NMHS30310 Practice Placement 4B Internship (G)

Academic Year 2023/2024

The clinical placement element of internship period is designed to facilitate the development of competencies in all domains of competence. Students will be provided with opportunities to observe and, where appropriate, to engage in patient care, under the supervision of a registered nurse. Students will partake in care as members of the care team and will be given opportunities to apply the skills of critical analysis, problem solving, decision making, and reflection. The credit load of this module reflects the student effort hours required to achieve the learning outcomes.
The student must pass 4B Internship (G) clinical placement before progressing to 4C Internship (G). Students must complete all Stage 4 clinical hours before status is ‘degree complete’.

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Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students will be able to:
1 - Act as a member of the care team and work towards the development of competence in the following domains of competence.
2 - Professional values and conduct of nurse competences /knowledge and appreciation of the virtues of caring, compassion, integrity, honesty, respect and empathy as a basis of nursing
3 - Nursing practice and clinical decision-making competences including understanding and knowledge of the principles of safe, effective and person-centred care delivery based on partnership
4 - Knowledge and cognitive competences including life, behavioural and health sciences
5 - Communication and Interpersonal competences
6 - Management and team competences
7 - Leadership and professional scholarship competencies including self-directed learning skills, critical questioning /reasoning and maintaining competency

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Placement/Work Experience

150

Total

150

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Key teaching and learning approaches used in the module may include: active/task-based learning; peer/multidisciplinary team learning, reflective learning; learning during the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care and case-based learning. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Recommendations:

Must have undertaken Clinical Practice 4A Internship (G) before commencing Clinical Practice 4B Internship (G) module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Co-requisite:
NMHS30300 - Prac Plac 4A Internship (G)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: Professional portfolio and Continuous assessment based on the DoCAT Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

100


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedback on clinical performance during the placement will be given to the student by the Preceptor, Co-preceptor, Clinical Nurse Manager/Facilitator, Clinical Placement Coordinator and personal tutor (at student/clinical site request).

Name Role
Ms Tara Breen Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Mary Murphy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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