determinants of health, examine factors such as culture and
the impact that this has upon health and illness within a multitude of settings, examine
health assessment and promotion and relate directly to current government long-term
drivers to create a wellness service and to strengthen policy locally and nationally.

EDUCATIONAL AIMS

THIS MODULE AIMS TO:

Develop the students’ knowledge and understanding of factors contributing to the healthy
individual within the community and help them consider the contexts in which individuals
make health decisions and choices.
LEARNING OUTCOMES

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Ref A. Students should be able to describe:

1 The key aspects of contemporary health promotion and health education.

2 How health inequalities impact upon public health at a local and national level.

COGNITIVE SKILLS

Ref B. Students should be able to:

1 Demonstrate skills to devise and promote individual and shared decision making to promote health and health
equality when caring for adults, children and young people and service users who access mental health and
learning disability services.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDES

Ref C. Students should be able to:

1 Identify the care needs of patient groups with multifaceted public needs from all fields of care practice in order to
monitor care and practice to facilitate and promote change across the life span in all health care settings including
physical, mental and learning disability services.

GENERAL TRANSFERABLE SKILLS

Ref D. Students should be able to:

1 Apply a range of effective interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills in order to promote the health of
adults, children and young people with a variety of health promotion needs.

MODE OF ASSESSMENT

FORMATIVE:

Reflective account: Students will write a 500-word synopsis relating to a particular public
health topic.

SUMMATIVE:

Component: An individual power point presentation between 5 – 10 slides + 1000-word

summary of your key learning points about your chosen subject (100% of Module Grade)

You will identify one of the following topics and discuss how this will impact on the health of
the population and what we do to try to reduce harm. (The student can focus at a National
or Local level). The following are examples: Smoking, Obesity, Substance Misuse, Breast
Feeding, Mental Health, Immunisation. You may select any other topical Local or National
initiative.
KEY TEXTS:

Barker, S. (2013) Caring for Older People in Nursing. London, Sage Publications.

Department of Health (2010) Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS Give White
Paper. London, DH.

Department of Health (2011) Healthy lives, healthy people: our strategy for public health
in England. DOH, London.

Evans, D. (2014) Health Promotion and Public Health for Nursing Apprentices (2 nd
Edition). Learning Matters/Sage, London.

Hindle, A. & Coates, A. (2011) Nursing Care of Older People. Oxford, Oxford University
Press.

Naidoo, J. & Wills, J. (2016) Foundations for Health Promotion (4th Edition). London,
Elsevier.

Nicol, J. (2015) Nursing adults with long term conditions (2nd Edition). Exeter, Learning
Matters.

Scriven, A. (2010) Promoting Health: A practical guide. Ewles and Simnett (6 th Ed)
London. Bailliere Tindall.

JOURNALS

Community Care
Critical Public Health
Health Education Journal
Health and Social Care in the Community
Primary Health Care

WEB BASED RESOURCES

An up to date range of materials are available in the resource folder with each module.
INDICATIVE SCHEME OF WORK

In some instances, information regarding content of module is indicative - actual module

content will be determined according to considerations (for example, opportunities for work
with specific external partners or new developments in the field) which are taken into
account on a yearly basis.

MODULE TITLE: PROMOTING HEALTH & PREVENTING ILL HEALTH

 Partnership working and collaborative nursing practice.

 Promoting health and well-being.
 Evidence-based practice.
 Encourage health-promoting behaviour in adults, children and service users
according to field of practice.
 Promoting self-care concepts of care through effective communication.
 Recognising and responding to the complex needs of those in their care.
 Care needs during illness.
 Public health, health inequalities and health education and health promotion.
 Optimising health and wellbeing through self-care and self-management.
 Service development to enhance well-being.
 Team working and inter professional collaboration.
 Health Economic Policy and legislation in health care.
 Introduction to structure and organisation of health and social care.
 Promotion of mental health and Learning Disabilities in a wide range of practice
locations for all adults, children and service users according to field of practice.