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SCOPE OF PRACTICE AND WORK SETTING

Nurses work in a wide range of areas and in order to record the practice hours you have achieved, you need to identify the scope of your practice. The scope of practice for most Practice Nurses will be providing direct clinical care and the work setting will most often be in General Practice. However for some Practice Nurses, the scope of practice may be Education or Policy.

Ways to demonstrate the hours of practice delivered include:

  • A job description / profile which indicates the number of hours you are contracted to work
  • Timesheets.

 

Action point
You might find it useful to draw up a revalidation timetable to plan when you will collect the information required i.e. when to contact the people to offer your practice feedback, ensure your five written reflective pieces are all written.

 

Below is an example of how Sarah, a Practice Nurse in a single-handed GP Practice, created a 6 month plan to meet the revalidation requirements.

 

January

February

March

April

May

June

 

Discuss revalidation plan  and process with Employer (GP)

 

 

Decide that employer will be my confirmer

 

Schedule appraisal

 

Share the NMC ‘Guidance for Employers’ with GP Confirmer

 

Have appraisal and Confirmation Discussion with employer

Ready  for Revalidation!

 

5 reflective accounts

 

 

5  pieces  of practice –related feedback

 

 

Reflective discussion

 

 

35 hours CPD

 

 

450 hours of practice

 

Ask 5 colleagues for feedback

 

 

Send reminders  - if necessary

Chase outstanding colleagues for feedback

 

 

Collate feedback from colleagues

 

Have 21 hours CPD.

Plan further 14 hours more CPD

 

Undertake 7 hours of CPD:

 

-Mentorship update  -3.5 hrs

-Practice Nurse Forum  - 3.5. hours

 

Undertake 7 hours of CPD:

 

Diabetes Study Day at local University -7hrs

 

Collate evidence of CPD

 

Write up CPD details and impact and link with The Code

 

Write two written reflection on MMC template – link

with The Code

 

Write one written reflection on NMC template link with The Code

 

Write one written reflection on NMC template link with The Code

 

 

Write one written reflection on NMC template link with The Code

 

Collate reflections to discuss with NMC registrant and confirmer

 

Identify possible NMC registrants for  reflective discussion, plan date.

 

 

Ask colleague from Practice Nursing Network, set date

 

Have discussion  with NMC registrant and complete NMC approved form.

 

 

 

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