Awards
Target Award
Programme Offerings
Part-Time
Educational Aims of the Course
This course is designed to equip nurses with the support required to critically appraise the knowledge, skills and behaviours required for the role of the PNA.
This PNA programme will support nurses to develop their existing leadership qualities and skills to facilitate the implementation of the Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement (A-EQUIP) model of supervision in their areas of practice.
Learning Outcomes
Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Teaching and Learning:
Syllabus:
- The role of the PNA
- The PNA implementation guide
- A-EQIP Model
- Restorative Clinical Supervision including approaches such as coaching, motivational interviewing, reflection and debriefing.
- Supervisor/supervisee relationship, including practically delivering, recording and managing clinical supervision in practice.
- Ethical & Legal considerations, including clinical governance and reporting.
- Strategies to support staff wellbeing and resilience, including burn out, compassion and self-care.
- Leadership theories, focusing on compassionate leadership and the PNA as a leader.
- Advocacy
- Quality Improvement, leading and managing change, including QI methodologies and evaluation.
- Strategies to support the implementation of the role in practice.
- Regional and national forums supporting the role of the PNA and ongoing development and support the PNA.
- Approaches to evidence-based practice.
- Self-Awareness, personality types and emotional intelligence
Delivery Format:
· Content will be delivered remotely to allow for access to places nationally
· Content will be delivered through 10 structured days
· Content will be flexible to accommodate and support staff in the current complex climate of care
· Structured regular virtual touchpoints will be offered flexibly to accommodate shift working patterns
· Practical application in the forms of simulated experiences and action learning will be promoted to link theory to practice
· Regular academic supervision will be available by a designated member of the Programme team both structured and as required throughout
· Remote content will work through structured portfolio content to support the students in final submission
· Reflective activities to support development of competency
· Self-Directed Learning supported by online content
Assessment:
Two-parts-
- Portfolio demonstrating competence as per RCN PNA standards
- Poster presentation of quality improvement implemented in practice as a result on the PNA role.
Programme Structure
Programme Structure Description
This programme will be delivered as a distance learning Programme in accordance with the guidelines from the RCN PNA Standards for Education and Training Programmes and Modules (2023).