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ANP5003 Emergency Nursing in Isolated Practice

Semester 2, 2022 Online
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Nursing and Midwifery
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

Examiner:

Requisites

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or PDEV or GDNG or GCNG

Overview

Within emergency care and the rural and remote context, advanced nursing skills are essential to ensure optimum outcomes for the client. These skills ensure that appropriate assessment, triage, intervention and referral for continuity of care occur in the absence of support services. This course is designed to embed advanced nursing practice knowledge to promote critical thinking and decision making for autonomous and accountable practice, within such isolated contexts.

This course aims to improve advanced clinical decision making in caring for patients who are acutely ill / injured with the potential to develop critical illness, in an emergency care setting and in rural and remote nursing practice.

Students will critique and apply recent national and professional strategies to recognise deterioration and support those in need of critical/ emergency care in the emergency department, rural and remote settings. Students will explore and analyse evidence based strategies, legal frameworks, accountability; investigate advanced pharmacological concepts in the assessment and management of emergency care patients.

The specific clinical assessment required for the management of the critically ill / injured adult and paediatric delivered in emergency care environment will be addressed through work based learning within the collaborative practice framework.

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Identify and critically analyse the use of evidence-based professional practice guidelines for emergency care presentations and apply concepts of appropriate pharmacology in rural and remote settings;
  2. Use multiple approaches to critical decision making necessary to ensure best practice and prioritise action according to the needs of the patient, applying patient -centred care in emergency presentations;
  3. Develop and apply knowledge of essential skills of advanced nursing practice and apply these to rural and remote contexts in improving patient outcomes;
  4. Accurately interpret integrated assessment findings to make informed clinical decision and demonstrate proficient application of your advanced nursing skills to your work context.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Advanced Health Assessment & Triage Fundamentals 40.00
2. Specific emergency care & unique populations 30.00
3. Pain management & Pharmacology in isolated contexts 30.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

Curtis, K. Ramsden, C. Lord, B 2019, Emergency and Trauma Care for nurses and paramedics, 3rd edn, Mosby, Elsevier, Sydney.
The latest edition of the Queensland Health & Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (Qld) Primary clinical care manual, available from: .

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Essay No 30 1,4
Assignments Written Quiz No 30 1,2,4
Assignments Practical Demonstration No 40 3
Date printed 10 February 2023