Module Descriptors
NURSING ASSOCIATE IN PRACTICE 3 (NA)
NURS40774
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 4
20 credits
Contact
Leader: Gemma Williams
Email: gemma.williams@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 75
Independent Study Hours: 80
Total Learning Hours: 200
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, Term 2 to Term 1
- Occurrence A, Stoke Campus, Term 2 to Term 3
- Occurrence B, Stafford Campus, Term 2 to Term 1
- Occurrence C, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 2 to Term 1
- Occurrence D, Stoke Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence E, Stafford Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence F, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence G, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence H, Stoke Campus, Term 2
- Occurrence H, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 3 to Term 2
- Occurrence H, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 3 to Term 1
- Occurrence I, Stafford Campus, Term 3 to Term 1
- Occurrence J, Stoke Campus, Term 3
- Occurrence L, Stoke Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
Sites
- Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus
- Stafford Campus
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Practice Assessment document. Achieve all proficiencies and outcomes within the practice assessment document (PAD) PAD 1 weighted at 0%
- Undertake an episode of care assessment within the practice area. weighted at 100%
Module Details
ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Practice assessment:
Nursing Associate Practice for part 1 will assess your performance across platforms 1-6 of the standards of proficiency. This assessment will take place in clinical practice. This is done through PAD 1 DOCUMENT which is a record of your progress in completing the NMC Standards of proficiency for nursing associates (learning outcome 1).
To ensure that you are practising with an increasing level of independence whilst under supervision, your performance will be measured against the following criteria.
Knowledge – you must have a developing knowledge base to support safe and effective practice and provide applicable evidence to support your care giving.
Skills – you must be able to utilise an increasing range of skills to deliver safe, person centred care under supervision in a range of contexts.
Attitudes and Values – you must be able to demonstrate a developing understanding of the professional roles and responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team and identify where you fit in. You should maximise any opportunities to extend your own knowledge as they present.
The practice assessment document assesses achievement of required NMC proficiencies for Nursing Associates (LO1, 2 & 3).
The Episode of Care is required to evidence competency in practice. This takes the form of an integrated approach to individual, person centred care for a period of time during one shift and is assessed and graded in practice (LO2, 3 &4).
ALL PARTS MUST BE PASSED.
Nursing Associate Practice for part 1 will assess your performance across platforms 1-6 of the standards of proficiency. This assessment will take place in clinical practice. This is done through PAD 1 DOCUMENT which is a record of your progress in completing the NMC Standards of proficiency for nursing associates (learning outcome 1).
To ensure that you are practising with an increasing level of independence whilst under supervision, your performance will be measured against the following criteria.
Knowledge – you must have a developing knowledge base to support safe and effective practice and provide applicable evidence to support your care giving.
Skills – you must be able to utilise an increasing range of skills to deliver safe, person centred care under supervision in a range of contexts.
Attitudes and Values – you must be able to demonstrate a developing understanding of the professional roles and responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team and identify where you fit in. You should maximise any opportunities to extend your own knowledge as they present.
The practice assessment document assesses achievement of required NMC proficiencies for Nursing Associates (LO1, 2 & 3).
The Episode of Care is required to evidence competency in practice. This takes the form of an integrated approach to individual, person centred care for a period of time during one shift and is assessed and graded in practice (LO2, 3 &4).
ALL PARTS MUST BE PASSED.
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Work based learning during employment and protected learning time
Skills for acquisition
Negotiation of learning contracts with practice assessor and practice supervisor
Face to face teaching
Skills and simulated practice
Group activities
Online lectures and activities
Skills for acquisition
Negotiation of learning contracts with practice assessor and practice supervisor
Face to face teaching
Skills and simulated practice
Group activities
Online lectures and activities
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Demonstrate the achievement of the Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates (NMC 2018) as set out within PAD 1.
Knowledge and Understanding, Application
2. Demonstrate developing awareness of skills that are required to fulfil the role of the Nursing Associate and application of evidence-based knowledge to clinical practice.
Knowledge and Understanding, Learning, Enquiry, Application
3. Applies knowledge and understanding of the concepts and principles that underpin safe nursing in practice as a Nursing Associate.
