module specification

In part two of the programme students are expected to undertake both simulated and clinical placements in a range of health care settings. The focus on placements in year two is nursing in hospital and acute settings and your clinical placements will reflect this theme.

Students will complete the pan London electronic Practice Assessment Document (ePAD) which is designed to support and guide towards successful achievement of the criteria set out in the Future nurse: Standards of proficiency for registered nurses, and the Standards framework for education and training (both NMC 2018). The ePAD makes up a significant part of the overall programme assessment. It will need to be assessed in practice and through formal University systems.

Continuous assessment is an integral aspect of assessment in practice and students are expected to show evidence of consistent achievement. Students are expected to engage positively in all learning opportunities, take responsibility for their own learning and know how to access support. Students will work with and receive written feedback from a range of staff including Practice Supervisors and Practice Assessors and you are required to reflect on practice-based learning.

Students are responsible for raising concerns with a nominated person in the practice setting in a timely manner. They should also alert staff to any reasonable adjustments that may be required to support their learning. Students should be familiar with the university assessment and submission processes for the ePAD, and contact the relevant academic member of staff (Course leader or link learning facilitator), or refer to the University pages (https://student.londonmet.ac.uk).

The Ongoing Achievement Record (OAR) is integrated within the ePAD and is a summary document that records your achievements in each placement, providing comprehensive record of your professional development and performance in practice.

Students are responsible for the upkeep of their ePAD. Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and academic assessors have independent access to the ePAD to review progress. 

The ePAD should not contain any patient/service user/carer identifiable information. Contents must not be disclosed to any unauthorised person or removed, photocopied or used outside the placement or university. People must be offered the opportunity to give and if required withdraw their informed consent to student participation in their care and staff in practice will provide guidance as required.

Before approaching any patient/service user/carer for feedback you must discuss with your Practice Supervisor/Practice Assessor who will facilitate consent.

In Practice 2 you will:

1. Identify the appropriate knowledge base required to deliver safe, person-centred care under minimal guidance of your practice supervisor and practice assessor.
2. Develop and utilise appropriate skills in the delivery of person-centred care in commonly encountered situations, with minimal guidance from your practice supervisor and assessor until assessed as proficient.
3. Demonstrate positive engagement with your own learning and display appropriate professional values in delivering person-centred care.
4. Undertake workplace assessments as required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council including assessment of and critical reflection on patient care, recording of practice hours worked, medications management and assessment of professional values.

Please note:

Students will be allocated placements with our practice learning partner organisations by the practice placements team. 

Students are responsible for contacting placements in advance to gain their off-duty and identify instructions for day one of the placement.

The suitability of placements will be assessed jointly by link learning facilitators and practice partners using the pan London Practice Learning Group (PLPLG) Practice Learning Environment Approval documentation. All placements must meet health and safety requirements and demonstrate sufficient learning opportunities and personnel working in practice assessor and practice supervisor roles to support the requirements of the number of students allocated, and the level at which they are performing.

Those studying on a Student Visa will only be able to complete a work placement if it meets UKVI monitoring requirements including: approval of the placement dates and hours by the Placement Officer prior to starting the placement, submission of weekly timesheets for the hours undertaken, signed by their line manager/supervisor and continued engagement with the Placement Officer as well as the International Student Support and Compliance Team.

Successful completion of Practice Part 1 (NR4W02)

Enhanced DBS clearance

Occupational Health Screening

Contextualisation of Mandatory training for nursing practice – Maintenance of proficiency in life support, manual handling, information governance, first aid, orientation and induction, through simulation. 

Consideration of suitable work based learning activities to develop skills in acute care management.     

Demonstration of confident self-presentation and self-assessment techniques for personal and professional development and resilience.

Professionalism, ethics and inclusive work based practice, being a critical employee, being an inclusive team worker, Health and Safety in the workplace, setting personal goals.

Critical self-reflection on personal and professional development, application of academic knowledge and personal skills development to the work based learning environment.

Future career action planning following the work based experience, reflecting and preparing for the next steps of their development to achieve career goals through study and additional experience.

Practice part 2 is a work-based module and additional lectures are not anticipated beyond organisational and placement area induction.

In this set of practice placements student will be expected to:

1. Complete and critically reflect on your achievement of the part 2 care assessments as set out in the ePAD.    

2. Demonstrate proficiency in the skills outlined in Part 2 and the crossover part 2 /3 ePAD in practice and/or simulation.

3. Apply the NMC code to both clinical and simulated practice: demonstrating professional values in all dealings with patients, service users, carers and colleagues.

4. Take responsibility for developing and evaluating  appropriate personal learning outcomes for level five study and create plans to meet these under the supervision of practice assessors.

5. Validate all simulation and practice placement hours contributing to an overall programme requirement of 2300 hours.

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