2011/12 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

HECS5246M Preparing for Registration (S)

15 creditsClass Size: 100

If you are applying for a stand-alone Masters level module please note you must meet either the general University entry criteria or the specific module pre-requisite for this level of study.

Module manager: Jenny Dedmen
Email: j.a.dedmen@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Sep to 30 Jun(Adv pre 2223), Sep to Aug View Timetable

Year running 2011/12

Pre-requisite qualifications

Students must meet criteria for entry to MSc Nursing with Registration Programme

Pre-requisites

HECS5228M

Developing Fields of Practice

This module is mutually exclusive with

HECS5229M

Preparing for Registration

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

Health care provision is undergoing constant review and change. Increasingly, the context in which care is provided is changing, these include, both patient and client groups, the people who provide the care, fiscal and other resource constraints and priorities and the expectations of the general public are changing. These constant changes mean that nurses need to recognise the role they play in healthcare, as well as being flexible in their delivery and management of care. It also means that they are able to anticipate and deliver intelligent, active, responsive and insightful care by challenging and making relationships between knowledge and experiences. This module aims to prepare the student nurse for his/her role as a qualified nurse, identify the requirements for this and what will be needed in the preceptorship phase.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- debate and analyse professional issues relating to clinical practice;
- reflect upon and critically appraise the organisation and management of care relating to current clinical experiences;
- demonstrate a critical and analytical knowledge of a range of management strategies and skills;
- analyse and synthesise different leadership styles and theories;
- apply, analyse, synthesise and evaluate the role of the nurse as teacher and assessor in clinical practice;
- critically appraise and reflect upon individual strengths and weaknesses through the use of a structured reflective model;
- reflect upon and critically analyse client needs in relation to current clinical practice;
- appraise and evaluate care provision in a variety of settings relating to current local and national policies;
- evaluate the role of the health care professional in identifying and managing ethical and legal issues that arise within clinical practice;
- critically analyse service user and carer led evaluation of service provision across health and social care settings;
- debate and analyse the issues of cultural and ethnic diversity in the structured review of service provision across healthcare settings;
- confidently debate the range of selected practice situations and limitations of current thinking, which challenges professional boundaries;
- demonstrate achievement of defined NMC Competencies;
- demonstrate achievement of the EU requirements;
- demonstrate achievement of clinical skills.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the module the students should know:
- the roles and responsibilities of a qualified nurse in managing a clinical area;
- the requirements to become a qualified member of staff and what may be needed in their preceptorship period;
- the main principles of teaching and assessing in clinical practice;
- how to deal with and manage a range of difficult/complex problems which will draw upon their decision making skills;
- current national and local policies and issues;
- how to provide appropriate care to different people experiencing a range of clinical problems taking into account issues relating to culture, diversity, healthcare ethics and law.

Syllabus

- Generic content
- Organisation and management of care
- Change theory/leadership/team working
- Evaluation of care
- Pharmacology/patient group directives
- Professional and legal issues
- Role transition
- Health economics
- Assessing and teaching in clinical practice
- Management process and practice
- Management issues - ward management exercise
- Budgeting and resource management
- Negotiated skills development*
- Advocacy, Accountability and Allocation of resources
- Service user/carer involvement in evaluation of care and planning/accessing the patients perspective
- Cultural and ethnic diversity in service provision
- Current national and local policy issues
- Applying the evidence in practice
- Interview/CV application preparation
- Application and analysis of theory to chosen branch of practice
- Self analysis of strengths and weaknesses through use of a structured model

- Adult
> Skills development related to adult nursing
> Working in partnership with service users and carers, advocacy services
> Decision making relating complex adult nursing issues
> Cultural and ethnic diversity and identifying needs through adult based service provision

- Child
> Skills development related to childrens nursing
> Working with families in relation to national and local policy
> Decision making relating complex children’s nursing issues
> Cultural and ethnic diversity and identifying needs through childrens service provision

- Mental health
> Skills development relating to mental health
> Risk assessment and dealing with difficult situations in mental health
> Decision making relating complex mental health issues
> Self analysis of strengths and weaknesses through use of a structured model
> Cultural and ethnic diversity and identifying needs through mental health service provision

- Learning disability
> Skills development relating to learning disability nursing
> Risk assessment and dealing with difficult situations in learning disability nursing
> Decision making relating complex combined behavioural and mental health issues

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Workshop	3	2.00	6.00
Clinical Sessions	808	1.00	808.00
Clinical Practice	113	1.00	112.50
Lecture	12	2.00	24.00
Practical	6	2.00	12.00
Tutorial	3	2.00	6.00
Private study hours			542.00
Total Contact hours			968.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			1,510.50

Private study

1610.5* These hours meet the Nursing and Midwifery Council regulations - 590 theory hours and 1020.5 practice hours

Please Note: 112.5 hours Clinical Practice = 112.5 hours Simulated Practice

Searching for relevant resources and reading and appraising the evidence base. Reflective activities.
Completing Assessment in Practice Document
Completing EU directives document
Pre-reading for teaching sessions
Assignment preparation
Reading and literature searching to be able to apply theory to their specific branch of nursing.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Ongoing classroom involvement
Tutorial support - group and individual
Tutorial support for the summative assessment
The use of case studies as a learning and teaching resource will consolidate learning and provide an opportunity for assessment

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Assignment	Assessment in Practice Document Stage 3 500 words (Pass/Fail)	0.00
Assignment	EU Directives Document 500 words (Pass/Fail)	0.00
Assignment	Clinical Skills Workbook (Pass/Fail)	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		0.00

The AiP documents can be resubmitted by students if failure was due to incomplete documentation. Students who have been recorded as a fail in practice by their mentor will need to repeat the placement. There is no compensation between the assessment elements. The essay, unseen examination, Assessment in Practice, EU Directives document (not mental health and learning disability students) and Clinical Skills workbook all have to be passed to successfully achieve the module. The word allowance allocated to the Assessment in Practice Document is notional.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	100.00
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	1 hr 00 mins	0.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		100.00

1hr Unseen Exam (EX2) = Unseen Medicines and Numeracy Exam (Pass/Fail) There is no compensation between the assessment elements. Students need to achieve a pass mark in each of the two examinations adn the Assessment in Practice document - Stage 3, Clinical Skills Workbook and the European Directives (except mental health and learning disability students) to be able to successfully complete the module.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/08/2010

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