Professional Behaviours: Nursing and Health Professions

Overview

Framework:
Access to HE 2024
Level:
Level 3
Unit No:
Not available
Credits:
3
Guided learning hours:
Not available

Qualification Grading Type

Ungraded

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.

Understand the characteristics required to be a health professional making reference to the relevant professional and regulatory body's and the Professional Standards Authority standards for registration in relation to, patient-centred care and concepts of professionalism as they apply to conduct, performance and ethics of those on the relevant professional and regulatory body's register.

Assessment Criteria

  • 1.1.

    Analyse the characteristics required to be a health professional with reference to:

         a) professional values, behaviours and accountability

         b) patient-centred care

         c) concepts of professionalism as they apply to conduct, performance and ethics of those on the relevant professional and regulatory body's register.

2.

Understand effective communication and teamworking skills

Assessment Criteria

  • 2.1.

    Distinguish between effective and ineffective skills with reference to a relevant model for each of the following:

         a) communication

         c) teamwork.

  • 2.2.

    Evaluate the effectiveness of own communication skills, with reference to:

         a) verbal

         b) non-verbal skills.

  • 2.3.

    Evaluate own team working skills.

3.

Know how to manage risk and deal effectively with problems.

Assessment Criteria

  • 3.1.

    Summarise the principles of risk management and problem-solving.

  • 3.2.

    Explain how to solve a problem and manage any associated risk, using an actual or hypothetical problem relevant to a healthcare setting.

4.

Be able to reflect on own personal and professional practice and develop a personal and professional development plan.

Assessment Criteria

  • 4.1.

    Evaluate their own personal and professional practice skills against those expected of a health professional, using a chosen model of reflective practice.

  • 4.2.

    Identify own continuing personal and professional development (CPD) needs based on evaluations in 4.1.

  • 4.3.

    Produce a plan to meet personal and professional development objectives based on an evaluation of different options.

  • 4.4.

    Reflect on own performance against the plan, identifying learning needs for the future throughout the duration of the Access to HE Diploma.