NMHS42580

Learning Outcomes:

On completion 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.

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

Patient centred care

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Self-directed learning, lectures, peer discussions and shared learning; group reflections, group and individual feedback on assessments, clinical placements, and practical assessments in the clinical area.

Students must declare the use of generative AI in assignment writing/presentation upon submission of assignments. Generative AI (GenAI) and AI-assisted technologies should only be used in the writing process to improve the structure and clarity of the assignment. If GenAI technology has been used in assignment writing/presentation, students should thoroughly review and edit the final assignment prior to submission as GenAI may produce incorrect, incomplete and/or biased information. Students are ultimately responsible and accountable for the contents of their assignments.

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 breast care nursing
• Must work a minimum of 75 hours per month in a cancer unit or related cancer setting (caring for patients with breast cancer) prior to commencing, and for the duration of the programme.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Additional Information:
NMHS42860 and NMHS 42580 should normally be taken together as part of the Breast Care Nursing strand. The only exception is where students have successfully completed one module but need to repeat the other module.

Equivalents:
Clinical Practicum BreastCare (NMHS40430), Clinical Practicum BreastCare (NURS40430)


 

Assessment Strategy

 

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
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Feedforward and feedback provide you with information regarding the type, breadth and depth of detail that is required to meet the learning outcomes of the module. Feedforward and feedback provide you with information on areas such as knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and academic writing.

Essential Reading (additional readings will be assigned)

Aveyard, H., Sharp, P. and Woolliams, M. (2015) A Beginner's guide to critical thinking and writing in health and social care [E-book]. 2nd edn. Maidenhead: Open University Press. Available at http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/14483/1/Helen%20Aveyard.pdf

Brant, J.M., Cope, D. G. and Saria, M. (2024) Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing, 7th edn. Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). Elsevier, Health Sciences Division (Available as an eBook from the UCD library).

Greenhaugh, T. and O’Riordan, L. (2024) The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control. Vermilion, London. (Breast Care Nursing Strand ONLY)

Hastings, C.A., Torkildson,J.C. and Agrawa, A.K. (2021) Handbook of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, 3rd edn, Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland. (Children's Cancer Nursing Strand ONLY) (Available as an eBook from the UCD library).

Olsen, M. (2023) Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Guidelines and Recommendations for Practice (2nd edn,) Oncology Nursing Society (ONS). Elsevier Health Sciences. (Available as an eBook from the UCD library)

Vickers, E. (2018) A Beginners Guided to Targeted Cancer Treatments. West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell (Available as an eBook from the UCD library).

Wilkes, G.M. and Barton-Burke, M. (2020) 2020-2021 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook. Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning (Available as an eBook from the UCD library).

Suggested Reading/Resources for Practice and Assessments

Basset, B. (2015) The Reflective Practice Guide: An interdisciplinary approach to critical reflection (1st edn.). London: Routledge (Available as an eBook from the UCD library)
Khleif, S. N., Rixe, O. Skeel, R. (2016) Skeel’s Handbook of Cancer Therapy. 9th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (Available as an eBook from the UCD library)

Lister, S., Dougherty, L. and McNamara, L. (Eds.) (2019) The Royal Marsden Manual of Cancer Nursing Procedures. Wiley Blackwell. (Available as an eBook from the UCD library) (relevant for Clinical Practicum modules)

Blaney, S.M., Helman, L.J. and Adamson, P.C. (2020) Pizzo and Poplack's Pediatric Oncology, 8th edn., Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. (Children's Cancer Nursing Strand ONLY) (Available as an eBook from the UCD library).

Tadman, M., Roberts, D., & Foulkes, M. (Eds.). (2019). Oxford handbook of cancer nursing (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press (Available as an eBook from the UCD library).

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.