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5. NU6302 Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare

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• Title

  Practice Enhancement for Quality Healthcare NU6302

• Code

  NU6302

• College

  Medicine and Health

• Duration

  February 2024 March 2024 – Fully on-line and asynchronus

• Teaching Mode

  Part-Time. See Additional Teaching Mode Information for more info.

• Fees

  Regular Fee: €900 See Fees and Costs for full details.

• Entry Requirements

  Applicants must be qualified healthcare professionals registered with the regulatory body in their country of residence. Applicants must have a primary degree, NFQ Level 8 or equivalent. See Requirements for full details.

• Closing Date

  31st October 2023

• Course Delivery Method

  Online

• Venue

  Delivered fully on-line; students do not attend workshop dates.

• Credits

  10

• Start Date

  12th February 2024 : No Orientation

Outline

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Critically review the process of quality improvement and its application to clinical practice.
• Conduct an audit on an aspect relevant to clinical practice.
• Disseminate results to clinical teams in conjunction with Quality Office, Director of Nursing, or Quality and clinical Team.
• Identify actions required to close the quality loop.
• Critically reflect on the process of enhancing the contribution of nursing to the delivery of patient care.
• Develop and demonstrate critical faculties through advanced reflection skills.
• Critically reflect on the process of introducing and evaluating nursing care initiatives at ward, unit or inter-departmental level.
• Evaluate and reflect on the effectiveness of various nursing strategies which can be used to advance practice.
• Demonstrate vision of professional practice that can be developed beyond scope of practice.

Module Objective: To enable the nurse to apply critical theoretical insights to the enhancement of quality Nursing and healthcare practice.

Module Content: Quality enhancement in nursing, continuous quality improvement, stakeholder perspectives on quality health care, standard setting, performance monitoring, patient/client satisfaction with health services, quality and equity of provision, clinical quality, nursing audit. Linking theory and practice. Learning experiences planned on individual interests, with emphases on gaining in-depth skills and knowledge of the clinical role in nursing, the process of developing excellence and scholarship in nursing practice, description, analysis and synthesis of the practice domain of nursing, the process of enhancing the contribution of nursing to the delivery of care, action, strategies to improve nursing practice, practice innovation.

Additional Teaching Mode Information

No Orientation /  Semester II commencing 12th February 2024

Module runs from February 12^th 2024– 24^th March 2024

Teaching Method(s): 200hr(s) Other (Online Learning; Discussion Board Preparation and Participation, Required Reading, Assignment Preparation and Submission, Self-Directed Learning).

Compulsory Elements: Continuous Assessment.

Delivered fully on-line; students do not attend workshop dates.

 

Practicalities

Delivered fully on-line; students do not attend workshop dates.

Requirements

Applicants must be qualified healthcare professionals registered with the regulatory body in their country of residence. Applicants must have a primary degree, NFQ Level 8 or equivalent. 

Applicants who are under 23 years of age must satisfy the minimum entry requirements as for the Degrees in Nursing or Midwifery, as set out here

Admission to the module(s) will be subject to internal university approval processes on the recommendation of the Head of School.

Applicants for Nursing and Midwifery CPD modules who do not hold an up-to-date IELTS certificate showing the requisite Academic Board approved CM&H scores must demonstrate evidence of appropriate work experience within an English language environment for at least the previous 2 years.

These modules will not necessarily run unless minimum recruitment targets of 10 students are achieved.

Fees and Costs

Regular Fee:

The fee for this module is €900. There is also a €35 application fee.

How Do I Apply

This module is due to run in Spring 2024.  Applications will open on 23^rd August 2023.  If you are interested in applying for one of these modules, please register your details here: https://forms.office.com/e/eUehdG0Djk

 

UCC will send you a reminder email on the application opening date. 

• To apply for this module please log on to the UCC APPLY page and create an account.  
• Gather any additional documents required (including a passport-style photo), copy of your degree parchment if not a previous UCC graduate.
• An application fee of €35 will be payable on submission of your application via the same platform.