Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 29.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Clinical Practice: | 1 x 25 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 307483 (v.1) Professional Foundations 561
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307484 (v.1) Diagnostics 561
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307485 (v.1) Pharmacology 521
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307486 (v.1) Nursing Leadership 571
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Syllabus: | Clinical practice, policies, protocols. Competency standards, professional guidelines, portfolio, registration. Accountability, law, ethics, cultural security, social justice. Diagnostic process, clinical decision-making. Assessment, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment, quality use of medicines, management chronic and self-limiting acute disease. Interdisciplinary collaboration, communication. Referral, clinical leadership and management. Integration of research evidence into practice. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Applied and integrated content from previous units within the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Specialisation (Nurse Practitioner). Synthesized theory and clinical knowledge as a foundation for managing physical and emotional health issues. Demonstrated critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision-making. Assessed, diagnosed, treated, managed, monitored, and coordinated primary health, acute and chronic health needs of clients over time and the lifespan. Provided holistic, continuous, comprehensive and individualized health care to clients and families across the lifespan. Practiced collaboratively with interdisciplinary members of the health care team. Utilized currentprofessional literature and research in assessment, diagnosis, and management of client health needs. Analysed quality of own nurse practitioner 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: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | Nurse Practitioners Competency Standards. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Grand rounds presentations (Oral), Audit of case records, Problem-based case studies (Written), Clinical competency evaluation (Completed portfolio). This is a pass/fail assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | 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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