Student Selected 1: Improving and Maintaining Health and Well-being module (NU23208)

This module provides an opportunity for you to select a subject of your choice to explore and reflect on how it relates to nursing practice. This subject and its related activities will help prepare you to become a registered nurse capable of playing a key role in improving and maintaining the health and well-being of people, families, communities, and populations.

What you will learn

In this module, you will:

• understand the concepts of personal ‘health’ and ‘well-being’
• apply the principles of health promotion
• learn about team-working, inter-professional working, and shared decision-making
• identify your own learning needs and outcomes
• develop skills in reflective practice and evidence-based practice

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• identify environmental and social factors that contribute to inequalities in health outcomes
• describe the impact of life choices on mental, physical, and behavioural health and well-being in the context of people’s individual circumstances
• list your own learning needs in relation to a specific activity
• identify key attributes of effective teamwork and shared decision-making
• recall information in an accessible way to help people to understand and make decisions about their health and well-being
• describe the relationship between theory and its application in practice, with reference to the NMC Code

Assignments / assessment

• reflective account 1,000 words (100%)

This module does not have a final exam.

Teaching methods / timetable

Teaching is conducted via:

• in-person lectures
• online Q&A sessions