Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:

• Demonstrate the application of nursing theories in the practice of nursing care within the health and nursing legislation.
• Apply ethical principles and nursing care standards in meeting the health care needs of individuals, families and communities.
• Apply evidence-based practice in responding to the healthcare needs of individuals, families and communities.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:

• Critically appraise clinical cases and ascertain the sources for accessing and evaluating relevant knowledge required to address these clinical cases.
• Demonstrate skills for accessing, using, and acknowledging sources of information.
• Analyse, evaluate, and synthesize sources of information to contribute new knowledge to nursing.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:

• Demonstrate practical competence in the delivery of basic and complex nursing care of individuals, families, and communities.
• Apply nursing skills in specific specialized healthcare settings for individuals throughout the lifespan.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:

• Demonstrate applied competence (knowledge, practical, and reflective) in the consolidation of fundamental and core nursing knowledge in the delivery of basic and complex nursing care of individuals, families, and communities.
• Apply nursing skills, underpinned by relevant knowledge, in specific specialized healthcare settings for individuals throughout the lifespan.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:

• Identify and respond to human rights issues pertaining to nursing and midwifery practice within various healthcare settings.
• Apply relevant legislation within nursing and midwifery practice demonstrating sensitivity to contextually relevant ethical values.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:

• Identify a researchable health problem.
• Access, process, and synthesize information relevant to a researchable health problem.
• Develop a research proposal to respond to the health problem.
• Apply the research methodology in conducting the proposed research.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:

• Prepare information for dissemination using a variety of methods.
• Disseminate the results of a research project using a variety of methods for different audiences.
• Utilize health information systems appropriately to respond to problems and issues in various health contexts.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:

• Demonstrate skills to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Display effective interpersonal skills in engagement with the multidisciplinary team members, patients, and clients.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the multidisciplinary team in a variety of health settings.
• Effectively manage a healthcare unit/facility for effective patient/client care.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 9:

• Display awareness and respond to personal and professional learning needs.
• Display contributions to the learning needs of colleagues and peers.
• Develop willingness to engage in life-long learning.

Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 10:

• Utilize resources optimally in professional practice.
• Demonstrate accountability of decisions and actions in professional practice within a healthcare unit.

Integrated Assessment:

• The South African Nursing Council (SANC) guidelines for assessment and the competency framework are used as a reference for assessing clinical competence.
• Formative assessments can include a mix of simulated and actual (real) clinical practice or care settings.
• Summative assessment can take the form of oral, written, and practical examinations.
• All summative practical assessments must be conducted in actual clinical practice or care settings, or clinical laboratories.