Awards
Target Award
Award Description:Bachelor of Science with Honours - BSH
Accreditation
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Programme Offerings
Part-Time
F2F-JMU-FEB
F2F-JMU-JUN
Educational Aims of the Course
The programme aims to provide a professional education which takes account of all the relevant professional and academic benchmarks and produces a Registered Nurse (Child) who is compassionate, proficient, and confident whilst enabling them to be able to deliver care in a range of clinical environments. They will be able to practice safely and effectively. This will occur through an education that will: ensure that students can demonstrate they have the required proficiencies for registration; provide students with the underpinning knowledge and skills in health promotion, protection and prevention of ill health; ensure that students will have the underpinning knowledge and skills to assesses and initiate person-centred plans of care; equip students with the underpinning knowledge and skills required for their role in providing and evaluating person-centred care; equip students with the underpinning knowledge and skills required for their role in leading and managing nursing care and working effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team; provide students with the underpinning knowledge and skills required for their role in contributing to risk monitoring and quality of care improvement agendas; equip students with the underpinning knowledge and skills required for their role in coordinating and leading and managing the complex needs of people across organisations and settings.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
The learner is encouraged to undertake independent study both to supplement and consolidate their learning, and to broaden their knowledge and understanding of the subject. Further support is provided by the Library. Intellectual skills are developed through the programme by the methods and strategies outlined below. Analysis, problem solving and reflection skills are further developed through role-play, tutorials, simulation work and practice placement experiences. The programme utilises a variety of teaching and learning approaches that are designed to motivate and inspire students. These include, but are not exhaustive to; Lectures Seminars Tutorials Work based learning OCSE Practical The programme incorporates a blended learning approach where learning is facilitated through a range of teaching activities, and supplemented by access to information and out-of-class interaction via the University’s Virtual Learning Environment. Tutors exploit resources and techniques to encourage student engagement and interaction, for example through the use of electronic classroom voting systems, simulated learning, small group work and discussion. Practical skills are developed through the programme by a combination of experience in the practice setting, simulated practice sessions, skills practice, reflection sessions, seminar and scenario-based presentations, individual and small group tutorials, discussion groups, lectures, workshops, learning packages and computer assisted learning. Practical skills are assessed in practice placements by means of achievement of module learning outcomes for practice, contained in the Practice Assessment Documentation (PAD). This approach is complemented by the use of OSCEs and scenario based tasks and case studies. Practice simulation opportunities are also provided in the skills laboratories. Testing the development of intellectual skills is managed through a combination of assessments that include examinations in the form of multiple choice questions and scenario based short answer questions, assessed in-course assessments in the form of reports, essay assignments, practice assessments, project work, reflective accounts and presentations. The programme assessment strategy utilises a wide range of assessment methods to ensure that students are able to demonstrate their skills and knowledge related the module learning outcomes. Each module contains both summative and formative assessment tasks to enable students to develop their skills and receive feedback throughout the module. Assessment activities reflect the professional culture and needs of the nursing profession. Hence there is a strong reliance on methods that relate to reflexivity, evidence-based practice and consideration of ‘real-life’ situations. Assessment tasks are varied and scheduled across the calendar year. Students are encouraged to regard assessments as a part of a dialogue between themselves and their tutors that will inform their academic development which will allow students to identify their own strategic learning needs. The Faculty is committed to enabling students to achieve their maximum potential by embedding inclusive and accessible assessments. Included within the teaching, learning and assessment strategy for all students is the inclusion of service users and carers. This is a critical aspect of the students journey and how they learn within the programme, both through students and service users and carers working together but also through the service users and carers informing the curriculum. There is a strong thread of simulated practice throughout the curriculum, and students will undertake a simulated placement and have skills and simulation embedded within all of their modules. This allows students to understand better the link between theory and practice, and the learning that takes place within a safe environment.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
The programme has been developed for students who have successfully completed the FDSc Nurse Associate programme and are registered with this qualification with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. These students will already hold the required 120 credits at level 4 and 60 credits at level 5 via RPL, before commencing … For more content click the Read More button below.
Structure
Level 5
Level 6
Approved variance from Academic Framework Regulations
The following variances have been approved 1) The classification awarded would be worked out using 40 credits of marks awarded at level 5 and 80 credits of marks awarded at level 6. (Approved 20/11/2020) 2) 2 x 26 Week semesters per year. (Approved 20/11/2020) 3) Students cannot be offered a … For more content click the Read More button below.
Entry Requirements
Alternative qualifications considered
HECoS Code(s)
(CAH02-04) nursing and midwifery