ADVANCED CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR NURSING PRACTICE

NSM5ACE

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Advanced Clinical Evidence for Nursing Practice will develop student skills in applying evidence that informs clinical practice and optimises patient care. Through coursework you will critique evidence and update a published systematic review pertinent to your area of practice. Your learning and development will be assessed through analysis of the literature related to topics pertinent to your area of practice.

School: Nursing and Midwifery (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Maria Murphy

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Using evidence to guide nursing practice

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Courtney, M., & McCutcheon, H

Year: 2010

Edition/Volume: 2ND EDN

Publisher: ELSEVIER: SYDNEY

ISBN: N/A

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Source, critique and incorporate evidence into your practice.
02. Develop answerable questions on which evidence is lacking in relation to your own scope of practice.
03. Justify validated tools used in evaluating the evidence.
04. Critique how evidence is translated into practice and the impact on health outcomes in your specialty
05. Summarise the evidence that informs treatment options and patient preferences in clinical decision making
06. Demonstrate the ability to produce a grant application to fund an evidence based implementation project

On-Line, 2020, Semester 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Maria Murphy

Class requirements

Directed ReadingWeek: 10 - 22
One 150.00 hours directed reading per study period from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via online.
Fully online equivalent to 150 directed and self-directed learning hours. Delivered over 12 weeks.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

2,000-word assessment task updating a systematic review (Task 1)

N/AN/AN/ANo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

3,000-word report analysing evidence to inform treatment options and health outcomes (Task 2)

N/AN/AN/ANo50SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

1000 word proposal for funding an evidence based implementation project (Task 3)

N/AN/AN/ANo20SILO4, SILO5, SILO6