NMHS42570 Clinical Practicum

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module will enable you to apply your knowledge, skills and understanding of specialist theory to patient care, and will require participants to demonstrate competency within their area of specialist practice (Adult Cancer Nursing).

Repeat assessment on this module means that a student will have one opportunity to undertake the module after the first fail grade has been submitted to the Programme Exam Board.

The timeframe for the repeat assessment will be a one trimester clinical placement in the trimester following the original trimester offering.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module you will be able to:

Demonstrate competency in the six domains outlined in the Clinical Competency Assessment Tool (CCAT).
Demonstrate evidence of leadership, quality, and patient safety in your clinical practice
Demonstrate how professional competency will be demonstrated on an ongoing basis.
Demonstrate awareness of the importance of professionalism, and individual and collective responsibility for the delivery of high-quality and safe patient care.


Last Edited - 05th May 2022

Indicative Module Content:

The concepts of leadership, quality and patient safety; strategies for teamwork and effective communication

Disease and treatment related complications

Nursing assessment and management

Physical and psychosocial support

Person centred care

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

2
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

149
Placement/Work Experience

49
Total

250
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Self-directed learning, lectures, peer discussions and shared learning; group reflections, group and individual feedback on assessments, clinical placements, practical assessments in the clinical area 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Completion of level 8 (UCD 3) modules or equivalent (Consideration of application for prior experiential learning (RPEL) if no degree)

•Registration with NMBI as a Registered General Nurse (RGN)
•Minimum of one year’s experience in adult cancer nursing (for applicants for the Adult Cancer Nursing strand who have at least one year’s experience in Cancer Nursing, at least 9 months of this experience will need to be in the oncology/haematology setting (i.e., if currently or previously based in surgical oncology).
• Must work a minimum of 75 hours per month in a cancer unit or related cancer setting (caring for adults with cancer) prior to commencing, and for the duration of the programme.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Additional Information:
NMHS42850 and NMHS42570 should normally be undertaken in the same trimester as part of the Adult Cancer Nursing strand. The only exception is where a student has already successfully completed one module but has to repeat the other module.

Equivalents:
Clinical Practicum (AdultCanc) (NMHS40420), Clinical Practicum (AdultCanc) (NURS40420)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Clinical Assessment (Clinical Competency Assessment Tool (CCAT), Clinical Learning Outcomes (CLO), Reflective Diary, Group discussion and reflection) Varies over the Trimester n/a Not yet recorded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat (CFP) Within Three Semesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Clinical assessment feedback and feedforward is provided by clinical assessors and feedforward and feedback on theoretical components is provided by the programme director.

Brant, J.M., Cope, D. G. and Saria, M. (2019) Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing, 6th edn. Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). Elsevier Health Sciences.

Brown, C.G. (2015) A Guide to Oncology Symptom Management (2nd edn.). Pittsburgh: Oncology Nursing Society.


Lister, S., Dougherty, L. and McNamara, L. (Eds.) (2019) The Royal Marsden Manual of Cancer Nursing Procedures. Wiley Blackwell.


Wilkes, G.M. and Barton-Burke, M. (2020) 2020-2021 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.

Name Role
Dr Eileen Furlong Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
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