Overview

1.Enable practitioners to renew registration and re-enter practice with up to date theoretical knowledge that will underpin the delivery of modern, safe and effective care. 2.Enable practitioners to renew registration and re-enter practice with up to date evidence-based clinical skills and competencies. 3.Facilitate the assimilation of theoretical knowledge to permeate day-to-day practice through updated experience and reflective analysis. As from April 2016, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Revalidation process requires registered practitioners to have practiced, by virtue of their nursing registration for not less than 450 hours in the preceding 3 years to maintain effective registration. The undertaking of a Return to Practice Course approved by the NMC is mandatory for practitioners who do not meet this standard and wish to renew their registration. This module aims to enable the student to re-gain’ live’ registration with the ability to function safely and effectively as an accountable professional through updating of knowledge and skills. The purpose of this module is to consolidate and develop previously attained professional knowledge and skills to ensure that students have the necessary knowledge and skills to facilitate the transition back onto the professional registered. Students will develop the knowledge and skills required to participate in the educative processes expected of all professional practitioners. The Department of Health is continuing to improve clinical effectiveness and the quality of patient/client care; consequently there is a need for students to acquire the knowledge and skills pertaining to risk management, governance, quality assurance, leadership and management and management of change. Students will have a revision/recap/enhanced knowledge and skills for decision making to support the processes of delegation and develop an in-depth understanding of the skills required for successful inter-professional working, leadership and management. These will be enahnced and utilised to meet the contemporary expectations of relevant regulatory bodies and patients/clients.

Learning Outcomes

• 1. Discuss and reflect on the influence of health and social policy relevant to the practice of nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting. 2. Discuss and reflect on the requirements of legislation, guidelines, codes of practice and policies relevant to the practice of nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the current structure and organisation of care, nationally and locally. 4. Discuss and reflect on the current issues in nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting education and practice. 5. Discuss and reflect on the use of relevant literature and research to inform the practice of nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting. 6. Demonstrate and reflect on the ability to identify and assess need, design and implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes in all relevant areas of practice, including the delivery of appropriate emergency care. 7. Demonstrate and reflect on the use of appropriate communication, teaching and learning skills. 8. Demonstrate and reflect on the ability to function effectively in a team and participate in a multi-professional approach to the care of patients and clients. 9. Demonstrate the ability to identify strengths and weaknesses, acknowledge limitations of competence and recognise the importance of maintaining and developing professional competence.

• Learning Outcome 1& 3: Discuss the influence of health and social policy relevant to the practice of nursing including the current structure and organisation of care: • Structure of the NHS, independent sector and social care services including the relationship between these providers • Health and social policy relevant to Nursing • Modernisation Policy and the way forward • Quality agenda & Quality improvements. Learning Outcome 2 & 9: Discuss and demonstrate in practice an understanding of the legislation, guidelines, Codes of practice relevant to the practice of nursing. Also the ability to identify strengths and weaknesses, acknowledge limitations, recognising the importance of maintaining and developing professional competence: • Legislation, national and local policies, guidelines, procedures and initiatives relevant to clinical practice and their development • NHS reforms including clinical governance and the role of statutory bodies, patient safety & the NHS political agenda & the way forward • Role of the NMC, Standards and Guidance, the four domains • Professional standards for registration • Clinical supervision/coaching/action Learning sets • Patient Safety • Patient autonomy including consent • Legal and ethical issues • Safeguarding vulnerable children and adults • Health and Safety at Work issues including risk assessment • Moving and handling • Best practices in the control of infection • Medicines management • Numeracy skills applied to medicines management – safe medicate • Revalidation, Continuing Professional Development and Portfolio. Learning Outcome 4: Discuss some of the current issues in nursing education and practice: • Overview of the structure and developments in nurse education • Patient Education • Student review of the media, including nursing journals to identify current issues for discussion. Lerning Outcome 5: Discuss and demonstrate in practice the use of relevant literature and research to inform the practice of Nursing: • Use of Blackboard learning support system • Evidence based practice • Research utilisation and associated issues • Introduction to library and library skills • Study skills • Literature searching using electronic sources • Referencing. Learning Outcome 6 & 8: Demonstrate and reflect on own ability to identify, assess need, design and implement interventions and evaluate outcomes in all relevant areas of practice, including the effective delivery of emergency care. Also, demonstrate and reflect on the ability to function effectively in a team: • Review of the nursing process, organisation and documentation of care • Nursing thoeries and models of care • Multi-disciplinary team work, leadership, quality and co-ordination of care • Integrated care pathways/bundles of care • Chronic Disease Managment • Evidence Based Practice • Basic Life Support, use of defibrillators and management of shock. Learning Outcome 7: Discuss, and demonstrate in practice the ability to use appropriate communications, teaching and learning skills: • Guided study of effective verbal and non verbal communication (Blackboard) • Guided study of cultural and language sensitivity (Blackboard) • Patient Centred Care & Holistic care encompassing health promotion and patient education • Teaching and learning skills revised • Reflection as an aid to learning and practice Development • Safe medicate • Essay writing revision • IT Skills.

• The following learning outcomes will apply to this module. They are based on the NMC mandatory learning outcomes for Return to Practice programmes 1. Discuss and reflect on the influence of health and social policy relevant to the practice of nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting. 2. Discuss and reflect on the requirements of legislation, guidelines, codes of practice and policies relevant to the practice of nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting. 3. Demonstrate an understanding of the current structure and organisation of care, nationally and locally. 4. Discuss and reflect on the current issues in nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting education and practice. 5. Discuss and reflect on the use of relevant literature and research to inform the practice of nursing, midwifery and/or health visiting. 6. Demonstrate and reflect on the ability to identify and assess need, design and implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes in all relevant areas of practice, including the delivery of appropriate emergency care. 7. Demonstrate and reflect on the use of appropriate communication, teaching and learning skills. 8. Demonstrate and reflect on the ability to function effectively in a team and participate in a multi-professional approach to the care of patients and clients. 9. Demonstrate the ability to identify strengths and weaknesses, acknowledge limitations of competence and recognise the importance of maintaining and developing professional competence.