ADVANCED CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE

NSM5ACN

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Advanced Clinical Nursing Practice will consolidate and further enhance comprehensive advanced health assessment skills and relevant, timely and judicious use of diagnostics to inform clinical decision making. Through online coursework you will examine and diagnose pathophysiology of human body systems across the lifespan with an emphasis on identified national health priorities such as diabetes, dementia, mental illness and obesity. Patient care practice will develop your expert diagnostic capability as an advanced practitioner

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: Must be admitted in HMNNP

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: Must have secured a placement in the area of their specialty practice to undertake this subject.

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

linical Examination: A Systematic Guide to Physical Diagnosis

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Talley, N & O'Connor, S

Year: 2018

Edition/Volume: 8TH EDN

Publisher: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE ELSEVIER, SYDNEY

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arvis's physical examination and health assessment: ANZ adaptation

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Recommended

Author: Forbes, H & Watt, E

Year: 2016

Edition/Volume: 2ND EDN

Publisher: ELSEVIER AUSTRALIA, CHATSWOOD, NSW

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Career Ready

Career-focused: Yes

Work-based learning: Yes

Self sourced or Uni sourced: Self Sourced

Entire subject or partial subject: Partial subject

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): Flexible

WBL addtional requirements: Must have secured a placement in the area of their specialty practice to undertake this subject.

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Undertake a comprehensive systematic clinical assessment integrating relevant underlying physiology and pathophysiology.
02. Justify rationale for diagnostic tests and physical assessments based on possible differential diagnoses.
03. Apply critical thinking skills to comprehensive health assessment and use of diagnostic investigations.
04. Provide rationale for primary and relevant differential diagnoses which is evidenced based and informed by comprehensive health assessment and diagnostic investigations.
05. Effectively communicate health assessment and diagnostic investigation findings
06. Facilitate appropriate referral to other health professionals

On-Line, 2020, Semester 2, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Maria Murphy

Class requirements

Directed ReadingWeek: 0 - 0
One 150.00 hours directed reading per study period from week 0 to week 0 and delivered via online.
Fully online equivalent to 150 directed and self-directed learning hours. Delivered over 12 weeks.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

Confirmation of placement at an approved organisationHurdle requirement

N/AN/AN/AYesnullSILO3

Comprehensive clinical case study and management plan (2500 words)

N/AN/AN/ANo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6

Problem Based Learning case studies (10 online case studies equivalent to 3,500-words)

N/AN/AN/ANo60SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6