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| NNI5101 | Professional Issues in Clinical Nursing | ||
| SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY | |||
| Credit Points: 20 | |||
| Description: | |||
| This unit will advance students' understanding of contemporary issues that influence nursing practice within their speciality areas. The theoretical frameworks for specialist nursing practice, including scope of advanced practice, legal and ethical decision making, will be examined. National and international developments, and policy developments in health care will be explored. | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
| STAMS | Advanced Medical - Surgical Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STCRI | Critical Care Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STCCNC | Critical Care Nursing - Coronary Care / Cardiothoracic Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STCCNH | Critical Care Nursing - High Dependency Selected Field | ||
| STCCNI | Critical Care Nursing - Intensive Care Selected Field | ||
| STCCNP | Critical Care Nursing - Paediatric Intensive Care Selected Field | ||
| STEMER | Emergency Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STGER | Gerontological Nursing Selected Field | ||
| V34 | Master of Nursing | ||
| U92 | Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) | ||
| STNEPH | Nephrology Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STNEUR | Neuroscience Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STONC | Oncology Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STORTH | Orthopaedic Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STPALL | Palliative Care Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STPERI | Perioperative Nursing Selected Field | ||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
| For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | |||
| http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity | |||
Last Updated - Higher Education: 31/03/2006 VET: 31/03/2006