300728 (v.2) Professional Practice Issues 214

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Individual Study:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

300720 (v.2) Research Foundation in Nursing 213 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Professional role development - autonomy and accountability. Bioethics and nursing practice - professional codes of conduct. Legal issues in nursing practice - professional rights and responsibilities in law. Scope of Nursing Practice - Decision Making Framework (SONP-DMF) and evidence-based practice. Indicators of quality patient care. Communicating professionalism - professional resumes. Quality patient care - professional standards.

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Field of Education:

060301 General Nursing

Funding Cluster:

12 - Nursing

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y			Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Study Period 1	Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Summer School	Y
2007	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	CSM Academy Singapore	Semester 1	Y
2007	CSM Academy Singapore	Trimester 3A	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External