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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

STRP-ICNUR v.2 Intensive Care Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)


Major/Stream Overview

This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.


This stream has been developed for the nurse who is working in the clinical area and wishes to expand their professional competence to an advanced level whilst concurrently undertaking an academically sound course which embraces evidence based practice and critical thinking. This stream covers core aspects of adult intensive care nursing. The focus is on the development of advanced knowledge and clinical proficiency in the nursing care of critically ill adult patients with life threatening illnesses, injuries and/ or complications. You will need to be a registered nurse working in a level II - III Australian Council on Healthcare Standards classified intensive care unit.



Major/Minor/Stream Organisation


Course Structure Hrs/Wk Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
NURS5014 v.1   Advanced Clinical Practice 1 3.0 25.0
NURS5017 v.1   Advanced Clinical Nursing Science 1 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 1 Semester 2
NURS5015 v.1   Advanced Clinical Practice 2 3.0 25.0
NURS5018 v.1   Advanced Clinical Nursing Science 2 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 1
INDH5001 v.1   Indigenous and Global Health 3.0 25.0
NURS5005 v.1   Evidence Informed Clinical Practice 3.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 2 Semester 2
NURS5026 v.1   Clinical Operational Management 3.6 25.0
MEDS6013 v.1   Research and Evaluation in International Health 8.0 25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
PUBH6021 v.1   Health Research Professional Project Development 8.0 25.0
  SELECT OPTIONAL UNITS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF:   25.0
  50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
HEAL6002 v.1   Health Research Professional Project 8.0 50.0
  50.0
Optional Units to Select from in Year 3 Semester 1 Hrs/Wk Credit
STAT6000 v.1   Health Research Methods 4.0 25.0
HLPR6000 v.1   Concepts in Health Promotion Planning 3.0 25.0
HEAL6004 v.1   Sexually Transmissible Infection and HIV- International Perspectives 8.0 25.0
HEAL6005 v.1   International Nutrition 8.0 25.0
HEAL6007 v.1   Understanding Refugee and Migrant Health 8.0 25.0
MIDW6003 v.1   Maternity High Dependency 3.0 25.0
NURS5006 v.1   Advanced Diagnostics 4.0 25.0
NURS5034 v.1   Comprehensive Health Assessment 4.0 25.0
NURS5035 v.1   Qualitative Methods in Health Research 4.0 25.0
HEAL5004 v.1   Health Services Management 3.0 25.0

*    All units displayed are to be taken as core units.





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