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Unit description
Develops knowledge of the principles of practitioner self-care, safety in healthcare, interprofessional practice and the professional requirements of health professional practice. Students will explore the roles and responsibilities, of their own and other disciplines and how to work together to deliver collaborative-person centred care. Practice in laboratory sessions and simulated rehearsal prepares students to carry out patient-centred practice, developing skills in communication and assisting patients with their fundamental care needs ensuring a focus on patient safety and minimising adverse events.
Unit content
1. Nursing, Caring and Health I
2. Nursing, Caring and Health II
3. Law, Ethics and Professional Practice
4a. Introduction to Interprofessional Practice (IPP)
4b. Manual Handling
5a. Healthcare Safety and Adverse Events and Infection Control
5b. Infection prevention and control
6. Fundamentals of Nursing Care
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | reflect critically on personal strategies to maintain self-care and develop emotional intelligence to ensure safe professional and clinical practice |
| 2 | critically analyse the component parts of the person-centred framework and the challenges posed for nurses in operationalising person-centredness in practice |
| 3 | apply relevant interprofessional and discipline-specific ethical, legal, and regulatory principles, frameworks, and practice standards |
| 4 | demonstrate safe and effective practice for a range of foundational skills |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- reflect critically on personal strategies to maintain self-care and develop emotional intelligence to ensure safe professional and clinical practice
- critically analyse the component parts of the person-centred framework and the challenges posed for nurses in operationalising person-centredness in practice
- apply relevant interprofessional and discipline-specific ethical, legal, and regulatory principles, frameworks, and practice standards
- demonstrate safe and effective practice for a range of foundational skills
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
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