Section outline

  • Welcome to Week 1


    • 1.1 Professionalism

      What do we mean about ‘being professional’? 

      Lets start by watching the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) video below on 'Enabling professionalism - challenging poor practice'. 



      Next take a look at material from Community Medical Center (CMC). Click on the buttons below to play two short clips.

      Click to watch Defining professionalism (7.08)

      Click to watch Professional qualities (0.25)


      Once you have watched this check the box on the right


    • 1.2 Enabling professionalism 

      'Enabling professionalism in nursing and midwifery practice' document describes and demonstrates what professionalism looks like in everyday practice through the application of the Code.

      Click here to view the document


    • 1.3 The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)


    • 1.4 Study skills: critical thinking

      To finish things off for this week, lets take a look at a critical thinking exercise. Below is an article from the BBC. Have a think about the questions you might ask in order to critically evaluate this source. 

       

      Click on the (+) icons to read more about each section of the article and why it is important when evaluating sources. 

       

    • Using what you have learnt, answer the following question about critical thinking: