PD1: Professional Development in Nursing: Introduction to Nursing Inquiry - HEA00083C
- Department: Health Sciences
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: C
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Academic year of delivery: 2025-26
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25
Module summary
This module covers the basic principles of reflection, research
principles, searching, types of evidence.
PICO, CASP, and
hierarchy of evidence.
Module will run
| Occurrence | Teaching period |
|---|---|
| A | Summer Term 2025-26 |
Module aims
Develop foundational knowledge of the nursing profession and oneself as a student of nursing.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
1.Identify
aspects of nursing philosophy relating to your own development as a
student of
nursing. 2. Describe the concept of care and person
centeredness.
3. Reflect on your own life experience and your
emerging development as a student of
nursing. 4. Recognise the
role of different types of evidence to inform nursing practice.
5. Recognise professional responsibilities of a nurse from a range of perspectives.
Module content
Uncertainty, Paradigms, Research methods, Evidence / searching skills
,Reflection, Philosophy of nursing: self,
professional identity,
person centredness, care, resilience, Health and Well-being,
Responsibility, Safety and Risk
Indicative assessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Special assessment rules
Non-compensatable
Indicative reassessment
| Task | % of module mark |
|---|---|
| Essay/coursework | 100.0 |
Module feedback
Written feedback for the summative assessment is provided on the standard proforma, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
Indicative reading
Chambers, C & Ryder, E (2016) Excellence in Compassionate Nursing
Care – Leading the change Heaslip &
Lindsay (2019) Research
and evidence based practice for nursing, health and social care
students.
Lantern Publishing
Holland, K (2016), Cultural
Awareness in Nursing and Health Care, Routledge
Pa ´draig, O ´.
L., (2017) Nurses and nursing; the person and the profession.
Routledge
Tee, S (2016) Person-Centred Approaches in Healthcare:
A Handbook for Nurses and Midwives. Open
University Press.