- Department: Health Sciences
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: C
- Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
This module covers the basic principles of reflection, research principles, searching, types of evidence.
PICO, CASP, and hierarchy of evidence.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Summer Term 2024-25 |
Develop foundational knowledge of the nursing profession and oneself as a student of nursing.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
1.Identify aspects of nursing philosophy relating to your own development as a student of
nursing. 2. Describe the concept of care and person centeredness.
3. Reflect on your own life experience and your emerging development as a student of
nursing. 4. Recognise the role of different types of evidence to inform nursing practice.
5. Recognise professional responsibilities of a nurse from a range of perspectives.
Uncertainty, Paradigms, Research methods, Evidence / searching skills ,Reflection, Philosophy of nursing: self,
professional identity, person centredness, care, resilience, Health and Well-being, Responsibility, Safety and Risk
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Non-compensatable
Task | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework | 100 |
Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Chambers, C & Ryder, E (2016) Excellence in Compassionate Nursing Care – Leading the change Heaslip &
Lindsay (2019) Research and evidence based practice for nursing, health and social care students.
Lantern Publishing
Holland, K (2016), Cultural Awareness in Nursing and Health Care, Routledge
Pa ´draig, O ´. L., (2017) Nurses and nursing; the person and the profession. Routledge
Tee, S (2016) Person-Centred Approaches in Healthcare: A Handbook for Nurses and Midwives. Open
University Press.