NMHS33440 Clinical Practice 3 (G)

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module introduces students to a specialist or surgical-medical care setting, permitting them to observe and, where appropriate, participate in patient care within that setting. The aim of this module is to provide students with insights and understandings into the way that care is planned, organised and delivered within the clinical setting. Students will be provided with opportunities to observe and, where and when appropriate, to engage in patient care under the supervision of the registered nurse. Students are expected to be pro-active in the acquisition of their clinical skills, using the NCAD document for guidance and as evidence of satisfactory clinical performance. The areas that may be linked to this module include: care of the older person, emergency department, intellectual disability, outpatients department, maternity care, community care, mental health and psychiatry nursing, operating theatre, paediatric ICU/HDU, public health nursing and medical-surgical nursing. The credit load of the module reflects the student effort hours required to achieve the learning outcomes.

The module is part of the essential clinical requirements for professional registration. The student must pass all individual clinical placements within the module before a pass grade can be awarded for the module. All clinical placement modules must be passed and all of the clinical time completed for the preceding stage before the student can progress to the next stage of the programme.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate the on-going development of competence in the following domains of competence:
o Professional/ethical practice in relation to the care of the patient in a specialist/Medical-surgical setting
o Holistic approaches to care and integration of knowledge in a specialist or medical-surgical setting
o Take responsibility for assessing, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care of a patient / client.
o Interpersonal relationships with patients, family and other professionals
o Organisation and management of care in a specialist or medical-surgical setting
o Personal and professional development

Indicative Module Content:

Students will integrate the reading list that they have received while attending lectures so the they have an opportunity to link theory and practice.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Total

0
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students are on clinical placement where they are encourage to engage in clinical judgement scenarios and decision making skills when caring for the population they are allocated to during their different clinical placements.

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 patients and case-based learning. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
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 Competency Clinical Assessment Document (NCAD) Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring 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?

Not yet recorded.

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

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