Renal pathway
50 credits
This clinical pathway aims at trained nurses working in a renal setting and who care for individuals in chronic renal failure, on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant. It equips the registered nurse with the knowledge and skills for patient-centred renal care. Theoretical and practical assessment is valued equally.
The first module carries 20 credits and is delivered in work-based learning mode, tailored to your role requirements whatever your professional background and across community/hospital settings. It aims to improve knowledge and understanding of how renal failure affects people and the ways in which the healthcare worker can help them.
The second module carries 30 credits and is delivered in the classroom, supported by clinical rotation across renal placements. It aims to provide the knowledge and skills that define the specialised renal nurse role.
The renal pathway is a level 3 pathway that forms part of the Acute Clinical Practice BSc(Hons).
Summary
The renal pathway and its modules offer the opportunity to rotate across the range of renal placements. This will be guided by your learning outcomes and negotiated with a mentor and the Pathway Leader. You will have access to time at inpatients Renal Ward, Haemodialysis Unit, Peritoneal Dialysis Unit where you may be learning distinctive skills and interacting with patients and other professionals. You will also have enriching opportunities to:
- visit dialysis patients at home with our community service
- observe kidney transplantation surgery at St George's Hospital
- visit dialysis satellite units across Sussex
- join specialist clinics in vasculitis, transplant review, renal anaemia management, low-clearance
Who should apply and why?
For the pathway - trained nurses, working in a renal setting
For the work-based learning Foundations in Renal Care module - any health professional who comes into regular contact with renal patients. This may be someone working in hospitals or community settings.
Professional accreditation and career opportunities
Completion of the renal pathway will be evidence of specialised renal nursing training and help Band 5 nurses advance their career in the speciality, moving though Agenda for Change gateways or applying for promotion.
Subject areas
- Psycho-social impact of renal failure, coping with bad news, learning to live with dialysis
- Chronic renal failure, its causes and how to delay progression
- Helping patients make informed choices for long-term renal replacement therapies
- Identifying acute renal failure and supporting healthy recovery
- Renal anaemia, fluid imbalance, renal bone disease and its management
- Dietary changes needed in renal failure
- New skills to carry out haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis or supervise patients who do it at home
Syllabus
- Work-Based Learning Foundations in Renal Care module
- Advanced Renal Nursing module
Contact
For an information pack, including application form please contact the CPE admissions team on namcpeadmissions@brighton.ac.uk or 01273 644016.
For an informal discussion contact the Pathway Leader:
Ferdinand Bravo
01273 644049
fb59@brighton.ac.uk
