Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Clinical Practice: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 307054 (v.1) Advanced Clinical Practice 530 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Clinical problem solving, pathophysiology, current therapeutic modalities, synthesis of advanced practice in medical surgical nursing and evidence based nursing practice. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On succesful completion of this unit students will be able to - Apply a problem solving approach to the nursing care of individuals within an acute medical or surgical clinical setting. Describe the pathophysiology and collaborative interventions appliedto acute medical or surgical patients. Identify common laboratory and diagnostic tests appropriate for acute medical or surgical patients. Demonstrate synthesis of advanced clinical principles of nursing care for patients with complex medical and surgical problems. Use an evidence base practice approach to their nursing practice. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Black, J., Hawks, J., and Keene, A. (2001). Medical Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes. Philadelphia: W B Saunders. Brashers, V. (2001). Clinical Applications of Pathophysiology: Assessment, Diagnostic Reasoning, and Management.St Louis: C. V. Mosby. A. Tiziani., ed. (2001). Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs. Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Case Study 40%, Exam 40%, Tutorial Presentation 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60399 Nursing not elsewhere classified | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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