1. Preparation for Practice Learning
For Year 1 Students Adele Kane Associate Head of School Practice Learning

2. Welcome to modern nursing
The programme is designed to optimise the maximum experience across a wide range of care environments across the health and social care landscape.
Your course will be divided into separate theory and practice blocks
50% Theory 50% Practice
2,300 hours of practice Learning hours must be achieved, of which 300 can be logged through clinical skills simulation.

3. In order for you to experience a wide range of placement opportunities to match the diversity of clinical nursing you will spend you placement with various organisations to achieve the requirements of the programme.
In total there are 6 placements, 2 per year in blocks between theoretical blocks. The placements are between 8 and 12 weeks long

4. By the end of each year a student will have completed the following
The NMC requires students to gain skills in a range of care settings across the whole health care landscape
By the end of each year a student will have completed the following
Year 1
Community care
Field specific
Year 2
Year 3
Recovery/social inclusion orientated mental health care
Category
Definition/ examples
Community
Health Visitors, District Nurses, Community Mental Health Nurses, Learning disability teams, Community Hospitals, voluntary services e.g. MIND
Field Specific
Older people with MH problems
Recovery/social inclusion orientated mental health care
Community Mental Health /Day Care
Recovery/social inclusion
Assertive Outreach and Psychiatric Liaison
Acute care/Crisis Resolution
Early Intervention;
Forensic; Substance misuse; Eating disorders; Homelessness; Asylum seekers & refugees;

5. .
Community Nursing is the synthesis of nursing and public health practice applied to promote and protect the health of population. It combines all the basic elements of professional, clinical nursing with public health and community practice .
Acute Inpatient care is where a patient receives active but short-term treatment

6. What will I be doing?
Each Placement requires you to demonstrate learning and achievement of expected outcomes
You will work under direct or indirect supervision of mentors – who will assess you. For 40% of your time in placement.
You will develop plans to achieve learning and have opportunity for formal feedback along the way in preparation for a formal summative assessment towards the end of your placement.

7. You will pathway to other health care settings or practitioners in relation to the patient group of your designated placement.
You will shadow normal shift patterns and need to arrange to do so.

8. Practice How will my placements be decided?
Allocation is based on the need to meet programme requirements
Travel to Placement should not exceed an hour
Linked to your home/placement postcode
Financial Support for Travel and also accommodation is available –make the most of it.