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| NSP5141 | Advanced Nursing Practice 1 | ||
| SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY | |||
| Credit Points: 20 | |||
| Description: | |||
| This unit focuses on the specific processes, practices and skills required for advanced practitioners in their chosen clinical specialty of advanced medical – surgical, critical care, emergency, gerontology, nephrology, neuroscience, orthopaedics, or perioperative nursing. The effects of illness on the functioning of the individual's health and the use of nursing skills and technology will be analysed. Integration of current literature and research with practice in the chosen specialty will facilitate advanced practice. | |||
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 | ||
| U92 | Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) | ||
| STNEPH | Nephrology Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STNEUR | Neuroscience Nursing Selected Field | ||
| STORTH | Orthopaedic 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