Semester 1, 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 |
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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 GCNG or GDNG or GCNM
Co-requisite: ANP8008 and ANP8009
Overview
Registered Nurses in an Advanced Practice role are required to have the knowledge and skills to use extended and expanded skills and knowledge to make critical, clinical decisions that impact on positive patient outcomes.
This course provides the foundational knowledge to enable the advanced practice nurse to work within their scope of practice and within legislative requirements, and Australian Nursing and Midwifery board guidelines and standards to achieve quality patient outcomes.
This course facilitates the student to apply advanced nursing competency domains in decision making to ensure safe and accountable practice. In this course the student will examine the clinical reasoning required of the advanced practice nurse and the application of best practice principles to achieve quality outcomes. Students will examine the legislation, professional guidelines and standards, and local governance which impacts their scope of practice.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Conceptualise and plan advanced nursing practice by applying critical reasoning using a clinical decision-making framework;
- Formulate health care decisions that are legally and professionally justifiable;
- Coordinate and lead practice to collaborate and negotiate quality patient/client health outcomes with other members of the health care team;
- Adhere to the appropriate legislative practice in the state/territory of health care context;
- Adapt practice to apply risk assessment and mitigation strategies within complex organisations to achieve optimum safe practice.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Critical reasoning this module builds on the student’s professional practice applying critical reasoning, decision-making processes, problem-solving, and diagnostic reasoning to develop a systematic approach to care situations. | 40.00 |
2. | Professional and legal issues - develops the student’s understanding and application of the professional and legal issues that impact on advanced nursing practice. | 40.00 |
3. | Risk management – recognition and stratification of risk, strategic interventions, evaluation and continuous improvement of patient care. | 20.00 |
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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
Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
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Essay | No | 40 | 1 |
Case ¾«¶«´«Ã½app | No | 50 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Portfolio | No | 10 | 1,2,3,4,5 |
Practical | No | 1,2,3,4,5 |