Awards

Target Award

Award Description:Certificate of Professional Development - CPM

Programme Offerings

Part-Time

B-JMU-APR
B-JMU-JAN
B-JMU-SEP

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 Professional Nurse Advocate (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.

Professional nurse advocates provide professional clinical leadership within their clinical settings. This includes the facilitation of restorative clinical supervision to other nurses and health care staff, leadership of quality improvement projects and the development of cultures of learning. The PNA training is a nurse-specific, continuing professional development.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Demonstrate a systematic understanding of the relevant evidence to understand the function and impact of restorative clinical supervision.
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
2.
Critically appraise the role of the Professional Nurse Advocate in contributing to continuous development and innovation and quality improvement in practice.
  • Communication
  • Creativity
  • Problem solving
3.
Synthesise knowledge and theory related to how quality activities promote and improve patient safety and better care outcomes.
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
4.
Critically appraise the role of the Professional Nurse Advocate in providing visible leadership and positively impacting organisational culture.
  • Collaboration
  • Organisation
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Problem solving

Teaching, Learning and Assessment

Teaching and Learning:

Syllabus: 

  • The role of the Professional Nurse Advocate within the context of national and local governance policies
  • Restorative Clinical Supervision including approaches such as coaching, motivational interviewing, reflection and debriefing.  
  • Supervisor/supervisee relationship, including  delivering and managing clinical supervision in practice.  
  • Ethical & Legal considerations in clinical supervision which may affect the supervisory process for example, conflict of interest, maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality 
  • 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. 
  • Approaches to quality improvement in practice to ensure people experience safe, compassionate, person-centred care including the concept of advocacy. 
  • Regional and national forums supporting the role of the PNA and ongoing development and support the PNA.  
  • Approaches to evidence-based practice. 
  • Self-Awareness, emotional intelligence and ongoing development in the role of the PNA 

Delivery Format:

  • The module will be delivered through both classroom based and online learning.
  • The overall module length will be 15 weeks.
  • Content will be flexible to accommodate and support staff in the current complex climate of care and will combine teaching delivery via a virtual platform such as Microsoft Teams and remote learning activities via the virtual learning platform
  • The core delivery of each module delivery mode is a series of tutor-led or group-led lectures or workshops which are delivered through attendance based sessions or online using platforms such as Microsoft Teams. This will be supported by offering tutorial support to students to work towards the successful achievement of the assessment. 
  • 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 
  • Reflective activities to support development of portfolio
  • Directed independent study comprising of independent learning by expecting participants to add depth and breadth to their knowledge of topics, to practice skills and to reflect on critical incidents and their practice supported by the virtual learning platform for online content.

Assessment:

  1. Portfolio aligned to the RCN Professional Nurse Advocate Standards for Education and Training Programmes and Modules

Opportunities for work related learning

The programme supports learners in their clinical area and the assessment links the theory to clinical practice.

Programme Structure

Programme Structure Description

The programme will be delivered through both attendance based and online virtual learning and will include a blend of classroom based learning activities and online face-to-face contact appropriate to meet the PNA training programme/module RCN standards (2023).

Structure

Professional Nurse Advocate

Entry Requirements

Alternative qualifications considered

HECoS Code(s)

(CAH02-04) nursing and midwifery