SPECIALIST PRACTICE IN SCPHN INCLUDING V100 - 2023/4
Module code: NUR3322
Module Overview
This module integrates theory learned in this module and all core programme modules and enables students to develop skills in practice using the appropriate evidence base. Students are supported in practice by a Practice Teacher and where appropriate a mentor to progress to a stage of competency in all domains of SCPHN practice.
The V100 content is incorporated within this module and therefore students will achieve the Community Nurse Prescribing qualification on successful completion of the module and additional assessments.
On successful completion of all aspects of the module and the SCPHN programme, the University will inform the NMC that the student is eligible to register their qualification, including the V100. This must be done within 5 years from the identified start of the programme. If there is a need for interrupt, the student’s acquired knowledge and skills need to remain valid in order to allow them to achieve the proficiencies set by the NMC, so where necessary, some or all, of the prescribing preparation and assessment may need to be repeated. Registrants are not able to prescribe until the V100 qualification has been recorded on the NMC register.
Module provider
School of Health Sciences
Module Leader
JONES Felicity (Health Sci.)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 6
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Independent Learning Hours: 90
Lecture Hours: 45
Seminar Hours: 5
Tutorial Hours: 5
Captured Content: 5
Module Availability
Year long
Prerequisites / Co-requisites
Students must be currently undertaking an SCPHN programme Students must be sponsored by an Organisation who will provide a practice placement with an allocated Practice Teacher and where appropriate a Mentor to support and assess the student in practice.
Module content
To be informed by High Impact Areas in SCPHN Fields of Practice and BFI themes
Indicative Content:
- Child and young person development from birth to 19 years
- Healthy eating and exercise
- Breast feeding
- Mental health
- Minor illness management
- Accident prevention in the 0-19 age range
- School readiness
- Transition to adulthood
- Supporting families with disability and complex needs
- Sexual health
- Enuresis
- Sleep
- Behaviour management
- Preparation for consolidated practice and pre-ceptorship
- Clinical decision making
Health visitors 6 early years high impact areas:
- supporting the transition to parenthood
- supporting maternal and family mental health
- supporting breastfeeding
- supporting healthy weight, healthy nutrition
- improving health literacy; reducing accidents and minor illnesses
- supporting health, wellbeing and development: Ready to learn, narrowing the ‘word gap’
School nurses 6 school age years high impact areas
- supporting resilience and wellbeing
- improving health behaviours and reducing risk taking
- supporting healthy lifestyles
- supporting vulnerable young people and improving health inequalities
- supporting complex and additional health and wellbeing needs
- promoting self-care and improving health literacy
Baby Friendly Inititaive Themes (UNICEF 2016)
1. Have an understanding of breast feeding
2. Enable mothers to breast feed
3. Support close and loving relationships
4. Be able to manage the challenges
5.Promote positive communication
UNICEF (2016) Guidance for Universities in implementing the Baby Friendly Initiative standards
V100 content:
• Consultation, decision making and therapy, including referral • Influences on and psychology of prescribing
• Prescribing in a team context •
Clinical pharmacology, including the effects of co-morbidity
• Evidence based practice and clinical governance in relation to nurse prescribing
• Legal, policy and ethical aspects • Personal accountability and responsibility
• Prescribing in the public health context
Assessment pattern
Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
---|---|---|
Practical based assessment | Observed Structured Practice Assessment | Pass/Fail |
Examination | Additional Qualification V100 Calculation Paper (100% Pass Mark) | Pass/Fail |
Examination | Additional Qualification V100 MCQ Paper (80% Pass Mark) | Pass/Fail |
Coursework | Assignment | 100 |
Practical based assessment | Medicines Management Reflective Discussion | Pass/Fail |
Coursework | Two Written Prescriptions | Pass/Fail |
Coursework | Log of Prescribing Related Practice | Pass/Fail |
Practical based assessment | Practice Portfolio | Pass/Fail |
Alternative Assessment
None
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the integration of evidence based theory with the acquisition of practice skills. In the portfolio, students will identify the strengths, challenges, opportunities and barriers (SCOB) to their learning at three key points in their learning journey. This will enable them to set their learning objectives, agree a plan for achieving them with their Community Practice Assessor (CPA) and evaluate their progress.
The summative assessment for this module consists of 4 parts :
Part 1 Practice Portfolio
A Portfolio of evidence which demonstrates the achievement of SCPHN domains specific to the student’s pathway. The evidence in the portfolio should contextualise the student’s learning and demonstrate their application of knowledge and skills to their pathway of professional practice. Assessment in practice is measured against the Standards of Proficiency for SCPHN (NMC 2004) – Pass/Fail
Part 2 Written Assignment
Write a reflective account of the clinical decision making process used in your OSPA. This should demonstrate your knowledge of public health, family needs assessment and the professional skills required to assess, plan and deliver care.
Identify how this contact meets the requirements of the Healthy Child Programme.
2500 words
Part 3 OSPA – Observed Structured Practice Assessment – Pass/Fail
Part 4 V100 Nurse Prescribing
Part A: V100 Calculation Paper (100% pass mark) – Duration 30 minutes. Exam date will be advised by V100 Lead.
