PE4S304 - Autonomous Practice In Specialist Community Nursing - DN 01 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2030 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: PE4S304
Module Title: Autonomous Practice In Specialist Community Nursing - DN
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group:
Faculty Sub Group:
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
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh:
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
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Document Version Information

Version 1
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

Reading List

Anderson, E.T. and McFarlane, M. (2019) Community as partner: theory and practice in nursing. 8th edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

Brook, J., McGraw, C. and Thurtle, V. (2021) Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and Community Nursing. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Incorporated.

Buka, P. (2020) Essential law and ethics in nursing: Patients, rights and decision-making. 3rd edition. Abingdon, Oxon; Routledge.

Diem, E. and Moyer, A. (2015) Community and Public Health Nursing: Learning to make a difference through teamwork. 2nd edition. Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Griffith, R. and Tengnah, C.A (2023) Law and professional issues in nursing. 6th edition. Thousand Oaks: Learning Matters

Rector, C.L. (2018) Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health. 9th edition. International ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Wolters Kluwer

St John, W. and Keleher, H. (2021) Community Nursing Practice: Theory, Skills and Issues. London: Routledge.

Vasilica, C., Gillaspy, E. and Withnell, N. (2023) Digital skills for nursing studies and practice. Los Angeles: Learning Matters