311230 v.2 Acute Care Nursing Stream (Master of Clinical Nursing)

Introduction

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 course focuses on a broad range of acute care nursing practice, both from an acute care perspective and chronic disease management model. The structure of the course recognises the growing complexity of the acute hospitalised patient with multiple co-morbidities impacting care requirements.

Course Structure			Hrs/Wk	Credit
Year 1 Semester 1
307053	v.1	Inquiry into Quality Patient Care 532	3.0	25.0
310509	v.2	Advanced Clinical Practice 531	3.0	25.0
311287	v.1	Advanced Clinical Nursing Science 531	3.0	25.0
				75.0
Year 1 Semester 2
310510	v.2	Advanced Clinical Practice 532	3.0	25.0
311289	v.1	Advanced Clinical Nursing Science 532	3.0	25.0
				50.0
Year 2 Semester 1
311225	v.1	Clinical Leadership 561	3.0	25.0
				25.0
Year 2 Semester 2
308409	v.1	Health Project Preparation 591	3.0	25.0
4712	v.3	Qualitative Methods in Health Research 582	4.0	25.0
		OR
13152	v.3	Health Research Methods 681	4.0	25.0
				50.0
Year 3 Semester 1
310475	v.1	Health Project 691	20.0	50.0
				50.0
Year 3 Semester 2
310476	v.1	Health Project 692	20.0	50.0
				50.0

All units displayed are to be taken as core units.