NUR4103 - Nursing Associate Practice 1

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, apprentices will be able to:

1 - Identify with support own learning needs and engage positively with the practice assessor and supervisor and maximise opportunities to learn.

2 - Identify different components of practice learning and achieve the proficiencies, skills and values outlined within the NAPAD 1, undertaking guided participation in patient care.

3 - Reflect upon own learning and gather service user feedback and feedback from other health professionals to inform the outcome of the assessments.

4 - Demonstrate skills in a range of nursing proficiencies to meet people’s needs for safe, dignified and compassionate care, working within the limits of own competence and maintaining professional values as set out in The Code (NMC, 2018).

5 - Practice under supervision skills in safe medicines administration following local and national guidelines to maintain patient safety and demonstrate skills in medicines calculations.

Content:

This module is the first of two practice-based learning modules that feature in Level 4 of the programme. In accordance with the assessment framework set out in Nursing Associate Practice Assessment Document NAPAD Part 1 you are expected to carry our care with guidance from others. The module draws on your practice-based learning experiences throughout the year, providing a focal assessment point at which you will demonstrate successful achievement of the required NMC (2018) Standards of Proficiency for Nursing Associates to progress to Part 2 of the NAPAD. You will work with support from your Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors to achieve competence in relation to the agreed NMC competencies using the Nursing Associate Practice Assessment Document (NAPAD) Part 1 to record the different components of assessment and feedback. Outcomes detailed within the NMC Standards of Proficiency detail the essential knowledge and skills that you must demonstrate when caring for people of all ages and across all care settings. You will participate in initial, mid-point and final interviews to record progress in achievement of competencies in areas such as: Professional Values, Proficiencies, Episode(s) of Care, Medicines Management, Patient/Service User/Carer Feedback Form, Record of working with and learning from others/interprofessional working, Record of communication/additional feedback, Record of working with and learning from other; records of interpersonal working, records of personal feedback & communication, and the Ongoing Achievement Record (NAOAR).

You must achieve all proficiencies listed in the NAPAD Part 1 at least once by the end of Level 4. This means that you will have been working towards the achievement of these proficiencies in both practice modules in the programme for Level 4. If a proficiency is assessed and achieved early within the year you are expected maintain competency at this level throughout the year. You will also undertake the Part 1 Episodes of Care – Formative assessment in this Module Placement. The purpose of this assessment is to support your development in preparation for the Part 1 Episodes of Care – Summative assessment that is required in Nursing Associate Practice 2. It is a programme requirement that students achieve a pass in a Medicines Management assessment in practice learning within each stage of their programme. The Medicines Management assessment is a holistic assessment carried out by the student’s practice assessor. Students must achieve all medicines management competencies in order to be graded as a pass. Students may elect to be assessed in Medicines Management in either this module or in Nursing Associate Practice 2 and must be allowed a number of practice opportunities to administer medicines under supervision prior to their assessment. In this module you will undertake 15 hrs of simulated practice education as part of your primary placement. Please note this will be delivered on campus in the Health & Life Sciences Building and the hours will be recorded on your NAPAD. This placement is hosted by LTU and delivered in the Health and Life Sciences Building. The simulated practice education placement meets all the Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment as set out by the NMC (2023).

Learning and Teaching Information:

The learning experiences will be influenced by the learning opportunities within your practice learning areas. Your primary/hub placement will be your usual place of work as an apprentice and you will have protected learning time to undertake “on the job learning” during this time you will be considered as supernumerary to enable you to meet the requirements and development as set out in your NAPAD. External placements are selected based on the learning opportunities that they provide for you to meet their programme requirements. Employer partners must ensure that your primary/hub placements are afforded Protected learning time (NMC,2018) to meet their programme requirements and a contemporaneous record of protected learning time activities must be completed by yourself. In external placements you are classed as a supernumerary learner. Working with other disciplines, gaining feedback from patients/service users, and being assessed in proficiencies specified within your NAPAD form a focus for learning, teaching and assessment. Throughout practice learning, you are required to take responsibility for your own learning and reflectively self-assess your progress throughout.

NMC (2018) Supporting Information: Protected learning time in practice for nursing associate programmes.

Planned Off the Job Learning:

Primary Placement (incl 15 hrs SIM @ LTU)
Hours: 144
Intended Group Size: Individual (+ SIM hours - Cohort)

External Placement
Hours: 120
Intended Group Size: Individual



Minimum Self-Directed Off the Job Learning and Practical Training (3 hrs pw at primary placement)
Hours: 36



Further Details Relating to Assessment

Formative assessment of your clinical practice will be facilitated through your mid-point interview with your Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor to review your progress and achievements which will be recorded in your NAPAD. This meeting is an opportunity to identify what is going well and agree any further learning opportunities within an action plan to enhance your successful completion of the module. Also you will have the opportunity to complete a formative episode of care which will support your understanding of the requirements of the summative episode of care assessment which you will undertake in Practice 2. You have access to safeMedicate where you can undertake unlimited self assessment of your medicines calculation skills.

(1). Achieve a pass for Practice 1 verified by your practice assessor. Complete all required elements as outlined in the NAPAD e-portfolio verified by your practice assessor. Please note if you pass this element but have any hours to retrieve you must complete these in the supplementary retrieval period during the final 4 weeks of the academic year.

(2). Online Exam 1 Hour – SafeMedicate: This exam will assess your medicines calculation skills in tablets and capsules and liquid medicines. You must achieve 70% in order to pass the exam.

Apprentices should be referred to Module Handbooks for full details of how to approach these assessments.

Please note that there is no compensation, each component must be passed at 40% - NMC regulations. 70% must be achieved in the SafeMedicate Online Exam.

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Janice High
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered -

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