Postgraduate Diploma Nursing at Sheffield Hallam University- John Freeman.

What are we going to cover…??

• Welcome/ intro's;• Process stuff;• Academic matters;• Placements;• Student support.• Professional

considerations;• Life in Sheffield;

• Life at Hallam;• Other things;• Summing up;• Questions…• Meet some

students.• Anything else…

The process…

• It starts with you…• UCAS;• Selection/ interview/ confirming a place;• Pre-enrolment;• Induction week- introduction, enrolment,

uniform fitting, meet your Personal Tutor;• Start the course.....

Professionalism and nursing…

• Sometimes the behaviour of nurses leaves a great deal to be desired…

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The Course itself...

• Academic and Placement

• 50/50

• 1,533 hours of each.

A modular course...

– Health & Social Care Theory;

– Health & Social Care Practice;

– Fundamentals;– Application of;

– Transition to Prof Nursing;

– Attaining Proficiency.

• Lectures, Seminars, Tutorials, Practicals.

• Assessment- essays, assignments, action plan, group work, electronic submission.

Placements...

• Medical/ surgical, rehabilitation, community, specialist.

• Acute, older adult, community, speciality, consolidation.

• Also includes Rampton, Wathwood and Forest Lodge;

• Statutory, voluntary and independent sector.

Other placement issues...

• Variety;• Choice of location;• Travel;

• Mentor;• Learning

Environment Manager;

• Link Lecturer;• Lead LL;• Personal Tutor.

When good placements go bad...

• Indifferent mentorship;• Interpersonal difficulties;• Lack of opportunity to achieve;• Not glamorous work;• Enthusiasm;• Professional behaviours;• Seriously early mornings, lonnnggg daaaaays,

nights.

This is how we will support you...

• Personal Tutor;• Student Support Officer- these people are

wonderful!!!;• Traffic Light meeting;• Attrition;• Other supports- debt, counselling, study

support;• Temporary withdrawal.

Professional Considerations...

• As much as we want to support you, primarily we have a

responsibility for the protection of the general

public.

What do we do...?

• Criminal record check- Independent Safeguarding Authority;

• You could pass everything on the course, but if you’re not a person of good name and good character, the NMC may not accept you onto the register;

• Academic Conduct Panel;• Fitness to Practice.

What does this mean?

• We rely on you to be honest, trustworthy and reliable, and to uphold the good name of nursing and the University;

• The difference between making a mistake and being dishonest;

• Behaviour on and off campus, i.e. social networking, attendance, mobile phone use/ abuse, talking in class.

Life in Sheffield...being a student

• Positives and negatives...• Friends, relationships, parties, living the

lifestyle +++;• Great city, cheap to live, great buzz, safe;• Near to the Peak District;• Hallam Union;• Course rep;• Hallam Award.

Life at Hallam...

• Immerse yourself in your course;• Build a supportive social network;• Identify with your programme;• Work hard;• Get help- talk to us;• Everyone needs help, that’s what we’re here

for...

Other things...

• Booking holidays, Christmas, Bank Holidays;• Evaluation- tell us what you think;• Tell us what you think, don’t make a

Facebook group and slag us off!• Remember- we all have an interest in

maintaining the good reputation of this Course;

• Employability.

Summing up...

• We want you to make the most of the course;

• To do well, you have to be enthusiastic about your learning;

• Are you a glass half full/ can do type person?• Please be aware you will have to travel;• We are not a family friendly course.

Summing up (cont...)

• You need to be able to ask for help, and be persistent if you don’t get the kind of help you need and when;

• You cannot stick your head in the sand and pretend your problems will go away...they will not;

• If you have a disability, we will make every reasonable adjustment, please approach us for help.

Any questions???

Let’s have a look at your plan of training...

• SHU Placements website...• http://www3.shu.ac.uk/HWB/placements/nu

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