Pre-requisites: Enrolled on Nursing Associate programme

Admissions requirements: Employment with a relevant healthcare organisation. Access to practice learning environment as a trainee Nursing Associate.

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS TO BE A NURSING ASSOCIATE, DRAWING UPON NURSING THEORY, AND SHOWING AN AWARENESS OF WORKING WITHIN THE NMC CODE, AND THE VALUES, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS
Application
Communication
Knowledge and Understanding

2. REFLECT UPON THE ROLE OF SOCIETAL, PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL VALUES IN THE CONTEXT OF PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDES, VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS. DISCUSS HOW THIS LINKS WITH MORAL LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR PRACTICE
Application
Reflection

3. DEMONSTRATE AN AWARENESS OF EFFECTIVE INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS THAT CAN BE UTILISED WITH INDIVIDUALS, TEAMS OR GROUPS OF PEOPLE WHEN PROVIDING CARE USING A NON-JUDGMENTAL ATTITUDE THAT RESPECTS THE VALUES, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES OF THE PATIENT AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT.
Application
Communication

4. DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY LOCATE, BEGIN TO EVALUATE, AND INCORPORATE HIGH QUALITY INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE FROM A RANGE OF SOURCES THAT SUPPORTS DECISION-MAKING FOR THE PROVISION OF PERSON CENTRED CARE
Enquiry
Knowledge and Understanding
Problem Solving

A 2000-word assignment
The assignment is based on a given scenario from a service user perspective (assessing LO's 2, 3 and 4)

The summative assessment must be passed.

The aim of this module is to introduce trainee Nursing Associates to some key concepts for nursing - namely professional values, attitudes and behaviour; moral legal and ethical issues; the nature of what it is to be a nursing associate. It recognises that there are different types of learning (knowledge, skill and attitude) and that each is important and equally valuable in the context of care and caring. These issues will be explored within the module
- What is it to be a nursing associate? The art and science of nursing
- Professional values, attitudes and behaviour. What is professionalism - can it be taught?
- What is the NMC code of conduct - and how do Nursing Associates work within this framework? What do nursing associates need to know and how do they need to behave?
- Evidence based practice. What it is, and what it is not - an introduction
- How do we access and evaluate evidence which supports our actions
- Introducing the concept of research
- The use of information technology - personal and professional
- Introduction to communication skills - the basics. Using a framework for evaluating our own communication
- Heron's Six Category Intervention
- Emotional labour and emotional intelligence
- Humanities in health care - what can we learn from this?
- Exploring concepts which may be difficult to measure such as caring, compassion, empathy, kindness, creativity
- An introduction to the concept of social role valorisation and its relevance for care today, contrasted with the social model of disability
- Identity - self-concept, identities which enable individuals to flourish and how we can foster this. The potential impact of positive psychology
- Legal and ethical issues in practice - an overview of ethical theories - can these influence how we behave? What can science and evidence tell us about this?
- Working within the law
- An introduction to some key legal aspects which impact upon nursing care e.g. human rights, data protection, confidentiality, safeguarding the vulnerable, deprivation of liberty
- Risks and benefits - an introduction to risk assessment balanced against autonomy. Living in a Risk Society
- Spirituality and purpose - what is important in people's lives? Meaning and purpose in life and how we foster this for clients and each other

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: (90 hours)
50 hours: Key Lectures
10 hours: Facilitated group work (either face to face or forum discussion via blackboard)
10 hours: Seminars in smaller groups - presented to the whole group
12 hours: Workshops
4 hours: Large group tutorials - assignment focussed
2 hours: Open forum question and answer
2 hours: Debate in class

Guided Independent Study: (210 hours)
60 hours: Literature searching and reading
30 hours: Multi media / humanities - engagement with video and literature
30 hours: Blackboard based activity and accessing supplementary resources on Blackboard
20 hours: Group work preparation
60 hours: Assignment preparation / writing
10 hours: Workshop Preparation

ROWE, G. et al (2017) The Handbook for Nurse Associates and Assistant Practitioners. London. Sage.
HERON, J. (2009) Helping the Client. A creative practical guide. 5th Ed. London: Sage Publications Ltd.
McCABE, C. and TIMMINS, F. (2013) Communication Skills for Nursing Practice. 2nd Ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
MANDELSTOM, M. (2011) How we treat the sick. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. London.
SMITH, P. (2012) The Emotional Labour of Nursing Revisited. Can Nurses Still Care? 2nd Ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Service users and carers.