BSc Nursing (Kaplan, Singapore)
24 Months | Part-time

This module occurs in Year 1 Semester 1 of the BSc Nursing Programme. In this module you will be supported and encouraged to engage with published research and other types of evidence that inform nursing practices. You will be given the opportunity to explore research terminology, methodologies and methods through the consideration of relevant research studies in an Enquiry Based Learning (EBL) approach. The aims of the module will be to support and develop your knowledge about research to increase your confidence as a consumer of the research evidence underpinning nursing practice. Skills will be developed that allow appreciation of the variety of approaches used in healthcare research and you will be able to critically examine the quality of research and discuss the value within your nursing practice.

On this module you will explore the following topic areas:

* Life-Long Learning and Professional Practice: The introduction of evidence to inform nursing practice. Ethical issues in research.
* Research methodological approaches and their value to nursing and healthcare practice: methodologies and methods used in research design. Critical evaluation / appreciation of research quality.
*Qualitative approaches to research exploring qualitative methodology, analysis and interpretation of qualitative evidence and its strengths or weaknesses.
*Quantitative approaches to research, common statistical tests and tools, analysis and interpretation of quantitative statistics and their application
*Mixed method approaches, understanding the place for this approach in research, strengths and applications.
*Data Management and Metrics: Research Governance, ethics and protecting vulnerable people.
*Evidence Based Practice: This will include debate around the hierarchies of research evidence and the production of protocols and guidelines that inform nursing practice.

This module will enable you to develop life-long learning skills that will benefit your future career pathway in nursing.

On this semester 2 level 6 module you will explore a variety of approaches to support effective teaching, learning and assessment methods in a professional practice context. With an emphasis on multi professional and interprofessional working, it will support you to develop a detailed understanding of how to plan, deliver and evaluate high quality, inclusive learning opportunities. You will practice locating, evaluating and applying evidence related to teaching, learning and assessment in the context appropriate to nursing practice.
You will further develop a critical understanding of the value of reflection and interpersonal skills conducive to the learning environment and context. This will include a critical analysis of the barriers and enablers to learning. A reflexive approach will help you collaborate effectively, and to support a learning community within a multi-cultural learning environment. An important part of consolidating teaching and learning knowledge is to share your knowledge through various methods, techniques and technologies. This teaching and learning module will explore theories related to communicating effectively to provide feedback to feedforward, through models such as mentoring, supervision and coaching. Personal narratives around learning and teaching will be used to share lived experiences, while simulated role play with offer formative opportunities to deliver teaching and assessment opportunities.
You will be assessed using both formative and summative assessments. The formative assessment will be in the form of a peer presentation outlining the focus of your educational initiative using an action learning set format. The module will culminate in a summative assessment where you will submit a short video (up to 20 minutes) of a teaching session you have prepared and delivered. Afterwards you will submit a videoed critical reflection of how you felt developing and delivering the session, including any challenges you experienced.


Module Topics
• Adult learning theories
• Teaching and learning in practice
• Supporting learners and promoting self-directed learning
• Critical reflection and the reflexive teacher
• Communication approaches for offering feedback
• Undertaking assessments with learners
• Giving and receiving feedback
• Mentoring, supervision and coaching

On this Year 1 semester 2 level 6 module you will explore public health from within your current nursing context. You will come to appreciate that public health may require nurses to work with individuals, families, communities and professionals from a range of disciplines within and outside the health sector. To achieve this you will critically analyse the roles of different professionals so that you understand how this can strengthen your patient-centred care and support your delivery of health improvement projects relevant to your area of practice.

This module aims to develop understanding of fundamental public health concepts as applied to nursing; critical awareness of key public health issues relevant to your context; and consolidate assessment, communication, including solution focused therapy, multi-professional team working, and evaluation skills relevant to nurses.

On this module you will explore the following topic areas:
• Health promotion in Singapore; History and current demographics, Health Policy and the shift from cure to prevention
• The role of nurses in public health
• Research the information you need to describe the health status of your service population and profile their health needs.
• Screening for health promotion
• The importance of multidisciplinary working and the inclusion of the patient and family, to support public health
• The importance of patients, families and carers involvement to support health improvement
• Consider how clinical audit can identify ways of improving services or patient outcomes to improve health.
• The practical application of health promotion approaches, including the consideration of health education and literacy.
• The role of the nurse in advocacy and solution focused therapy in promoting health and wellbeing. This will support people to make healthy choices, reduce health inequalities, and prevent people dying prematurely.

This year 2 level 6 module will develop your skills and knowledge base in relation to holistic health: Understanding and identifying mental distress, enhancing communication skills including asking difficult questions, responding to crisis as well as considering the concept of recovery and developing self-care skills. This module aims to develop you as practitioners by increasing your ability to recognise, support and sign-post patients who may have variations in their mental well-being or neurodiversity. This module will build upon your previous experience, knowledge and skills of holistic nursing care, and will enhance your confidence and competence in discussing mental well-being and recovery. Professional and personal views of mental well-being and recovery will be explored and reflected on. You will be encouraged to complete structured reflections, allowing your current and developing knowledge to be assimilated, thus enhancing your professional capabilities. Throughout the module you will be provided with the opportunity to critically explore and discuss the assessment principles, which include the cultural and ethical consideration and how they link to holistic patient care.

Topics covered will include:

Mental health policies and services in Singapore
Stigma, mental well-being and diagnostic overshadowing
Global perspectives on mental well-being
Holistic care
Introduction to mental well-being, recovery, learning disability and neuro-divergence
Responding to crisis
Asking difficult questions
Mental health and self-care

The formative assessment is to complete a workbook which will become a mental well-being and recovery resource that you have tailored for use in your own practice area.