NMHS33370 Practice Placement  4A

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module provides students with clinical experience in medical-surgical child healthcare settings. The module aims to enable students to practice from a proficient knowledge base and deliver safe and effective child and family centred nursing care, through the application of a problem solving approach to care delivery under the distant supervision of the registered nurse. Students will actively participate in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of child and family centred evidenced based nursing care. Students will learn to practice collaboratively with the child, young person, family and health care team and learn to practice empathetic communication and interpersonal skills during the delivery of nursing care. Key knowledge and skills include safe and effective assessment of priorities, time management, use of resources and the application of critical thinking and reflection to inform best practice. The module introduces students to professional leadership and scholarship through self-directed learning and questioning and the development of reasoning and decision making skills to inform practice and life-long professional development. The module is part of the essential clinical requirements for professional registration.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate the development of competence in the six domains of competences specified by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2018):
• Professional Values and conduct of the nurse competences in a medical-surgical setting
• Nursing Practice and clinical decision making competences in a medical-surgical setting Interpersonal Relationships with patients, family and other professionals
• Knowledge and cognitive competences
• Management and team competences
• Leadership potential and professional scholarship competences

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

273
Total

273
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 for children and their families and case-based learning. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Pre-requisite:
NMHS33330 - Practice Placement 1A, NMHS33340 - Practice Placement 1B


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: Professional portfolio and continuous assessment based on the National Competence Assessment Document (NCAD) Throughout the Trimester n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn 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 and Clinical Coordinator of the programme.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 

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