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NUR-10054 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2023/24 Last Updated: 13 February 2024

NUR-10054 - Clinical Nursing Practice 1
Coordinator: Laura Chambers Tel: +44 1782 7 38156
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 4
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 675
School Office: 01782 556723

Programme/Approved Electives for 2023/24

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2023/24

This is the first clinical nursing practice module in the first year of a three-year programme leading towards a BSc (Hons) in Adult, Children¿s, Learning Disability or Mental Health Nursing and eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. The module enables the student to apply person-centred nursing care and develop their communication and reflective skills in a clinical practice setting related to their field of practice and in simulated placement learning. Students are supported by a practice supervisor, practice assessor and academic assessor.

Aims
to
- Develop clinical nursing practice knowledge, skills and professional values, in their first year of nursing during their nursing placement in their chosen field of nursing practice.
- Learn and practise clinical skills in a simulated environment and apply in practice settings
- Develop reflective practice skills to aid integration of theory and practice learning

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/nur-10054/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate safe, effective, compassionate, evidence-based nursing practice in clinical settings in accordance with the NMC Code (2018) through successful completion of selected practice proficiencies within the practice assessment document
: 1
Demonstrate appropriate, professional interpersonal skills in simulated and clinical practice settings with regard to their field of practice, service users and multi-professional team members: 1,2
Apply effective, defined knowledge, skills and behaviours to support the needs of a service user in a specific episode of person-centred care, including accurate assessment of needs, supportive management, health promotion, and demonstration of professional values
: 2
Reflect on development of self-management and nursing practice with a focus on placement learning
: 2,3

Study hours

Breakdown of active learning hours-

In situ- 24hrs (Lectures, discussion, seminars, tutorials, workshops, practical classes, assessment preparation and simulation)
Synchronous- 11hrs (Lectures, tutorials)
Asynchronous ¿ 41 (Guided independent study including preparation for scheduled sessions, follow up work)
Placement learning hours - 375
Independent study hours-
Independent ¿ 224 (Wider reading, revision, assessment preparation)
Due to the dynamic nature of nursing programmes, the above breakdown may be subject to alteration.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Coursework weighted 0%
Assessment of proficiencies including professional values and medicines management
Assessment of all professional values and assessment of selected practice learning outcomes from the practice proficiencies within the Midlands Yorkshire & East Practice Assessment Document (MYEPAD). Students will have professional values summatively assessed at the end of placement, when they are required to achieve all professional values. The students will liaise with their practice supervisors/ practice assessors to select the proficiencies to be achieved during the clinical placement. Medicines management is an assessment that can be undertaken across the part and must be passed to complete the part.

2: Practice Based Assessment weighted 25%
A 30 minute episode of care assessment
A 30 minute episode of care assessment in a clinical practice setting where the student demonstrates competence in a defined set of knowledge, skills and behaviours in meeting the needs of a service user in a specific episode of person-centred care, including accurate assessment of needs, supportive management, health promotion, knowledge of safeguarding, and demonstration of professional values

3: Reflective Analysis weighted 75%
Reflective Analysis
A 1000-word reflective account

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 13 February 2024