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NUR5927

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitSchool of Nursing and Midwifery
OfferedNot offered in 2015
Coordinator(s)Ms Marie-Claire Seeley

Synopsis

The advance practice general nurse requires a diverse knowledge and skill base to appropriately and effectively assess and manage clients/patients in a hospital environment. This unit will enable students to develop proficiency in the holistic management of patients with cardiac, respiratory and renal dysfunction, and shock. The unit also encompasses the development of skills which will enable the student to provide support for patients' families and significant others in the hospital environment.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Locate and critically appraise data to support advanced medical/surgical nursing practice.
  2. Synthesise information in order to plan and implement appropriate, evidence-based, person-centred therapeutic interventions for medical and surgical patients experiencing cardiovascular, respiratory and renal dysfunction, and shock.
  3. Synthesise information in order to plan and implement appropriate, evidence-based, person-centred therapeutic interventions for medical and surgical patients who experience psychological and behavioural management dysfunction.
  4. Plan and implement therapeutic interventions which are age specific and culturally relevant.
  5. Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills in caring for patients and their families and working with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  6. Identify the needs of the patient's family and significant others and plan appropriate nursing interventions to address these needs.

Fieldwork

Students must be employed in an approved medical or surgical unit for a minimum of 3 days per week.

Assessment

Clinical assessment tool (Pass / Fail)
Examination (40%) (Hurdle)
Case presentation - complex patient discharge management (3,000 words) (30%)
Written assignment (3,000 words) (30%)

Students must achieve a pass in the final examination and Clinical assessment to achieve a pass in the unit.

Workload requirements

12 hours per week including self-directed learning.

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Chief examiner(s)

Ms Marie-Claire Seeley

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Nursing

Co-requisites

NUR5703.