ModuleName: GrowthandDevelopmentforProfessionalPractice

ModuleCode:
NU4S02
ECTS:

5
No.ofHours:
Lectures12,Tutorials2,Workshops20
Term:

Michaelmas,HilaryandTrinity
AssessmentDate: Week36
ModuleLeader: MarkMonahan
Lecturers:
AcademicandClinicalStaffTBC

Aims

Thismodulewillprovidestudentswithanopportunitytointegratepreviouslearningandto
consolidateskillsofcriticalinquiry,debate,problemsolvingandreflectionthatpertainto
professionalnursingpractice.Learninginthismoduleoccursthroughactiveengagementwith
peersusingthestudentsportfolioasabasefordevelopment.Frameworksofreflectionunderpin
themoduletoenablestudentstoprocesslearningintheclinicalenvironment.Themodulefocuses
onthedevelopmentofpeerlearningandpeersupportnetworksforstudentsduringtheir
internship.Themodulefurtheraimstoempowerstudentstolinktheorytopracticethrougha
collaborativeprocessofcofacilitationofstudentgroupsbyacademicandclinicalpracticestaff.

LearningOutcomes

Followingcompletionofthismodulethestudentshouldbeableto:

Frameclinicalexperiencesaslearningopportunities.
Examinethecomplexityofpracticeusingreflectiveframeworks.
Considerclinicalexperiencesinthecontextsofpolitical,legislative,social,environmental,
economicandtechnologicalperspectives.
Considervariousdimensionsofinterpersonal&professionalrelationshipsintheclinical
environment.
Exploreconflictmanagementskillsandleadershiprolesintheclinicalenvironment.
Analyseclinicalissuesinthecontextofevidencebasedpractice.
ApplyTheScopeofNursingandMidwiferyPractice(AnBordAltranais,2000)principlesto
realclinicalcontexts.
Examinepersonalandprofessionalneedsfordevelopmentintheclinicalenvironment.
Identifysupportstructurestoenhancefuturelearning.
Criticallyreflectonclinicalpracticeexperiencesusingidentifiedreflectiveframeworks.
Identifyanddiscusstheprocessesinvolvedinroletransitionandcareerprogression.
Identifyanddevelopthenecessaryskillstomanageissuesinroletransition.
Criticallydiscusstheroleofpersonalresponsibilityinprofessionaldevelopmentinnursing.
Criticallydiscusstheexpandedrolesofthenurseinthecontextofcontemporarynursing
practice.

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IndicativeContent

Overviewofreflectiveframeworks
ScopeofPractice
Clinicaldecisionmaking
Personalandprofessionaldevelopment
PortfolioDevelopment
Studentfocusedroletransitionissuesincludingcareerplanning,employment
responsibilities,personaldevelopment,staffmanagement
ClinicalVignettepresentation
ExpandedRolesoftheNurse

TeachingandLearningActivities

Lectures
Tutorials
ReflectivePracticeWorkshops
DirectedLearning

StudentEffortHours

100

Assessment

ModeofAssessment

AssessmentDetails

Assignment
3,000words

ReadingList

EssentialReading

Benner,P.(1984)FromNovicetoExpert:ExcellenceandPowerinClinicalNursingPractice.Menlo
Park:AddisonWesley.

Jasper,M.(2006)ProfessionalDevelopment,ReflectionandDecisionmaking.Vitalnotesfor
Nurses.BlackwellPublishing.Oxford.

Jasper,M(2003)BeginningReflectivePractice:FoundationsinNursingandHealthCare.Nelson
Thornes.UK.

Johns,C.(2002)GuidedReflection:AdvancingPractice.Oxford:BlackwellScience.

Johns,C.andFreshwater,D.(2005)TransformingNursingthroughReflectivePractice.2ndEdition.
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Oxford:Blackwell.

Littleford,D.,Halstead,J.andMulraine,C.(2004)CareerSkills.OpeningDoorsintotheJobMarket.
London:PalgraveMacMillan.

Rolfe,G.,Freshwater,D.,andJasper,M.(2001)CriticalReflectionforNursingandtheHelping
Professions:AUsersGuide.Basingstoke:Palgrave.

Siviter,B.(2006)TheNewlyQualifiedNursesHandbook:ASurvivalGuide.Edinburgh:Bailliere
Tindall.

Timmins,F.andDuffy,A.(2011)WritingyourNursingPortfolio.Astepbystepguide.McGrawHill:
Maidenhead.

TrinityCollegeDublin(2007).TheCareersServiceGuide2007.Dublin:TCD.www.tcd.ie/careers

Articles:

Bailey,M.E.andGraham,M.M.(2007)IntroducingguidedgroupreflectivepracticeinanIrish
palliativecareunit.InternationalJournalofPalliativeNursing.13,(11)p.555

Burnard,P.(2008)Nurseeducators'perceptionsofreflectionandreflectivepractice:areportofa
descriptivestudy.JournalofAdvancedNursing21(6):11671174

Duffy,A(2008)Guidedreflection:adiscussionoftheessentialcomponents.BritishJournalof
Nursing17,(5):334

Hilliard,C.(2006)Usingstructuredreflectiononacriticalincidenttodevelopaprofessional
portfolio.NursingStandard,21,(2):35

Teekman,B.(2000)Exploringreflectivethinkinginnursingpractice.JournalofAdvancedNursing
31(5):11251135.

Newton,J.andPlummerV.(2009)Usingcreativitytoencouragereflectioninundergraduate
educationReflectivePractice10,(1):6776

GovernmentandNursingDocuments

AnBordAltranais(2000).TheCodeofProfessionalConductforeachNurseandMidwife.Dublin:
ABA.

AnBordAltranais(2000).ScopeofNursingandMidwiferyPracticeFramework.Dublin:ABA.

AnBordAltranais(2002).RecordingClinicalPractice:GuidancetoNursesandMidwives.Dublin:
ABA.

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AnBordAltranais(2003).GuidancetoNursesandMidwivesonMedicationManagement.Dublin:
ABA.

NationalCouncilfortheProfessionalDevelopmentofNursingandMidwifery(2003).Agendafor
theFutureProfessionalDevelopmentofNursingandMidwifery.Dublin:NCPDNM.

NationalCouncilfortheProfessionalDevelopmentofNursingandMidwifery(2006).Guidelinesfor
PortfolioDevelopmentforNursesandMidwives.2ndEd.Dublin:NCPDNM.

RecommendedReading

Moredetailedreadingcontentwillbeprovidedthroughoutthemodule.

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