Transition to Advanced Practice (Non-Apprentice)
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| NURS4215 | Nursing | 4 | 20 | Spring UK |
- Code
- NURS4215
- School
- Nursing
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This course considers:
• Analysis of the concept and scope of advanced practice, and its interface with accountability, clinical governance, autonomy, specialist practice and expert practice.
• Integration of communication and assessment skills, decision making, management and speciality specific knowledge and skills acquired during the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice programme.
• Role transition and professional identity in advanced practice
• Legal and ethical issues underpinning advanced/autonomous practice
• Leadership within advanced practice
• Advanced practitioner roles in the context of the multi-disciplinary/multi agency team.
• Risk management strategies, human factors.
• UK and international health and social care policy in relation to advanced practice.
Target Students
Students on MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Classes
A combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, blended learning, and supervision (up to 200 hours).
Assessment
- 50% Presentation 1: Presentation (25 minutes) with panel questions (10 minutes)
- 50% Report 1: Clinical Change Report (1500 words)
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
This course aims to enable the integration of the learning and personal/professional development that occurs during study of the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice. The course content is designed to allow you to critically explore and debate your transition into advanced clinical practice. It recognises that there are regional, national, and international variations in how advanced practice roles are articulated and enacted, as well as variations across the different healthcare professions. Associated with these variants are also differing levels of professional autonomy. The course will thus enable you to explore and identify what advanced practice means within the context of your own professional practice role and equip you to further develop your advanced clinical practice beyond the end of the course.Learning Outcomes
Intellectual
1. Critically reflect on their transition towards advanced clinical practice through personal, professional, and academic development recognising their level of autonomy.
Professional
2. Demonstrate leadership, collaboration and employ risk management strategies in contexts that are challenging, complex and/or unpredictable.
3. Critically evaluate how their advanced clinical practice role can improve health outcomes of a specified client group.
Transferable
4. Demonstrate advanced interpersonal skills including those of negotiation, referral, consultation, case presentation and education.
Conveners
- Hannah Conway