Part B: V100 MCQ paper (80% pass mark) - Duration 90 minutes
• Log of Prescribing Related Practice including a minimum 18 prescribing hours -Pass/Fail
• Medicines Management Reflective Discussion - Pass/Fail
• 2 written prescriptions – Pass/Fail
If there is either evidence of unsafe practice or any breach of confidentiality, it will result in an automatic referral for the assessment of this module. Failure to answer correctly any question which may result in direct harm to a patient / client will result in referral of V100.
Module aims
- This module aims to enable health visiting and school nursing students to develop evidence based practice and achieve competency in all 4 domains of the standards of proficiency for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses to meet the entry requirements for part 3 of the NMC register.
Domain 1- Search for Health Needs
Principle: Surveillance and assessment of the population’s health and wellbeing
Domain 2 – Stimulation of awareness of health needs
Principles: Collaborative working for health and wellbeing
Working with and for communities to improve health and wellbeing
Domain 3- Influence on policies affecting health
Principles: Developing health programmes and services, reducing inequalities
Policy and strategy development and implementation to improve health and wellbeing
Research and development to improve health and wellbeing
Domain 4 – Facilitation of health enhancing activities
Principles : Promoting and protecting the population’s health and wellbeing
Developing quality and risk management within an evaluative culture
Strategic leadership for health and wellbeing
Integrating the V100 outcomes and competencies within this module will help to equip eligible SCPHNs with the principles of prescribing to enable them to be safe, effective and cost-effective prescribers, in a primary care setting
It will also enable students to understand the principles of good prescribing, the law relating to prescribing, accountability in prescribing and the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs that are listed in the Nurse Prescribers Formulary.
Learning outcomes
Attributes Developed | ||
001 | Systematically evaluate service provision for children aged 0-19 years and appreciate the importance of engagement with the whole family | KP |
002 | Use a range of tools to assess need holistically and use clinical decision making skills to decide on the level of service provision in partnership with clients | CP |
003 | Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children and families within the 4 levels of service model of Community, Universal, Unviversal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus | PT |
004 | Evidence the achievement of competency in all 4 domains of SCPHN practice | CP |
005 | Focus service provision on current high impact areas identified by Public Health England | CP |
006 | Have an appreciation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Standards and the SCPHN role in delivering them | CP |
007 | Understand the importance of partnership, integration, communication and inter-professional working to identify and minimise risk | KCP |
008 | Appriase their own and others skills in leadership and demonstrate an ethical approach in leadership activities | KPT |
009 | Deliver high quality client care utilising professional judgement and clinical decision making skills within acceptable ethical and legal parameters | PT |
010 | Demonstrate knowledge of medicine management and prescribing principles in the context of SCPHN practice and meet the NMC standards of proficiency for nurse prescribers and midwives | KCPT |
011 | Analyse and contribute to strategies designed to promote wellbeing, improve health and prevent disease in individuals, groups and communities | KCP |
012 | V100 outcome - Assess and consult with patients / clients and parents / carers | KP |
013 | V100 outcome - Undertake a thorough history, including medication history and current medication (including over-the-counter, alternative and complementary health therapies) to inform diagnosis. | KCP |
014 | V100 outcome - Understand and apply the relevant legislation to the practice of nurse / midwife prescribing | KCP |
015 | V100 outcome - Critically appraise, use sources of information / advice and decision support systems in prescribing practice | CPT |
016 | V100 outcome - Understand the influences that can impact on prescribing practice | KP |
017 | V100 outcome -Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical dimensions of prescribing. | CPT |
018 | V 100 outcome -Understand and apply knowledge of drug actions in prescribing practice | KCP |
019 | V100 outcome - Demonstrate an understanding of the roles and relationships of others involved in prescribing, supplying and administering medicines | PT |
020 | V100 outcome- Prescribe safely, appropriately and cost effectively | CP |
021 | V100 outcome- Practise within a framework of professional accountability and responsibility | PT |
022 | V100 outcome- Accurately completes and routinely checks calculations relevant to prescribing and practical dosing relevant to patient group/filed of practice | KCP |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
The learning and teaching strategy is designed to bring together all elements of learning
in University and practice settings to ensure that students are adequately prepared for
their role as an SCPHN. They will build on their existing professional skills to achieve
the knowledge and skills required to enter part 3 of the NMC register
UNICEF ( 2016) Learning outcomes will be integrated into the module in accordance
with the recommendations received during the accreditation process
The learning and teaching methods include:
Lectures, seminars ,workshops, discussions, case studies, presentations from specialist
practitioners in University
Observation, participation and demonstration of skills, professional conversation and
reflection, clinical supervision, contribution to inter-professional forums in practice.
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
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Other information
This module is core for Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting and School Nursing) and will require students to pass every academic and practice assessment.
Programmes this module appears in
Programme | Semester | Classification | Qualifying conditions |
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Public Health Practice (SCPHN) (Health Visiting) BSc (Hons)(YEAR LONG) | Year-long | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 40% to pass the module |
Public Health Practice (SCPHN) (School Nursing) BSc (Hons)(YEAR LONG) | Year-long | Core | Each unit of assessment must be passed at 40% to pass the module |
Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2023/4 academic year.