Module Descriptors
NURSING ASSOCIATE IN PRACTICE 4 (NA)
NURS50776
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 5
20 credits
Contact
Leader: Zoe Broad
Email: zoe.broad@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 45
Independent Study Hours: 140
Total Learning Hours: 200
Pattern of Delivery
- Occurrence B, Stafford Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence C, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence D, Stoke Campus, Term 2 to Term 3
- Occurrence E, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 2 to Term 3
- Occurrence F, Stafford Campus, Term 2 to Term 3
- Occurrence H, Stafford Campus, Term 1 to Term 2
- Occurrence H, Stafford Campus, Term 1
- Occurrence I, Stoke Campus, Term 1
Sites
- Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus
- Stafford Campus
- Stoke Campus
Assessment
- Written reflection linked to ONE NMC Platform – (Specifically Platforms 4, 5, or 6) - 1500 WORDS weighted at 100%
Module Details
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Work based learning during employment and protected learning time.
Negotiation of learning contracts with practice assessor and practice supervisor
Face to face teaching
Skills and simulated practice
Group activities
Online lectures and activities
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. Critically reflect on practice situations to enhance your self-awareness and your learning to promote the analysis of how your role and professional behaviour influences care provision
Learning, Enquiry, Analysis, Reflection
2. Critically analyse and apply evidence-based knowledge to the range of skills that are required to fulfil the role of Nursing Associate
Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Problem Solving, Application
3. Demonstrate and apply, knowledge and understanding of Professional Values in Practice which underpin the values of the NMC Code and are required to fulfil the role of the Nursing Associate
Knowledge and Understanding, Application
Learning, Enquiry, Analysis, Reflection
2. Critically analyse and apply evidence-based knowledge to the range of skills that are required to fulfil the role of Nursing Associate
Knowledge and Understanding, Analysis, Problem Solving, Application
3. Demonstrate and apply, knowledge and understanding of Professional Values in Practice which underpin the values of the NMC Code and are required to fulfil the role of the Nursing Associate
Knowledge and Understanding, Application
RESOURCES
Access to practice learning, Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and Academic Assessor
Access to virtual learning environments
Simulation suite/skills labs facilities
Access to virtual learning environments
Simulation suite/skills labs facilities
TEXTS
Lister S, Hofland J, Grafton H (2020) The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures. 10th edition. Professional Edition. West Sussex. Wiley-Blackwell.
Peate, I. (2019) Learning To Care: The Nursing Associate. London. Elsevier
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
Peate, I. (2019) Learning To Care: The Nursing Associate. London. Elsevier
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
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Written reflection – this will require reflection upon a clinical scenario. This scenario will be chosen from semester 4 and will be linked to ONE of the following NMC Platforms: Platform 4. Working in teams, Platform 5. Improving the safety and quality of care or Platform 6. Contributing to integrated care. Learners will use a reflective model to structure their work. (LO 1, 2 and 3)
Formative assessment and feedback from Academic Assessor regarding professional values and proficiency progression end of placement.
ALL PARTS MUST BE PASSED.
Formative assessment and feedback from Academic Assessor regarding professional values and proficiency progression end of placement.
ALL PARTS MUST BE PASSED.
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
Emergency situations and administration of basic mental and physical first aid including Basic Life Support (BLS).
Teamwork and working as an integrated member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team
End of life care
Health and Safety legislation
Critical reflective practice
Practice assessment – PAD 2
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
Emergency situations and administration of basic mental and physical first aid including Basic Life Support (BLS).
Teamwork and working as an integrated member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team
End of life care
Health and Safety legislation
Critical reflective practice
Practice assessment – PAD 2