Knowledge and Understanding, Communication, Application
4. Demonstrate an insight into the process and purpose of reflective practice in order to develop self-awareness and individual professional practice
Learning, Enquiry, Reflection, Analysis
Knowledge and Understanding, Application
2. Demonstrate developing awareness of skills that are required to fulfil the role of the Nursing Associate and application of evidence-based knowledge to clinical practice.
Knowledge and Understanding, Learning, Enquiry, Application
3. Applies knowledge and understanding of the concepts and principles that underpin safe nursing in practice as a Nursing Associate.
Knowledge and Understanding, Communication, Application
4. Demonstrate an insight into the process and purpose of reflective practice in order to develop self-awareness and individual professional practice
Learning, Enquiry, Reflection, Analysis
RESOURCES
Access to practice learning, Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and Academic Assessor.
Face to face teaching
Access to virtual learning environments
Simulation suite/skills labs facilities
Face to face teaching
Access to virtual learning environments
Simulation suite/skills labs facilities
TEXTS
Esterhuizen P (2019) Reflective Practice in Nursing. London, Sage Publishing.
Lister S, Hofland J, Grafton H (2020) The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures. 10th edition. Professional Edition. West Sussex. Wiley-Blackwell.
Rowe, G., Ellis, S., Gee, D., Graham, K., Henderson, M., Barnes, J., Counihan, C., Carter-Bennett, J. (2019) The Handbook for Nurse Associates and Assistant Practitioners. 2nd Edition. London. Sage Publications
Lister S, Hofland J, Grafton H (2020) The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures. 10th edition. Professional Edition. West Sussex. Wiley-Blackwell.
Rowe, G., Ellis, S., Gee, D., Graham, K., Henderson, M., Barnes, J., Counihan, C., Carter-Bennett, J. (2019) The Handbook for Nurse Associates and Assistant Practitioners. 2nd Edition. London. Sage Publications
SPECIAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Access to practice placements
Enrolled on the FdSc Nursing Associate
Enrolled on the FdSc Nursing Associate
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Theory and practice:
The module will include the relevant minimum core standards for Mandatory and Statutory Training, only where it is not provided by your employer.
It will provide teaching and learning opportunities to develop your knowledge, understanding and necessary skills to start to take personal responsibility for becoming an accountable professional in a range of nursing and care environments.
The module will develop the apprentice's ability to perform a range of clinical and practical care skills that are required to provide and monitor care, within the legal, ethical and professional frameworks and across all four fields of nursing, Adult, Mental Health, Child and Learning Disabilities.
The module should develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to achieve high-quality person-centred care/family centred care, that encompasses communication and introduce the holistic nursing process across all four fields of nursing, Adult, Mental Health, Child and Learning Disabilities
Elimination continence and bowel care
Venepuncture and cannulation – theory and practice
Nutrition and hydration – monitoring and nutritional support through non-invasive methods
Patient monitoring and responding to deterioration in both mental and physical health to include appropriate use of medication
Numeracy in nursing/drug calculations
Emergency First Aid to include mental health first aid - theory
Reflective practice linked to episode of care assessment
This module will include simulation-based learning to consolidate practical skills developed across year 1 related to common clinical practice scenarios relating to all fields of nursing
The module will include the relevant minimum core standards for Mandatory and Statutory Training, only where it is not provided by your employer.
It will provide teaching and learning opportunities to develop your knowledge, understanding and necessary skills to start to take personal responsibility for becoming an accountable professional in a range of nursing and care environments.
The module will develop the apprentice's ability to perform a range of clinical and practical care skills that are required to provide and monitor care, within the legal, ethical and professional frameworks and across all four fields of nursing, Adult, Mental Health, Child and Learning Disabilities.
The module should develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to achieve high-quality person-centred care/family centred care, that encompasses communication and introduce the holistic nursing process across all four fields of nursing, Adult, Mental Health, Child and Learning Disabilities
Elimination continence and bowel care
Venepuncture and cannulation – theory and practice
Nutrition and hydration – monitoring and nutritional support through non-invasive methods
Patient monitoring and responding to deterioration in both mental and physical health to include appropriate use of medication
Numeracy in nursing/drug calculations
Emergency First Aid to include mental health first aid - theory
Reflective practice linked to episode of care assessment
This module will include simulation-based learning to consolidate practical skills developed across year 1 related to common clinical practice scenarios relating to all fields of nursing