Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Gerontics)
Gippsland
campus (distance education)
Course code: HPGEDG
Course coordinator: Ms A Rickards
This course is offered part-time and by the distance education mode over two
years. The structure consists of three core subjects and five specialist
subjects in gerontics.
The
course has been designed to provide registered nurses with in-depth knowledge
and specialised skills to promote effective functioning in the gerontic area.
Graduates should therefore be capable of functioning as advanced care givers in
aged care health settings; be able to demonstrate an ability to apply advanced
problem-solving skills to patient care, and be equipped to respond to an
increasingly complex health care environment.
On
successful completion of the course, it is expected that students should be
able to:
- + clearly identify the role of the nurse in caring for the older adult;
- + appreciate current research into older adult nursing;
- + appreciate social policy as it is applied to older adult nursing
care issues and the provision of nursing services;
- + demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the ageing process;
- + undertake comprehensive individual and family assessment which
identifies obstacles to health and independent living and strategies to
overcome or cope with them;
- + discuss common nursing problems of the gerontic client and
demonstrate an awareness of strategies to overcome them;
- + describe the nature, process and evaluation of rehabilitation and
therapeutic care for the older adult;
- + effectively act as a health educator and resource person to
individuals, families and communities;
- + act as catalyst for change and innovation in older adult nursing.
Applicants
should satisfy the general entrance requirements to the university, be
registered as a nurse with an appropriate statutory authority and have
successfully completed an undergraduate degree. Experience in the relevant area
of practice is desirable.
- + GHS8745 The physiology of ageing
- + GHS8747 Gerontic nursing processes I
- + GHS8746 Lifespan development: a psychosocial perspective
- + GHS8748 Gerontic nursing processes II
- + GHS7640 Methods of information collection, analysis and usage
- + GHS8751 Aged care management and practice