ADVANCED PRACTICE A

NSM5APA

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

In this subject, students will elect a career pathway through this subject that will provide a particular focus on research, education, management or advanced clinical practice. Students who undertake the Research Career Pathway must have completed NSM5RFN. Although the focus for each student through this subject will vary slightly, all students will develop cognitive and technical skills that demonstrate a broad understanding of a body of knowledge and advanced understanding of underlying principles and theoretical concepts in some areas of a particular focus in specialty practice. The subject is delivered via a flexible online mode comprising learning modules via LMS. A limited number of on-campus workshops (or equivalent online virtual classrooms) and/or clinical practicum days may be offered dependent on the specialty focus.

School: Nursing and Midwifery (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Ewan McDonald

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Available as Elective: No

Learning Activities: N/A

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: If the student is admitted in HMN (V1, V2, V3 or V4) or HMND then must have passed NSM4FPB and passed one of NSM4FAC, NSM4FCF, NSM4FBC, NSM4FCP, NSM4FCA, NSM4FCC, NSM4FEC, NSM4FIC, NSM4NCF, NSM4FPA, NSM4FPO, NSM4FRC, NSM4FSC, NSM4UCF or NSM4FWA Student must be admitted in HMMID - Master of Midwifery

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

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. Perform your advanced practice in a safe and ethical manner using the required specific skills, knowledge and attitudes.

02. Critically reflect on your current practice and determine how to reframe this practice to meet specialty practice requirements.

03. Utilise analytical, problem solving, planning & evaluation skills to inform your advanced practice.

04. Interpret complex information into an appropriate mode to inform others with specific needs & context.

05. Critically evaluate available evidence to inform your advanced practice.

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Online

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Ewan McDonald

Class requirements

Placement - Off SiteWeek: 0 - 0
One 6.00 hours placement - off site per week from week 0 to week 0 and delivered via blended.
Up to 6-hours per week clinical learning time dependent on professional/clinical speciality focus.

Unscheduled Online ClassWeek: 0 - 0
One 150.00 hours unscheduled online class per study period from week 0 to week 0 and delivered via online.
Up to maximum 3-hours per week of flexible online student directed learning modules, dependent on professional/clinical speciality focus.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	Category	Contribution	Hurdle	%	ILO*
One 1500-word equivalent presentation, using specified media	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	35	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
One 2500-word equivalent written assessment	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	50	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5
One 750-word equivalent written assessment	N/A	N/A	N/A	No	15	SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Online