Module Descriptors
NURSING ASSOCIATE IN PRACTICE 5 (NA)
NURS50777
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 5
20 credits
Contact
Leader: Clare Mcgroarty
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 45
Independent Study Hours: 140
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 3 to Term 1
  • Occurrence C, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 2 to Term 3
  • Occurrence C, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus, Term 2 to Term 1
  • Occurrence G, Stafford Campus, Term 2
  • Occurrence G, Stafford Campus, Term 2 to Term 3
  • Occurrence H, Stoke Campus, Term 3 to Term 1
Sites
  • Royal Shrewsbury Hospital Campus
  • Stafford Campus
  • Stoke Campus
Assessment
  • Undertake an episode of care assessment within the clinical practice setting - assessed and graded in practice 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
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, Learning, Enquiry, 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
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
SPECIAL ADMIISSIONS REQUIREMENTS
Access to practice placements

Enrolled on the FdSc Nursing Associate
ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT DETAILS
Undertake an episode of care assessment within the clinical practice setting - assessed and graded in practice weighted at 100% (LO 1, 2 and 3)

Formative assessment and feedback from Academic Assessor regarding professional values and proficiency progression end of placement.
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

Mobility and falls avoidance, through the lifespan
Assessment tools and models – application in practice
Behavioural Change & Motivational Interviewing

Critical reflective practice - episode of care preparation
Looking after yourself in placement to include resilience
Providing safe and effective care – using audits to improve clinical practice