Course and Module Catalogue

This module involves exploring your development as a professional, examining your personal and professional attitudes and beliefs, as well as relating these to your future professional role as an adult nurse. You’ll gain an understanding about how you can develop as a learner and maintain your physical and mental health, … For more content click the Read More button below.

Lectures and seminars will be supported by an approach whereby students complete online and face-to-face learning activities, directed reading exercises and a variety of VLE activities. Within this, a transformative learning approach will enable students to reflect on their attitudes and beliefs and be given the opportunity to explore these … For more content click the Read More button below.

1) Self as a professional • Professional identity and professional behaviour • Promoting a positive culture of nursing and specifically adult nursing • Service-user and carer involvement • Personal and professional values • Awareness of own response to challenging situations • Personal safety in personal and professional life • Self-awareness … For more content click the Read More button below. • The Code • History of adult nursing • Professional, legal and ethical codes related to adult nursing • Accountability • Duty of candour • Communication and interpersonal skills for effective adult nursing • Advocacy and promoting person centred care • Equality and diversity - culture, religion, spiritual beliefs, gender and sexuality • How to recognise and work within own limitations • Working within policies and procedures to protect the public and the nurse • Mandatory reporting • Working effectively with people, their families and direct care teams • Effective record keeping • Recognising risk 2) Self as a learner • Developing and managing resilience • Transition to University • Managing learning needs • Personal and professional development • Effective time-management • Learning styles • Skills needed for effective essay writing • Understanding assessment and feedback • IT and social media skills • Reflective practice 3) Self as an educator • Introduction to the nurse’s role in educating others (people in their care, their families and other healthcare professionals) • Understanding assessment and feedback 4) Self as a team member • Introduction to other healthcare professionals involved in care delivery • Preparation for working in a team in direct care.

The School generic grading criteria and the learning outcomes will apply. The expectation is that text-based assessment tasks will be submitted via Turnitin®. Identities of individuals and organisations should be anonymised and confidences respected. Consent should be obtained from individual service users for use of any of their personal health … For more content click the Read More button below.