Bachelor of Nursing Honours

Advanced Psychiatric Nursing, Advanced Community Health Nursing Science, Advanced Midwifery and Neonatal Nursing Science

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 1:

• Utilize an appropriate code of ethics
• Guide knowledge of the legal and ethical framework within psychiatric nursing
• Demonstrate practice and patient-centered care
• Use ethical decision-making and moral reasoning models to resolve professional and ethical dilemmas
• Identify, analyze, and discuss limitations in ethical and legal practice to make recommendations for resolution

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 2:

• Apply knowledge and principles of the research process applicable to psychiatric specialist clinical practice

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 3:

• Analyze National and Provincial Policies and implement them to ensure compliance with the National Health Strategy
• Apply specialized psychiatric nursing care in meeting the health needs of the patient utilizing the scientific approach
• Manage Psychiatric Nursing emergencies according to protocol
• Identify, implement, and adhere to current best practice guidelines in providing evidence-based psychiatric nursing care

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 4:

• Implement and maintain Standards for Risk Management
• Adhere to National Core Standards to improve quality care
• Create a safe environment for patients and staff

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 5:

• Review information and practices critically to make creative suggestions in response to challenges in their field or discipline
• Utilize relevant and up-to-date information when developing and communicating professional and occupational ideas

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 6:

• Display appropriate leadership styles in particular contexts
• Achieve shared decision-making with effective communication
• Provide consultancy and referral to colleagues through a client-consultee and service-centered process
• Advocate the Human Rights of patients

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 7:

• Apply appropriate learning theories during the facilitation of learning
• Utilize theory-practice integration in nursing by facilitating a variety of methods and techniques
• Promote the professional socialization of learners in the nursing profession
• Demonstrate professional, ethical, and legal integrity as a facilitator of learning

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 8:

• Demonstrate an understanding of curriculum design and development at macro, meso, and micro-levels
• Assess the relevance of a curriculum within a specific context
• Evaluate the alignment of a curriculum with institutional, educational paradigm, outcomes, and assessment methods

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 9:

• Identify preferred leadership style among the range of styles and its appropriateness for the context
• Identify personal gaps in the use of technology and language proficiency required for the role of a Nurse Manager
• Engage in academic networks to demonstrate participation in academic governance and quality improvement
• Identify strategies to develop young Nurse Leaders
• Demonstrate professional, ethical, and legal integrity as a leader

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 10:

• Plan and provide healthcare based on sound assessment and informed decision making
• Promote established systems that are cost-effective and efficient for service delivery within a healthcare unit
• Direct the management and leadership activities towards the establishment of a team approach to health care

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 11:

• Use current evidence-based guidelines in Health services management and evaluate them by applying knowledge of the systematic review and guideline development process
• Demonstrate academic writing in reports and guidelines

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 12:

• Promote Quality of Health Services management by implementing evidence-based practice
• Use systematic reviews to improve health services management
• Perform quality audits aimed at improving health services management at predetermined times

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 13:

• Provide mentorship and preceptorship to novices through documented evidence by using appropriate techniques
• Design and present education qualifications for Nurses/Midwives Specialists and other team members to ensure best practice in health care services
• Design education qualifications for patients, families, and communities to promote independence and behavioral change

Nursing Education and Health Service Management

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 1:

• Use critical decision-making and moral reasoning models to resolve ethical dilemmas within the Higher Education system or Health Services management
• Identify and debate the relevant latest legislation, policies, regulations, and guidelines
• Manage professional or academic misconduct according to institutional and legal protocols

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 2:

• Demonstrate academic writing skills in research reports
• Differentiate between qualitative, quantitative, and mixed method research designs

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 3:

• Evaluate standards of guidelines used in nursing education or health services management
• Formulate research questions according to the PICO format and other frameworks

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 4:

• Design and execute a plan for learning facilitation sessions that promote metacognition and clinical judgment processes in nursing learners
• Align teaching and learning approaches with learning theories

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 5:

• Debate principles and theories of health services management and leadership
• Implement supervisory models to control the quality of management and nursing care

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 6:

• Explore and debate curriculum design processes
• Evaluate the exit level outcomes of a qualification against the level descriptors as formulated by the South African Qualifications Authority

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 7:

• Differentiate strategic thinking and strategic planning
• Develop a strategic plan for a Nurse Manager in a healthcare facility according to strategic planning steps

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 8:

• Utilize statistics pertinent to Higher Education to inform decision making and improve the quality of nursing education
• Explore and debate collaborative leadership styles

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 9:

• Debate budget distribution down to the healthcare facility
• Explore and debate issues related to the management and monitoring of budget execution

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 10:

• Use mentoring models to develop self and novices
• Establish academic/professional networks to sustain lifelong learning

Associative Assessment Outcome for Exit Level Outcomes 11:

• Promote quality of education or Health Services management by implementing evidence-based practice
• Perform quality audits aimed at improving health services management at predetermined times