1. Critically reflect on situations to enhance self-awareness, and your learning, to promote professional adult nursing practice.

2. Critically analyse and apply evidence-based knowledge to clinical skills practice related to adult nursing in practice

Patient assessment, prioritising and planning care needs.

Partnership working for holistic care

Assessment of urinary and bowel incontinence/use of continence products/self-catheterisation/manual evacuation

Nutritional assessment and supporting nutrition – nasogastric insertion and management; gastrostomy management, parenteral nutritional support.


Medicines management including intravenous and intraosseous administration


Drug calculations/numeracy in nursing


Venepuncture and cannulation


Awareness and management of vascular access devices

Developing critical reflective practice


Placement preparation

Practice assessment


Looking after yourself in placement to include resilience

This module aims to build your knowledge, experience and skills around adult nursing care with a specific focus upon practical skills and reflective practice. The module links to practice learning period 5. You will undertake study related to the underpinning theory around common practical skills related to adult nursing care alongside having the opportunity to develop those practical skills by undertaking simulated practice within the University Skills and Simulation Labs. You will continue to develop an understanding of evidence-based practice and practical skills that are required to fulfil the role of the adult nurse.

Practice learning period 5
Face to face teaching

Skills and simulated practice
Group activities

Online lectures and activities

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.

Wright K (2011) Drug calculations for Nurses. Context for practice. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan.

Access to practice learning

Access to virtual learning environments

Simulation suite/skills labs facilities

During this module, members of our service user and carer group will support learning in the simulated environment activities.

Enrolled on BSc (Hons) Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship (Adult)

Undertake an episode of care assessment within the clinical practice setting (LO1 & LO2)

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