Becoming a Professional - Child Nursing (Blended Learning)

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This document only provides information for the academic year selected and does not form part of the student contract

School:

School of Human and Health Sciences

Credit Rating:

Level (including FHEQ):

F (FHEQ Level 4)

Graded or Non Graded:

Graded

Version Valid From:

2021-09-01

Module Leader:

Victoria Hanson

Version Number

2024.02

Learning Methods

Guided Independent Study

Seminar

Shared Teaching

Professional Body Requirements

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Synopsis

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 a child 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.

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 a child nurse. You’ll gain an understanding about how you can develop as a learner and maintain your physical and mental health, so you are able to promote and support children and young people with their health. You’ll also learn how to manage the transition to university and explore ethical and professional codes underpinning child nursing.

Learning Strategy

A blended learning approach will be used where students complete 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 in relation to professional codes and standards. The module will utilise a range of guided independent study activities compromising asynchronous materials to support online and on campus seminars (2 hours on campus). This module will guide students into becoming digitally prepared as learners and as future nurses. Use will be made of colleagues within the Academic Skills Development Team (ASDT) and computing and library services.

Outline Syllabus

1) Self as a professional • Professional identity and professional behaviour • Promoting a positive culture of nursing and specifically child nursing • Personal and professional values • Awareness of own response to challenging situations • Self-awareness and maintaining own physical and mental health • Child agency/voice • The Code… 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 child nursing

• Personal and professional values

• Awareness of own response to challenging situations

• Self-awareness and maintaining own physical and mental health

• Child agency/voice

• The Code

• History of child Nursing

• Professional, legal and ethical codes related to child nursing

• Law related to consent and parental responsibility

• Accountability

• Duty of candour

• Communication and interpersonal skills for effective child nursing

• Advocacy and promoting child and family centred care

• Equality and diversity- culture, religion, spiritual beliefs, gender and sexuality

• How to recognise and work within own limitations

• Personal safety in personal and professional life

• 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

• Child, young person and family involvement

• 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 including digital pedagogies

• Skills needed for effective essay writing

• Understanding assessment and feedback

• Digital literacy - 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)

• Digital literacy – using technology to enhance others learning

• 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.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students will

Identify and explain professional issues related to working as an accountable child nurse.

Understand the principles and importance of maintaining the physical and mental wellbeing of themselves and others.

Recognise the impact of their own values and beliefs on the people in their care.

Reflect on and discuss their learning needs including digital literacy to facilitate their transition to academic life.

Formative Assessment

Assessment 1: Other

Summative Assessment

Assessment 1: Written Assignment

Assessment Criteria

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.

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