Bachelor of Nursing Honours
Health Sciences and Social Services - Curative Health
Purpose and Rationale
Purpose:
The Bachelor of Nursing Honours Degree program is designed to enhance and deepen students' clinical leadership roles within a specific discipline. The program aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of nursing in both current and future contexts, while also developing their research capacity in various methodology and techniques relevant to the field.
Rationale:
The Honours in Nursing program is a specialized field that focuses on advancing Nursing Science. By offering this program, the institution aims to contribute to the creation, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge within the field of nursing. The program also aims to develop students' critical-analytic skills, enabling them to stay up-to-date with trends, legal and ethical issues in clinical nursing, and create culturally sensitive work environments.
Moreover, the qualification obtained through this program equips Nurse Practitioners with the intellectual, practical, and reflective competencies needed to excel as Nurse Managers, Educators, and Community Health Specialists. These competencies include knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that are essential for promoting health at the individual, family, group, and community levels. Additionally, graduates are prepared to actively contribute as members of intersectoral, multi-professional, and multi-disciplinary health teams.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate ability to execute leadership skills in nursing practice.
- Demonstrate ability to analyse current nursing trends/developments.
- Critically evaluate government and professional policies which impact on the nursing profession and care delivery.
- Critically evaluate and discuss the correlation of theories and evidence with practice.
- Demonstrate ability to facilitate learning.
- Apply the leadership theory and development of critical leadership skills necessary for success of health care environment.
- Apply critical thinking skills central to identifying and solving problems.
- Demonstrate ability to conduct a research project.
Assessment Criteria
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
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Understanding management and decision making:
- Demonstrate insight into Health Studies as applied in nursing.
- Demonstrate skills in time management, teaching, and leadership.
- Demonstrate essential knowledge and understanding of professional values.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
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Understanding contemporary issues:
- Demonstrate the ability to critically analyze and evaluate knowledge in their area(s) of specialization.
- Contribute to systematic and disciplined thinking about educational matters and issues.
- Discuss health care reform.
- Explain trends in care delivery and community health.
- Have a sound understanding of integrative medicine in nursing practice and health setting.
- Demonstrate insight in and use of telecommunication to provide and support health care in managing disease.
- Appreciate the use of health information system and recognize the ethical and legal issues in the use of electronic health records.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
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Applying knowledge of policies:
- Discuss social policy issues related to health care.
- Explain the relevance of public health issues both nationally and internationally in clinical settings.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4:
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Discussing theoretical concepts:
- Correlate with practice in learning areas including community and health care settings.
- Apply theoretical knowledge to practice settings in order to deliver evidence-based care.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 5:
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Enhancing professional development:
- Foster personal and professional growth and consolidate learning and enquiry skills necessary for continuing professional development and lifelong learning.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm for teaching, learning, and nursing that inspires and motivates students.
- Implements a variety of teaching strategies appropriate to student needs, desired student outcomes, content, and context.
- Utilizes appropriate educational theories and principles, including evidenced-based practice in the facilitating of learning.
- Uses information technologies skilfully to support the teaching-learning process.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 6:
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Applying essential competencies for nursing leadership:
- Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Participate in policy development.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 7:
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Implementing critical thinking skills:
- Demonstrate the understanding of how the healthcare delivery system works and fails to work.
- Demonstrate high quality of decision making.
Associated assessment criteria for Exit Level Outcome 8:
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Research skills:
- Write a research proposal for implementation.
- Describe the different research approaches and designs as they apply to nursing practice.
- Review appropriate literature on nursing related topics.
- Recognize ethical and legal issues as they pertain to health care research.
- Appreciate the discipline of research and its application to nursing practice.
Integrated Assessment:
- Written assignment (20%)
- Test (30%)
- Oral presentation (10%)
- 3 hours examination (40%)
- Formative feedback required to proceed to final examination
- Final pass mark set at 50%
- Research project examined by 1 internal and 1 external examiner, pass mark is 50%
Qualification Details
- Type
- Honours Degree
- NQF Level
- 08
- Min. Credits
- 120
- SAQA Source
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