NMHS20710 Clinical Practice MH 2

Academic Year 2020/2021

This module introduces students to generic and specialist care psychiatric settings. Students will be provided with opportunities to observe and engage in patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse where appropriate. Possible areas linked to this module include: in patient care, community care, adolescent mental health, addictions, substance misuse and gambling, care of the older person, eating disorders, intellectual disability, psychosis units and forensic mental health nursing care.
This module is part of the essential clinical requirements for professional registration. The student must pass all individual clinical placements before a pass grade can be awarded for the module. All clinical placement modules must be passed. All clinical time must be completed before the student can progress to the next stage of the programme.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module students should be able to demonstrate the development of competence in
Professional values and conduct of the nurse competences, knowledge and appreciation of the virtues of caring, compassion, integrity, honesty, respect and empathy
Nursing practice and clinical decision making
Knowledge and cognitive competences including life, behavioural and health sciences
Communication and interpersonal competences
Management and team competences
Leadership and professional scholarship competences including self-directed learning skills, critical questioning/reasoning and maintaining competency

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

0
Practical

560
Total

560
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Key teaching and learning approaches may include:
active task-based learning, peer and multidisciplinary team learning, reflective learning, learning from interactions directly with service users, learning from feedback, learning from the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Portfolio: A professional portfolio, the National Competency Assessment Document, will be used for you and your preceptor to record your progress during your continuous assessment. Varies over the Trimester n/a Other Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

You will be assessed against the criteria and standards of the National Competency Assessment Document (NCAD) 6 domains of competency by your preceptor and the nursing team in the clinical areas where you are assigned. You will have 3 formal meetings which are documented and signed in your portfolio document NCAD. You will have feedback as you progress from your preceptor and possibly from other nursing colleagues.

Essential:
Evans, K., Nizette, D. and O’Brien, A. (eds) (2020) Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing in the UK. London: Elsevier. Available from UCD Library - http://tinyurl.com/unnz8dr
Please consider purchasing this text which you will find invaluable.

The following are all available from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and may be accessed from this link https://www.nmbi.ie/Standards-Guidance or go directly to the website.

NMBI (2020) Guide for Registered Nurses and Midwives on Medication Administration
NMBI (2014) Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics
NMBI (2013) Guidance to Nurses and Midwives on Social Media and Social Networking
NMBI (2015) Working with Older People – Nursing Guidance
NMBI (2015) Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice
NMBI (2015) Recording Clinical Practice Professional Guidance
NMBI (2007) Guidance to Nurses and Midwives on Medication Management
NMBI Registration: Nursing Students: guidance on responsibilities and clinical practice experience

Additional and strongly recommended - check your Pharmacology Module reading list and do obtain the recommended text;
a good text book is:
Whalen, K. Radhakrihnan, R. and Feild, K. (ed.) (2019) Lippincott’s illustrated reviews: Pharmacology. 7th edn. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer.

The books below are excellent and will help prepare you to consider some of the debates in psychiatry and also prepare for specialist groups/ specialist interventions.

Title Essentials of Mental Health Nursing
Author (Eds) Wright K.M. and McKeown, M. (2018)
ISBN 978-1-4129-6197-4
Publisher Sage
Category Recommended reading for those interested in Recovery Approach and the current debates in psychiatry/contexts of mental health care and anti-psychiatry concepts


Title CBT for Depression: An Integrated Approach
Author Stephen Barton, Peter Armstrong
ISBN 978-1-5264-0273-8
Publisher Sage
Category Good text/ recommended/background reading

Title Abnormal Psychology Contrasting Perspectives
Author Jonathon D. Raskin
ISBN 978-1-137-54716-3
Publisher Macmillan International
Category Good text/ background reading

Title Low intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (2nd Edn)
Author (Eds) Mark Papworth and Theresa Marrinan
ISBN 978-1-5264-0443-5
Publisher Sage
Category Good text/ background reading
Name Role
Mrs Sandra Connell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mr Peter Donnelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Timothy Frawley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Corina Murphy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer