Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing and Midwifery

(1)

Post Graduate Certificate

in Nursing and Midwifery

for

Graduate Staff Nurses/Midwives

Presented by ONMSD Ms Mary Wynne & Ms Ina Crowley in

partnership with the RCSI Tutors

(2)

Overview of the Office of Nursing

and Midwifery Services (ONMSD)

Office of

Nursing and Midwifery Services Director Dr. Michael Shannon HSE West Area Director NMPD HSE South Area Director NMPD

Dublin North East

Area Director NMPD

Dublin Mid Leinster

Area Director NMPD

Directors NMPD teams Galway and Letterkenny

Directors NMPD teams Kilkenny and Cork

Directors NMPD teams Swords and Ardee

Directors NMPD team Dublin and Tullamore

Director Centres of

Nursing and Midwifery Education (HSE)

Director Centres of

DirectorCentres of

Director Centres of

Nursing & Midwifery National Leads

(3)

The main priority of The Office …is to provide leadership,

support excellence and build capacity in nursing and

midwifery in order to enhance patient care and service

delivery

Key focus areas:

• Corporate and clinical governance

• Leadership and innovation

• Provision of safe quality care

• Practice development

• Continuing Professional Development/ Education

www.hse.ie/go/onmsd

Overview of the Office of Nursing and Midwifery

Services (ONMSD)

(4)

Background

• Haddington Road Agreement 2013-2016. LRC

http://per.gov.ie/haddington-road-agreement/

• Employment contract and interdependent education

programme

• HSE/HR – Contract of Employment

(5)

• Partnership – RCSI & HSE (HR & ONMSD)

• Key stakeholder steering group October 2013 –

National Collaboration

• HSE leads – ONMSD Director, Programme

Manager & Project Manager

• RCSI Leads – Head of Nursing / Midwifery,

Programme Director & Programme Manager

(6)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing / Midwifery

(7)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing/Midwifery

• Programme Aims

• Programme Structure

• Programme Accreditation

• Programme Delivery

• Blended Learning

• Student Supports

(8)

Programme Aims

• To build on the foundations of professional nursing and

midwifery knowledge already developed in the

undergraduate nursing and midwifery programmes

• To facilitate the development of knowledge and clinical

abilities which supports the early career development of the

nurse/midwife

• To nurture the development of leadership skills and

competence, with reference to the Department of Health and

Health Services Executive (HSE) and DOH strategic

(9)

Programme Aims

• To facilitate the integration of theory and clinical practice

to enhance clinical outcomes with reference to patient

safety and clinical governance

• To foster an educational approach which develops

students’ skills related to critical thinking and

independent thought, evaluation and reflective practice

• To enhance interdisciplinary and collaborative practice,

through active engagement with other health care

disciplines throughout the education experience

(10)

• To provide students with an advanced level of

knowledge and competence as informed by health care

services and policy needs

• To support the student in their continuous competence

development, whilst encouraging the provision of

cost-effective, efficient nursing and midwifery care within a

changing health care environment

• To promote appropriate research understanding which

will support implementation and evaluation of evidence

based nursing and midwifery interventions

(11)

Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing /

Midwifery (Applied Professional and

Clinical Development)

Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing /

Midwifery (Applied Professional and

Clinical Development)

Award:

CPD:

Programme Accreditation

Meets CPD requirements for NMBI

(12)

Level 9 NQF

30 ECTS Credits = 25% of an MSc

(13)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing/Midwifery

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

Day 1 – Face to Face

Day 2 – Online Day 3 – Online Day 4 – Online

MCQ Exam

Team Project

OSLER

Written

Assignment

(14)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing/Midwifery

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

MCQ Exam

Team Project

OSLER

Written

Assignment

(15)

Programme Structure

Module 1:

Contemporary Issues in Nursing/Midwifery: Clinical Governance, Safety and Risk Management

Module Description:

This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to critically explore the changes occurring within contemporary Irish healthcare and to examine the implications and influences on their area of practice and on quality and patient safety.

Module Assessment & Award:

Multiple Choice Question Examination. 10 Level 9 ECTS Credits upon successful completion of the module.

Module Duration:

5 Days tuition - 2 in class learning days along with 3 days online

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the module the student will be able to:

• Evaluate frameworks for quality improvement

• Critically review the application of clinical governance and risk management in health care today

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of patient safety and apply it to clinical scenarios.

(16)

Clinical Governance, Safety and Risk

Management

Indicative Syllabus

Clinical Governance

The role of HIQA

Accountability

The role of the mental health commission

Patient safety

Quality improvement frameworks

Risk Management

Medicines management

Standards & guidelines for practice

Health service reform (Clinical Care

Programmes, medicines reform etc)

Key Performance Indicators

Audit

Lessons learnt

(17)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing/Midwifery

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

MCQ Exam

Team Project

OSLER

Written

Assignment

(18)

Programme Structure

Module 2:

Interdisciplinary Communication and Teamwork

This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to critically explore interdisciplinary communication and team work and develop effective communication and team work strategies.

Group Project & Written Assignment. 10 Level 9 ECTS Credits upon successful completion of the module.

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

• Critically discuss interdisciplinary communication in healthcare

• Critically discuss factors influencing effective interdisciplinary communication and team work

• Critically evaluate interdisciplinary communication and team work strategies

• Critically reflect on the individual roles of members of the healthcare team

(19)

Interdisciplinary Communication and

Teamwork

Indicative Syllabus

Conflict management

Informatics in healthcare

Clinical Leadership

Reflective Practice

Factors influencing effective

communication and team work

Communication & Interdisciplinary team

work

Staffing, Staff Management and

Performance Appraisal

Communication theories and concepts

Team member roles (knowledge and

valuing professional input)

Medicines Management

Interprofessional practice

Preceptorship

Supervision/delegation/scope of practice

Basic management (rostering, in charge

roles)

(20)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing/Midwifery

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

MCQ Exam

Team Project

OSLER

Written

Assignment

(21)

Programme Structure

Module 3:

Patient Assessment, Care & Evaluation Speciality Specific Strands (Adult; Children’s; Mental Health; Intellectual Disability; Midwifery)

This module aims to develop the students’ knowledge and competencies for history taking, diagnosis, systematic assessment and evaluation in patient care along with promoting effective patient/nurse relationships.

Objective Structured Long Examination Record (OSLER) 10 Level 9 ECTS Credits upon successful completion of the module.

On successful completion of the module the student will be able to:

• Critically discuss the systematic assessment of client needs based on nursing/midwifery theory and evidence-based practice

• Critically evaluate models of clinical decision making

• Integrate the concepts of health, and health promotion/patient & mother education to patient/mother nurse interactions

• Critique and interpret patient assessment data

• Critically explore effective patient/mother nurse relationships

(22)

Patient Assessment, Care and Evaluation

Adult

Intellectual

Disability

Children’s

Midwifery

Mental Health

(23)

Indicative Syllabus

History taking and Physical assessment

relating to the relevant patient population

Using evidence based research to underpin

practice

Models of Clinical decision making

Patient/mother/nurse relationship

Managing case loads

Evaluating patient/mother & baby care

interventions

Patient ,carer, mother & baby education

and health promotion

Promoting independent care

Advocacy

Discharge planning

Patient autonomy and choice

Communicating with

patients/carers/parents

Managing complaints

Medicines Management

(24)

Programme Delivery

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Online

at a time

that suits

you

In Class

Regional sites

09:00 – 17:00

Day 1 & 5 – students to be released from service as per HSE Circular

(25)

Blended Learning

• Blended learning is the use of 2 or more distinct methods of

delivering education (online and offline)

• Online Learning

– Moodle

– Video based teaching

– Synchronous and asynchronous chat rooms

– ePortfolio

• Offline Learning

– Classroom lectures and tutorials incorporating video conferencing

– Workplace learning

(26)

Blended Learning

• Programme is more accessible for students countrywide

• Interfacing with students at a familiar technological level

• Programme is more flexible

– Students can access online content anytime

– Students can study at time and place convenient to them

– Study can be fitted around life/work

– Assignments submitted online

• Less time to be released from service

– Assist in work rostering

• Travelling

(27)

(28)

Support Structures

Student

RCSI

Programme

Managers

Programme

Managers

HSE

Email

Moodle

Library

E-Portfolio

RCSI

Tutors

RCSI

Tutors

(29)

Support Structures

Nurse Tutor: Students needs’

• Online chat room

• Discussion forum

• Face to face

• Study days

• Available to be contacted

by email or phone

Nurse Tutor: Service needs’

• Link person

• CNM’s

• Available to be contacted

(30)

Support Structures

(31)

Post Graduate Certificate in

Nursing/Midwifery

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

MCQ Exam

Team Project

OSLER

Written

Assignment

(32)

What is Next?

Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 3

Assessments

Mar

2015 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Jan

2016 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Sep 2016

Programme Timeline

Important Dates:

• _{December 2014 Apply Online}

• March 2015:

_{Begin Module 1}

• August 2015:

_{Begin Module 2}

(33)

Benefits for Graduate Staff Nurses/

Midwives continued..

• National and International recognisable

qualification at NFQ Level 9

• Fully Funded programme

• 2 approved study days per module

• 30 ECTS - platform for PG Diplomas and MSc

• Electronic portfolio - CPD – NMBI

(34)

Benefits continued..

• Guaranteed 2 years full time employment

(39hours/week)

• Opportunity for rotation in various clinical settings

• Commence on 3

rd

_{increment if offered a contract}

after the 2yrs

• HSE & RCSI Leads and Teams to support you

throughout.

(35)