Nursing
Guidance and supporting information for nursing courses.
Nursing BSc (All branches)
Year Planners
Please use the links below to access the year planners for nursing courses. These planners are for all branches of nursing. Please note that year planners are subject to change. The versions of the planners here are current and will be updated with any change. Please check for updated planner versions regularly; version numbers are provided to help ensure that the latest version is in use.
Useful links and information
ARC Support – this link to our ARC support pages provides help and guidance for all aspects of ARC including exemplifications of the standards and technical support
Information and guidance on placement completion and course progression. This page sets out the requirements to pass each placement including placement hours, required documentation and other useful information. It also includes full guidance on how students can progress when a retreival of practice is required.
Information and guidance for the Protected Learning Hour
As part of their practice learning experience, all students are expected to complete a ‘Protected Learning hour’ once a week. The Protected Learning Hour is a space for all students to identify a learning opportunity during their practice education time and have time to explore this.
Guidance for the assessment of proficiencies – Help, exemplification and guidance for the completion and assessment of proficiencies for pre-registration nursing students in Adult, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health nursing.
Practice Assessment Document (PAD)
This link provides the PSF versions of the ePAD for all Parts and Branches of pre-registration nursing programmes.
PAD – Ongoing Achievement Record
This link provides a PDF of the OAR for all Parts and Branches of pre-registration nursing programmes.
Practice Assessment Document guide (All programmes) The purpose of this guidance is to support the use of the South West PAD.
NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) Supporting Information hub.
The NMC Information Hub contains a range of help, advice, guides and information. It covers the roles of supervisors, academic assessors and practice assessors. It also describes the importance of a positive and inclusive learning culture in both practice and simulated settings, enabling students to be the best future professionals they can be.
Get in touch
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