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NMHS33440

Academic Year 2026/2027

Clinical Practice 3 (G) (NMHS33440)

Subject:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Nursing,Midwifery & Health Sys
Level:
3 (Degree)
Credits:
25
Module Coordinator:
Dr Regina Joye
Trimester:
Autumn
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
Module Type:
Professional/Work Placement Module
How will I be graded?
Pass/Fail (GPA Neutral)

Curricular information is subject to change.

This module introduces students to a specialist and/or surgical-medical care setting, enabling them to observe and, where appropriate, participate in patient care. The module aims to develop students' understanding of how care is care is planned, organised and delivered within the clinical environment. Under the indirect supervision of a registered nurse, students will have opportunities to observe and participate in patient care where appropriate. Students are expected to take a proactive approach to developing their clinical skills, using the NCAD document as a guide and as evidence of clinical performance and competence.

The module may be linked to a range of clinical areas, including care of the older person, emergency department, intellectual disability services, outpatients department, maternity care, community care, mental health and psychiatry nursing, operating theatre, paediatric care* , ICU/HDU, public health nursing and medical-surgical nursing. The credit weighting reflects the student effort required to achieve the learning outcomes.

This module is an essential component of the clinical requirements for professional registration. All individual practice placements must be successfully completed and passed for the module to be awarded a pass grade. All practice placement placements must be passed, and all required clinical hours completed at the current stage, before progression to the next stage of the programme.

* Note
To address the ongoing challenges in accessing practice placements within Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), a hybrid specialist paediatric placement model will support the achievement of paediatric learning outcomes within the clinical module.
The hybrid specialist paediatric placement model will consist of:

-Four days of theoretical instruction delivered via a virtual learning platform, focusing on core paediatric concepts such as child development, family-centred care, safeguarding, acute and chronic illness in children, and paediatric clinical decision-making.

-One full day in the clinical skills laboratory, where students will engage in paediatric-specific skills training, including assessment of the child, medication safety, communication with children and families, and management of common paediatric scenarios.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate the on-going development of competence in the following domains of competence:
o Professional/ethical practice in relation to the care of the patient in a specialist/Medical-surgical setting
o Holistic approaches to care and integration of knowledge in a specialist or medical-surgical setting
o Take responsibility for assessing, planning, organising, implementing and evaluating nursing care of a patient / client.
o Interpersonal relationships with patients, family and other professionals
o Organisation and management of care in a specialist or medical-surgical setting
o Personal and professional development

Indicative Module Content:

Students will integrate the reading list that they have received while attending lectures so the they have an opportunity to link theory and practice.

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Practical

7
Placement/Work Experience

595
Online Learning

28
Total

630

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students are on clinical placement where they are encourage to engage in clinical judgement scenarios and decision making skills when caring for the population they are allocated to during their different clinical placements.

Key teaching and learning approaches used in the module may include: active/task-based learning; peer/multidisciplinary team learning, reflective learning; learning during the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients and case-based learning.

The hybrid specialist paediatric placement model will consist of:
-Four days of theoretical instruction delivered via a virtual learning platform, focusing on core paediatric concepts such as child development, family-centred care,
safeguarding, acute and chronic illness in children, and paediatric clinical decision-making.
-One full day in the clinical skills laboratory, where students will engage in paediatric-specific skills training, including assessment of the child, medication safety,
communication with children and families, and management of common paediatric scenarios.
-One week practice placement in CHI, providing supervised, hands-on experience in a specialist paediatric setting.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade Component repeat (in-module) Offered
Practical Skills Assessment: National Clinical Assessment Tool
Online learning activities and one-day simulation skills (only for students who are required to complete hybrid paediatric practice placement)		 Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12, Week 14 Pass/Fail Grade Scale No
100
 No

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring 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
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Dr Lorraine Carroll Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Mrs Rachel Howe Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Aoife Claire MacCormac Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Michaela Schumann Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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