Practice Placement 3

The aim of the clinical practice placement is to provide the student with a further period of exposure to the practice setting so that they can develop the domains of competence as required by NMBI and continue to develop confidence and competence in the practice of Mental Health Nursing.
To be successful in this module, the student must pass each individual practice placement. 

The NMBI (2023) defines competence as the attainment of knowledge, intellectual capacities, practice skills, integrity and professional and ethical values required for safe, accountable and effective practice as a Registered Nurse. The module aims to enable competency assessment at Advanced Beginner Level.

Competence encompasses six domains of practice:

Domain 1: Professional values and conduct of the nurse competences

Knowledge and appreciation of the virtues of caring, compassion, integrity, honesty, respect and empathy as a basis for upholding the professional values of nursing and identity as a nurse.

Domain 2: Nursing practice and clinical decision-making competences

Knowledge and understanding of the principles of delivering safe and effective nursing care through the adoption of a systematic and problem-solving approach to developing and delivering a person-centred plan of care based on an explicit partnership with the person and his/her primary carer.

Domain 3: Knowledge and cognitive competences

Knowledge and understanding of the health continuum, life and behavioural sciences and their applied principles underpin a competent knowledge base for nursing and healthcare practice.

Domain 4: Communication and interpersonal competences

Knowledge, appreciation and development of empathic communication skills and techniques for effective interpersonal relationships with people and other professionals in health care settings.

Domain 5: Management and team competences

Using management and team competences in working for the person’s wellbeing, recovery, independence and safety through recognition of the collaborative partnership between the person, family and multidisciplinary health care team.

Domain 6: Leadership and professional scholarship competences

Developing professional scholarship through self-directed learning skills, critical questioning/ reasoning skills and decision-making skills in nursing as the foundation for lifelong professional education, maintaining competency and career development.

1. Demonstrate and apply cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, CPI Safety Interventions training, facilitating WRAP and ASSIST training as required.

2. Actively participate in reflection on and in practice. Achieve competency at Advanced Beginner level and complete and submit the National Competency Assessment Document

3. Achieve the minimum standard at the level of Advanced Supported Participant in the domain of competence, for a 3rd year nursing student, as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland:
   Domain 1: Professional values and conduct of nurse's competences.
   
   

4. Achieve the minimum standard at the level of Advanced Supported Participant in the domain of competence, for a 3rd year nursing student, as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland:
   Domain 2: Nursing practice and clinical decision-making competences.
   
   

5. Achieve the minimum standard at the level of Advanced Supported Participant in the domain of competence, for a 3rd year nursing student, as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland:
   Domain 3: Knowledge and cognitive competences.
   
   

6. Achieve the minimum standard at the level of Advanced Supported Participant in the domain of competence, for a 3rd year nursing student, as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland:
   Domain 4: Communication and interpersonal competences.
   
   

7. Achieve the minimum standard at the level of Advanced Supported Participant in the domain of competence, for a 3rd year nursing student, as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland:
   Domain 5: Management and team competences.
   
   

8. Achieve the minimum standard at the level of Advanced Supported Participant in the domain of competence, for a 3rd year nursing student, as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland:
   
   Domain 6: Leadership potential and professional scholarship competence.Achieve the minimum standard at the level of competence.

9. Be familiar with and understand PPPGs and mandatory regulations that are relevant in practice e.g. reporting relationships, returning accurate records etc.