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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Advancing Transfusion Practice
Module Code	NS5015
School	School of Nursing and Human Sciences
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Orla O'Reilly Semester 2: Orla O'Reilly Autumn: Orla O'Reilly
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module will enable students to critically evaluate and advance their knowledge and practice of blood donation and transfusion. This module may be taken as a stand alone module on the professional development framework or may be taken as a module as part of the Graduate Diploma in Nursing/ Health Care Practice. Students will receive lectures from a variety of sources including experts in the area of haemovigilance nationally, and practitioners working in the area of haemovigilance. There are also opportunities to take elements of this module using on line learning facilities.

Learning Outcomes

1. Assess developments in blood donation and transfusion practice which impact on service provision to donors and patients across the lifespan in a variety of settings.
2. Appraise opposing fields of thought within transfusion medicine.
3. Critique the influences of national and international haemovigilance systems on practice.
4. Examine the influences on donation practice as outlined in contemporary literature.
5. Maintain a portfolio which demonstrates ongoing learning in the area of donation and transfusion practice.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	25	lecture/ tutor student facilitated classes
Group work	15	student working in groups
Lecturer supervised learning	55	supervised learning
Independent learning time	155	student learning
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Prescribing blood and blood components therapeutic apheresis, management of patients..
This module or content therin is not intended to prepare nurses working in the area of haemovigilance to prescribe blood or blood products..

Paediatric transfusion – requirements practice and outcomes..
Appropriate use of blood and blood products; avoiding over and under transfusion..

Designing learning needs appropriate for patients, families children, nurses medical staff scientific staff; delivering and evaluating appropriate learning..
Assessment of individual patient / donor..

Management of specialist blood donor and transfusion recipient requirements e.g. clotting factors, individuals of all ages / families with haemophilia / donors with haemochromatosis.
Blood and blood product conservation; alternatives to the use of blood and blood products.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Portfolio	The student is required to maintain a portfolio which demonstrates ongoing learning in the area of donation and transfusion practice.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

2007: British Committee for Standards in Haematology Guidelines for policies on Alternatives to Allogeneic Blood Transfusion, 1. Predeposit Autologous Blood Donation and Transfusion. Transfusion Medicine;, 6807
0: National Haemovigilance Office (2008) The Haemovigilance Handbook Available at www.giveblood.ie (Our Services / Haemovigilance/Publications)., 6808
0: 6809
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Other Resources

None

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GDIDNP

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