| CODE | NUR1127 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Personal and Professional Development 2 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will incorporate: 1. Compassionate care and compassion fatigue; 2. Developing Competence and Integrity at work; 3. Handling patients ‘emotions: anxiety, fear and anger; 4. Conflict resolution at the workplace; 5. Clinical reasoning in practice; 6. Transformational Leadership in nursing; 7. Interview skills; 8. Documentation skills; 9. Contemporary issues in nursing; and 10. Complementary therapies to address a holistic approach to nursing care. Study-unit Aims: This study-unit builds on the learning outcomes achieved in Personal and Professional Development 1. Hence the aim of these study-units is to o enable students to: - Highlight plans for future career development; and - Review the range of existing skills required for use in clinical practice, both with patients and work colleagues. This study-unit also gives students the opportunity to think on their plans for the future and give them skills that help them engage in further personal and professional development. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify ways for future professional development; - understand the possible psychological considerations for patient behaviour; - develop knowledge and awareness about complementary therapies; and - develop an awareness to contemporary issues in nursing. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - develop competence at work; - reflect on and identify one's coping skills in view of one's emotions; - reflect on how to support patients cope with their emotions; - present and prepare oneself well for a job interview; - critically appraise the care of patients; and - take care of themselves so as to prevent burnout. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Bourne, E.J. (2010) The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook. 5th Edition. CA New Harbinger Publications. ISBN-13: 978-1572248915 - Bulman, C. & Schutz S. (2013) Reflective Practice in Nursing. 5th edition. UK: John Hunt Publishing ltd. ISBN 978-0-470-65810-9 - Chambers Clark, C. (2003) Holistic Assertive Skills for Nurses. NY. Springer Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0-8261-1714-4 - Freshwater, D. (Ed) (2012) Therapeutic Nursing: Improving Patient Care Through Self Awareness and Reflection. SAGE Publications. ISBN: 9780761970644 - Grant, A. & Goodman, B. (2019) Communication & Interpersonal Skills in Nursing. 4th edition. CA: SAGE Publications. ISBN-13: 978-1526400994 - Kuper, R., O’Donnel, S., Pesut, D., Turrise S. (2017) The Essentials of Clinical Reasoning for Nurses. 1st edition. Sigma Theta Tau International. ISBN-13: 978-1945157097 - Quan, K. (2011) The Everything New Nurse Book. 2nd edition. Everything publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1440526879 - Moss, M.T. (2005) The Emotionally Intelligent Nurse Leader. 1st edition. USA Jossey-Bass Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0787959883 - Skinner, J. (2015) Nursing by Heart: Transformational Self-Care for Nurses. 1st Edition. UK. John Hunt Publishing ltd. ISBN-13: 978-1782797111 - Staber-Hass, S. (2012) Fast facts for the Student Nurse. Springer publishers. ISBN-13: 978-0826193247 Stanely, D. (Ed) (2017) Clinical Leadership in Nursing and Healthcare. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN:9781119253761 - Welford, M. (2012) The Compassionate Mind Approach to Building Self-Confidence. UK Robinson Publishers. ISBN-13: 978-1780330327 - Zahariades, D. (2016) The procrastination cure. 1st edition. Nursing knowledge publishers. ISBN: 10: 9781938835889 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Fieldwork, Grp Learn, Ind Stud, Lect, Proj & Tut | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michelle Camilleri Sharon Martinelli |
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