NUR5135 - Transition to Registered Nursing Associate: Leading, Supporting, and Supervising Others

Objectives:

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

1 - Analyse the challenges associated with the role transition to registered nursing associate and strategies to support self-care, resilience, and self-management.

2 - Analyse models of leadership and supervision and discuss your role in the support, supervision and motivation of others in the healthcare setting.

3 - Critically reflect on own skills in prioritising safe and effective person-centred care, delegation and giving feedback on the quality of care to others.

4 - Critically reflect on personal behaviours, attitudes and leadership qualities that contribute to the effective teamwork taking into account human factors and the environment in which the team operates.

5 - Recognise decision making models to prioritise and lead on situations and when it is necessary to escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.

Content:

This module aims to develop knowledge and understanding of effective team working and the role of leadership and management of self, the patient, and others in the context of understanding the relationship between clinical demands, organisational goals, and the role of the Nursing Associate within the multidisciplinary team as you prepare to make the transition to registrant. The module will also review the skills, attitudes and behaviours that support personal development and lifelong learning enabling you to demonstrate the ability to prioritise and manage your own workloads, and to support, supervise and act as a role model to others.

During this module you will critically reflect on your own progression from entering the programme to becoming a values-based leader on exiting the programme and identify key elements of nursing that are meaningful to you and will influence your future practice as a Registered Nursing Associate. You will explore key legal, ethical, and philosophical principles under pinning autonomous nursing practice supported by an understanding of role transition theory and human factors of change. You will discuss the need to manage uncertainty and be able to apply strategies to support self-care, resilience, self-management, mindfulness, and organisation, being able to recognise vulnerability in self and others. You will consider the communication and relationship skills required to supervise students and other colleagues using different coaching models i.e. GROW in supporting learning in practice, consider a range of equality and diversity needs of students that may impact on learning in practice, and understand the process for raising concerns regarding students during practice learning.

Key topics covered in this module include:

- Working in partnership and interdisciplinary teams;
- Roles, responsibilities, and scope of practice;
- Safe staffing, skills mix and safety;
- Human factors and learning from untoward incidences;
- Prioritising own workload;
- Leadership skills, delegation, accountability and resilience;
- Challenge and constructive feedback;
- Promoting reflection;
- Team reflection;
- Support, and supervision of others;
- Sharing information appropriately within interdisciplinary teams;
- Reporting risks and implementing actions as instructed, following up and escalating as required;
- Near misses, serious adverse events, critical incidents and major incidents;
- Seeking and responding to support and feedback to develop professional knowledge and skills;
- Recognise uncertainty;
- Emotional intelligence;
- Restorative supervision;
- Appraisal, performance management and evaluation of care;
- Importance of role modelling;
- Responding to complaints; and,
- Patient handover, effective communication skills for working in teams.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Research informed key lectures will introduce the weekly content of the module identifying theories/principles/concepts enabling you to develop your knowledge and skills. This will be supported by blended learning pre and post session activities on Moodle and you will be expected to engage with a range of activities including pre-reading to prepare you for lectures and follow-on activities to enable ongoing self and tutor assessment of your progress and application of knowledge and skills. The lecture content will be supported by seminars enabling smaller group discussion where you will consolidate your knowledge and critically engage with best evidence to support your professional development and to apply your learning to clinical practice, activities will include role play, problem-based learning, and practice-based scenario exploration. Where appropriate specialist practitioners and service users and carers will be invited to contribute to sessions to increase the authenticity of lived experience of the module content and highlight employability links. Learning styles will be supported by a variety of resources including videos, reading material, discussion and debate, e-learning modules, problem solving and practical tasks. You will be expected to utilise appropriate digital technologies and study skills to engage with additional resources and in independently directing your own learning.

Planned LTU Off-the-Job Delivery Learning:

Lectures
Hours: 36
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Seminars
Hours: 18
Intended Group Size: 30

Directed Study
Hours: 6
Intended Group Size: Individual



Minimum Self-Directed Off the Job Learning (e.g. Self-directed Study)
Hours: 90



Further Details Relating to Assessment

Post session activities submitted through Moodle will facilitate ongoing formative assessment opportunities via lecturer or peer feedback, these may include responses to case studies, quizzes, forum posts or blogs and self-assessment. One draft opportunity will be provided for your service and quality improvement plan with feedback provided at least one week prior to summative submission.

Reflective Essay: You will write a 2000-word essay that critically reflects upon your role transition from student nursing associate to a registered nursing associate, considering the challenges and strategies to manage this, your leadership style and models that will support your development and how this will influence your supervise and support of others. Your role working within a team and how you will positively contribute to teamworking in prioritising safe and effective person-centred care, delegation and giving feedback on the quality of care to others. Finally, you will reflect on your future plans for personal and professional development in your new role.

Apprentices should be referred to Module Handbooks for full details of how to approach this assessment.

Please note that there is no compensation, each component must be passed at 40% - NMC regulations.

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 4
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered -

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