4 Year Nursing Degree Programme (BSc Cur)

NU3S09 -Clinical Practice Module 3 Junior Sophister (25 ECTS)

Learning Outcomes

Following completion of this module the student should be able to

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to perform competently at supervised
level (Bondy,1983) using learning outcomes in each clinical area in the following An Bord Altranais (ABA)
(2005) domains:

• Domain 1 - Professional/Ethical practice
  
• Domain 2 - Holistic approaches and integration of knowledge
  
• Domain 3 - Interpersonal relationships
  
• Domain 4 - Organisation and management of care
  
• Domain 5 - Personal and professional development
  

Module Learning Aims

This module is intended for Junior Sophister students studying the B.Sc. (Cur.) in Nursing (General,
Psychiatric, Intellectual Disability, Children’s and General Integrated Nursing) at Trinity College Dublin,
School of Nursing and Midwifery. This module aims to build on the theoretical basis of nursing that you
have had in your Junior Sophister university modules by giving you the opportunity to have supervised
clinical practice experiences. The purpose of this module is to ensure that the student achieves the
required level of safe and competent clinical practice at Junior Sophister level.

Recommended Reading List

• An Bord Altranais (2005) Requirements and Standards for Nurse Registration Education Programmes. Stationary Office, Dublin.
  
• Callaghan P., Payle J. & Cooper L. (eds.) (2009) Mental Health Nursing Skills. Oxford University Press, United Kingdom.
  
• Coyne I., Neill F., Timmins F. (2010) Clinical Skills in Children’s Nursing. Oxford University Press, United Kingdom.
  
• Dougherty L., Lister S. E. (2011) The Royal Marsden Hospital of Clinical Nursing Procedures (8th Edition). Wiley Blackwell, United Kingdom.
  
• Gates B. (ed.) (2007) Learning Disabilities: Towards Inclusion. (5th Ed). Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
  
• Gates B. Barr O. (eds.) (2009) Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  
• MacGregor J. (2008) Introduction to the Anatomy and Physiology of Children: A Guide for Students of Nursing, Child Care and Health. Routledge, United Kingdom.
  
• Morrissey J., Keogh B., Doyle L. (eds.) (2008) Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: An Irish Perspective. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin.
  
• Nicol M., Bavin C., Cronin P., Rawlings-Anderson K. (2008) Essential Nursing Skills (3rd Ed). Mosby, Edinburgh.
  
• Norman I. & Ryie I., (eds) (2009) The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing: A Textbook of Principles and Practice (2nd Ed). McGraw Hill Open University Press, United Kingdom.

* Additional readings will be given for each unit of learning