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Nursing Practice 2 - HEA00131M

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Spring Term 2022-23 to Autumn Term 2023-24

Module aims

This module aims to progress the student’s development toward them becoming a skilful and capable registered nurse. It will guide them in developing the practical skills required to undertake a range of nursing interventions and actions. It also aims to build up their skills in assessing individuals in a range of practice settings and from this construct relevant and mutually agreed plans of care. At the same time, the student will develop a grasp of the role of the registered nurse as an accountable professional, leader and educator within their areas of practice.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate key skills for effective nursing practice and reflect on the development of the qualities of an effective leader in the coordination and delivery of complex care.

  2. Apply a range of assessment techniques, formulate a plan of care, and deliver therapeutic interventions for effective quality care, evaluating the outcomes of the plan and actions.

  3. Effectively manage potential and actual safeguarding issues to maintain individual and public protection.

  4. Implement the principles of medicines optimisation and reflect on the registered nurse's role in the safe and effective administration of medicines in complex healthcare contexts.

  5. Reflect on their development as a self-directed learner and an educator of others and the strategies needed to maintain this as a registrant.

  6. Evaluate the role of the registered nurse in the effective learning of others in a range of situations.

  7. Maintain professional values and proficiencies in line with the Nursing & Midwifery Council standards of practice and behaviour.

  8. Support and develop improvements in practice, demonstrating an ability to analyse circumstances that require quality improvement and apply a range of strategies to implement an evidence-based resolution.

  9. Answer all questions correctly in a health numeracy assessment as required by NMC standards (2018).

Module content

Accountability, medicines optimisation, assessments, clinical judgement and decision-making, communication skills, Nursing process, reflection, philosophy of nursing (care, person-centredness), Safeguarding.

Fundamental communication skills, developing therapeutic relationships, medicines administration (practical application, e.g. rights, BNF), Safemedicate, coaching and leadership, teaching and supervising, practice supervisor readiness, mandatory training, applied reflection, technology & Informatics (telehealth), venepuncture, cannulation, blood transfusion.

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) 0
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

Pass/fail

Additional assessment information

Practice 734

Simulation 46

= 780 Practice hours

Indicative reassessment

None

Module feedback

Verbal and written evidence of achievement is provided within the student’s Electronic Ongoing Assessment Record, completed by the practice assessor.

Indicative reading

Dougherty L, Lister S (2015) (9th Edition) The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures. Chichester: John Wiley &Sons


Nursing and Midwifery Council: The Code; Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates (2018) www.nmc.org.uk/standards/code



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