| UNIT TITLE |
Professional Issues in Clinical Nursing |
| UNIT CODE |
NNI5101 |
| CREDIT POINTS |
20 |
| FULL YEAR UNIT |
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| MODE OF DELIVERY |
On-campus
Online
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DESCRIPTION
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This unit will advance students' understanding of contemporary issues that influence nursing practice and their application to speciality areas. The theoretical frameworks for advanced nursing practice, including ethical and legal decision making and scope of advanced practice will be explored. National and international health care trends, policy development and health services relevant to the population will be examined.
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES |
On completion of the unit students should be able to:
- critically analyse the influence of philosophical, historical, social and cultural factors in the development of the role of the nurse in specialist practice;
- appraise different frameworks of professional practice in the provision of health care;
- identify and explore the scope of advanced practice and the legal issues that may arise in nursing practice, including health practitioner and patient legal liabilities and rights;
- evaluate contemporary issues in health care delivery and the impact of these on nursing;
- evaluate ethical problems that may arise and ethical problem solving techniques in reaching decisions about the treatment of persons in their care.
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| UNIT CONTENT |
- Professional development in nursing.
- The scope of advanced practice relating to specialist nursing care.
- Evolution of the nurse practitioner role within Australian health care.
- Models for health care delivery.
- Contemporary challenges for health care delivery.
- Ethical and legal issues that develop from clinical practice.
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| TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES |
Internal Students
A combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, written case studies and self directed study will be used.
External Students
Off campus students will require access to a computer with modem in order to work online with teaching and learning resources.
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| GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES |
The following graduate attributes will be developed in this unit
- Ability to communicate
- Ability to work in teams
- Critical appraisal skills
- Cross-Cultural International Outlook
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| ASSESSMENT |
| Grading Schema 1 |
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| Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners. |
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On-Campus Assessment
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Value
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Assignment
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Critical Reflection
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50%
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Essay
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Essay on a selected professional issue
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50%
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Online Assessment
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Value
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Assignment
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Critical Reflection
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50%
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Essay
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Essay on a selected professional issue
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50%
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| TEXTS |
All students require the following text:
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| Palmer, G. R., & Short, S. D. (2010). Health care & public policy. An Australian analysis (4th ed.). South Melbourne: Macmillan Education Australia. |
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| SIGNIFICANT REFERENCES |
| Clinton, M. (Ed.). (2004). Management in the Australian health care industry (3rd ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia. |
| Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D. (Eds.). (2006). Contexts of nursing (2nd ed.). Sydney: Elsevier. |
| Germov, J. (Ed.). (2004). Second opinion [electronic version]: An introduction to health sociology (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press. |
| Duckett, S. J. (2004). The Australian health care system (2nd ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press. |
| Hamric, A., Spross., J., & Hanson, C. (Eds.). (2005). Advanced nursing practice: An integrative approach (3rd ed.). St Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Saunders. |
| Joel, L. A. (2004). Advanced practice nursing. Essentials for role development. Philadelphia, PA: F.A.Davis. |
| Johnstone, M. (2004). Bioethics: a nursing perspective (4th ed.). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone. |
| Taylor, B. (2006). Reflective practice. A guide for nurses and midwives (2nd ed.). Maidenhead:Open University Press. |
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| JOURNALS |
| Australian Health Review |
| Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing |
| Clinical Nurse Specialist |
| Collegian |
| Contemporary Nurse |
| Journal of Advanced Nursing |
| Journal of Clinical Nursing |
| Nursing Ethics |
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| WEB SITES |
| Australian Institute of Health & Welfare http://www.aihw.gov.au/ |
| Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council http://www.anmc.org.au/ |
| Health Department http://www.health.gov.au/ |
| Health Department of WA http://www.health.wa.gov.au/ |
| Oxford Journals (Health Policy & Planning) http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/ |
| Office of the Privacy Commissioner http://www.privacy.gov.au/act/ |
| Nurses Board of Western Australia http://www.nbwa.org.au/ |
| Royal College of Nursing Australia http://www.rcna.org.au/ |
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| 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 |
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Academic Misconduct
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
- plagiarism;
- unauthorised collaboration;
- cheating in examinations;
- theft of other students’ work.
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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