4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur) Intellectual Disability Nursing
NU4D09 -Clinical Practice Module 4 (Intellectual Disability Nursing) (35 ECTS)
Learning Outcomes
Following completion of this module the student should be able to:
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to perform competently at independent
level (Bondy,1983) using learning outcomes in each clinical area in the following The Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Ireland (2005) domains:
- Domain 1 - Professional/Ethical practice
- Domain 2 - Holistic approaches and integration of knowledge
- Domain 3 - Interpersonal relationships
- Domain 4 - Organisation and management of care
- Domain 5 - Personal and professional development
Module Learning Aims
This module is intended for Senior Sophister students studying the B.Sc. (Cur.) in Nursing (Intellectual
Disability Nursing) at Trinity College Dublin, School of Nursing and Midwifery. This module aims to build
on the theoretical basis of nursing that you have had in your Senior Sophister university modules by
giving you the opportunity to have supervised clinical practice experiences. The purpose of this module
is to ensure that the student achieves the required level of safe and competent clinical practice at Senior
Sophister level.
Recommended Reading List
- The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2005) Requirements and Standards for Nurse Registration Education Programmes. Stationary Office, Dublin.
- Dougherty L., Lister S. E. (2011) The Royal Marsden Hospital of Clinical Nursing Procedures (Eighth Edition). Wiley Blackwell, United Kingdom.
- Gates B. (ed.) (2007) Learning Disabilities: Towards Inclusion. (5th Ed). Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
- Gates B. Barr O. (eds.) (2009) Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Nicol M., Bavin C., Cronin P., Rawlings-Anderson K. (2008) Essential Nursing Skills (3rd Ed). Mosby, Edinburgh.
* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning.