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NUR-30227 - Module Specification
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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

NUR-30227 - Clinical Nursing Practice 6
Coordinator: Louise Cogher Tel: +44 1782 7 38154
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 6
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 750
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 module enables you to consolidate your nursing practice, focusing on leading nursing care for people with complex needs, managing teams to support a group of people, prioritising needs and delegating appropriately, applying research to evidence-based practice, and using safe clinical judgment and decision-making in your clinical placements. You will critically reflect on your own personal and professional development throughout this module. You will be supported by a practice supervisor, practice assessor and academic assessor.

Aims
To consolidate your clinical nursing practice knowledge, skills and professional values, during your nursing placement in your 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-30227/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate safe, effective, compassionate, evidence-based nursing practice in a clinical setting in the third year of the programme in accordance with the NMC Code (2018) through successful completion of remaining practice proficiencies within the practice assessment document, including appropriate nursing leadership, clinical judgement and decision-making: 1,2
Demonstrate appropriate, professional interpersonal skills in simulated and clinical practice settings with regard to their field of practice using a diverse range of communication and relationship management skills with people with healthcare needs and when working with and managing teams: 1,2,3
Apply effective, defined knowledge, skills and behaviours to lead a specific episode of person-centred care to meet the needs of a group of people with complex needs, including being a role model, understanding of team roles and responsibilities, and service evaluation and improvement: 1,2
Critically reflect on own development of leadership and resilience in nursing practice to aid integration of theory and practice learning, in relation to recognition and effective management of own stress levels in clinical practice settings: 1,2,3

Study hours

Breakdown of active learning hours-
In situ- 11hrs/Synchronous-11hrs (Lectures, discussion, seminars, tutorials, workshops, assessment preparation and simulation)
Asynchronous- 8hrs (Guided independent study including preparation for scheduled sessions, follow up work)
Placement Learning-450hrs
Breakdown of independent study hours-
Independent study- 270hrs (Wider reading, revision, assessment preparation)
Due to the dynamic nature of nursing programmes, the above breakdown may be subject to alteration.



School Rules

You will not be able to complete this module unless you are in good academic standing, having successfully completed the previous part/year 2 of your BSc programme

Description of Module Assessment

1: Practice Based Assessment weighted 0%
Assessment of Practice Proficiencies including Professional Values and medicines Management
Assessment of all professional values and assessment of remaining practice learning outcomes from the practice proficiencies within the Midlands Yorkshire & East Practice Assessment Document (MYEPAD). Practice Supervisor/ Practice Assessor will assess professional values, at the end of the placement the student is required to achieve all professional values. The students will liaise with their practice supervisors/ practice assessors to ensure all proficiencies are achieved during the clinical placement (with exception: starred proficiencies can be completed in Part 2 or Part 3). Medicines management must be achieved by the end of final summative placement.

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 to lead a specific episode of person-centred care to meet the needs of a group of people with complex needs, including being a role model, understanding of team roles and responsibilities, and service evaluation and improvement

3: Reflective Analysis weighted 75%
Reflective analysis
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