Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

307483 (v.1) Professional Foundations 561


Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0
 
** 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 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Historical and contextual perspectives of nurse practitioner role. Scope of practice, policies, protocols, professional guidelines, competency standards, codes of practice. Nurse practitioner statutes and regulations. Professional registration. Law, ethics, cultural security and social justice. Management, organisational structure and interdisciplinary collaboration. Professional communication, publication, reflectivity and critical thinking. Information access and retrieval and nursing informatics.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

12 - Nursing

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Availability Information has not been provided by the respective School or Area. Prospective students should contact the School or Area listed above for further information.

 
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