PE4S304 - Autonomous Practice In Specialist Community Nursing - DN 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | PE4S304 | ||
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| Module Title: | Autonomous Practice In Specialist Community Nursing - DN | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
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| Module Leader: | Angela Hiscocks | ||
| Module Team: | Michelle Panniers, Alexandra James | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2024 | Final Year of Intake: | 2029 |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 7 |
| Language: | English | ||
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Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
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| Valid From | 01 Sep 2024 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2030 |
Module Aims
The module aims to develop the student’s specialist knowledge and skills to work effectively as an autonomous and accountable professional, to safely manage greater complexity and risk within community practice.
This being in terms of the people they care for, the caseloads they manage and the services they work within, autonomously and integrated with other agencies, professionals, and disciplines.
Content Summary
Developing autonomous practice proactively and innovatively in complex, challenging and unpredictable situations.
Applying specialist community knowledge and advanced skills to own intended field of practice.
Autonomously manage and evaluate complex episodes of care from referral to service and admission, to discharge from caseload, or referral to other appropriate services or agencies.
Acting as a professional role model and advocate for the profession.
Developing professional curiosity –exploring, understanding and evaluating situational context.
Demonstrating a professional duty of candour and taking responsibility to raise concerns, including safeguarding.
Demonstrating advanced risk-assessments, applying critical thinking and decision-making skills, justifying and recording rationale for actions taken.
Application of the principles informing professional practice including, legal, regulatory, governance requirements, policies, and professional and ethical frameworks to community practice.
Leading and delivering person-centred, compassionate, anti-discriminatory and inclusive care based on evidence based best practice.
Leading and promoting multi-disciplinary and partnership working.
Developing a greater understanding of how to influence health and social care strategies at all levels.
Understanding process and requirements to work effectively with practice supervisors and practice assessors to develop to a level of competent practice in the proficiencies as outlined in the Practice Assessment Document.
Reflecting on own personal and professional values, maintaining own well-being and health.
Developing further numeracy, literacy, digital and technological skills in the delivery of safe and effective specialist community care.
Developing effective study skills.
Searching for, analysing and reviewing the literature and evidence base. Hierarchy of evidence, application of evidence to autonomous practice.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 12 |
| Tutorials | 20 |
| Independent Study | 40 |
| Placement | 100 |
| Directed Study (including online independent learning) | 12 |
| Formative assessment - scheduled | 1 |
| Formative assessment - independent | 2 |
| Groupwork | 3 |
| Problem/Challenge based learning | 10 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Critically appraise the knowledge and skills to be an effective autonomous specialist practitioner within own field of practice |
| LO2 | Demonstrate competence in the proficiencies outlined in Platform 1 within the All-Wales Community Practice Assessment Document for Specialist Practice for District Nursing / Community Childrens Nursing. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Poster 1 | A visual representation (poster) of information illustrating critical decision making/ risk assessment and associated rationale when working autonomously in a complex / challenging situation in the community setting to include a 10 minute critical discussion which allows in depth analysis of the poster contents | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
| Asynchronous Assessment | Clinical Learning 1 | A pass at minimum competent level in the proficiencies detailed within Platform 1 of the All-Wales Practice Assessment Document for SPQ in the students defined field of practice. | 0 | N/A | 0 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Poster 1 | ✔ | ✘ | |
| Clinical Learning 1 | ✘ | ✔ | |