Faculty of Health Life and Social Sciences

EdinburghNapierUniversity

Faculty of Health Life and Social Sciences

Dip HE Nursing / BN Child Health

Programme

Personal Development Portfolio

School of Nursing, Midwifery,

and Social Care

Personal Development Portfolio

End of Year 1

Student name: ______Cohort: ______

Matriculation No: ______

Name of Personal Development Tutor ______

At the end of your first yearit is important that you take time out to consider your development at this stage. This will form the basis of discussion with your personal development tutor enabling you to identify

how well you performed in yourtheory modules.
factors which impact on your ability to study
your progress in practice placement
professional knowledge skills and attitudes developed in first year
actions required to address academic and practice support problems or to facilitate your on going academic, practice and professional development.

To provide structure for your evaluation which will form the basis of your discussion with your personal development tutor please collect your assessments, if applicable.

Complete the following documentation (word processed) taking time to consider carefully what you need to write.

At this stage you will present your entire first year 1 PDP see appendix 2 for guidelines on presentation
Overall general reflection on practice placementsin first year

Evaluate your overall performance in practice in relation to the following four NMC domains:

What did you do well, what skills have you developed and what could you have done better.

Professional/Ethical practice

Care delivery

Care Management

Personal/Professional development

How did you manage stressful situations in practice?

Evaluate your relationship with your mentor and other members of staff.

From this experience what have you learned, which in your next placements will

Help you settle and become part of the team as soon as possible.

Help you make the most of your learning opportunities

Ensure you obtain constructive feedback from your mentor and other members of the

multi-disciplinary team

Please include assessment documentation and clinical skills log within your portfolio

Evaluate contribution to group reflections with personal development teacher?

What is good about peer group reflection?

What do you not enjoy about group reflection?

What factors impact on your contribution to the group?

How has reflection enhanced you personal/professional/practice development?

Can you give an example of this.

Review your year 1 trimester 1 SWOT analysis on academic ability to complete box below and discuss with your Personal Development Tutor at your next meeting

As you type in the box it will expand to fit the text

Strengths / Weaknesses (Areas for Development)
Opportunities / Threats

Use this SWOT to inform your action plan

To ensure you have the appropriate knowledge, skills and attitudes required to progress to year 2, trimester 1.

What do you need to learn?

What skills do you need to develop?

What attitudes do you need to address?

ACTION PLAN FOR YEAR 2

Completion date: ……………

Personal development outcomes agreed with your PDT

Take into account NMC competencies 1

Identified area to work on / Action to be taken / Evidence action completed / Achieved by date
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Personal Development Tutor name ______

Signature______

Student name ______Signature______date______

This form on completion should be stored in a ring binder folder with returned assessment and feedback sheets, results

Appendix 1

NMC Standard of Proficiency for Entry to the Register (2004)

Manage oneself, one’s practice, and that of others, in accordance with The NMC code of professional conduct: standards for conduct, performance and ethics7 (the Code), recognising one’s own abilities and limitations.
Practise in accordance with an ethical and legal framework which ensures the primacy of patient and client interest and well-being and respects confidentiality.
Practise in a fair and anti-discriminatory way, acknowledging the differences in beliefs and cultural practices of individuals or groups.
Engage in, develop and disengage from therapeutic relationships through the use of appropriate communication and interpersonal skills.
Create and utilise opportunities to promote the health and well-being of patients, clients and groups.
Undertake and document a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs of patients, clients and communities.
Formulate and document a plan of nursing care, where possible in partnership with patients, clients, their carers and family and friends, within a framework of informed consent.
Based on the best available evidence, apply knowledge and an appropriate repertoire of skills indicative of safe nursing practice.
Provide a rationale for the nursing care delivered which takes account of social, cultural, spiritual, legal, political and economic influences.
Evaluate and document the outcomes of nursing and other interventions.
Demonstrate sound clinical judgement across a range of differing professional and care delivery contexts.
Contribute to public protection by creating and maintaining a safe environment of care through the use of quality assurance and risk management strategies.
Demonstrate knowledge of effective inter-professional working practices which respect and utilise the contributions of members of the health and social care team.
Delegate duties to others, as appropriate, ensuring that they are supervised and monitored.
Demonstrate key skills.
Demonstrate a commitment to the need for continuing professional development and personal supervision activities in order to enhance knowledge, skills, values and attitudes needed for safe and effective nursing practice.
Enhance the professional development and safe practice of others through peer support, leadership, supervision and teaching.

NMC (2004) Standards of Proficiency for Pre-registration Nursing Education. NMC London

Appendix 2

First year Personal Development Portfolio guidance on presentation

What should my end of year 1 portfolio look like?

All information should be collated in a large lever arch folder or something similar, this will become an invaluable resource file for you throughout the remainder of the course following registration.

Presentation should be in logical order to include a collection of evidence of your academic, practice, professional and personal development with written evaluation on forms provided throughout the year.

On completion formulate a contents page at the front to guide you and your personal development tutor through the portfolio

Trimester 1

All the assessments and their feedback from theory modules, for those you did not get back a summary will suffice

The PDP forms completed and end of trimester 1 discussion with PDT

Any personal reflections or study days attended

Trimester 2

Your wider experience portfolio and practice placement documentation

Trimester 3

All practice placement documentation (not time cards)

Personal reflection on at least 1 practice placement event

Positive Feedback from children; parents and other staff and multidisciplinary team

Other evidence of your development on the course.

And finally the completed form attached