Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated knowledge, skills and understanding integral to:
* Professional practice
* Critical thinking and analysis
* Provision and coordination of care
* Collaborative and therapeutic practice

This course addresses concepts in medical surgical and either health and illness in the older person or mental health professional practice.

Theme 1 - Professional Practice
Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated that they:
* practice in accordance with legal, professional and ethical nursing frameworks
* perform nursing interventions in accordance with recognised standards of practice
* practice in a culturally safe manner through the sensitive and supportive identification of cultural issues

Theme 2 - Critical thinking and analysis
Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated that they:
* practice within an evidence based framework
* critically reflect on their own nursing practice and identify professional development needs

Theme 3 - Provision and coordination of care
Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated that they:
* use the clinical reasoning cycle as a structured approach to client care
* use an evidence-based assessment framework to collect data about the physical, socio-cultural and mental health of individuals
* provide comprehensive, safe, effective and evidence based nursing care to achieve identified health outcomes and goals
* respond to patient deterioration rapidly and appropriately

Theme 4 - Collaborative and therapeutic practice
Students who successfully complete this course will have demonstrated that they:
* are committed to person-centred care
* establish therapeutic relationships while maintaining professional boundaries
* communicate in a written form that is comprehensive, logical, clear and concise, with accurate spelling and only acceptable abbreviations used
* use verbal and electronic communication skills effectively
* use relevant principles to ensure the safe administration of medications
* use ergonomic principles to prevent injury and promote client comfort
* adhere to occupational health and safety legislation.

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Distance Learning : IT Based
Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Clinical
Email Discussion Group
Lecture
Laboratory
Self Directed Learning

Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Laboratory: for 30 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Clinical: for 40 hour(s) per Week for 4 weeks
Email Discussion Group: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 4 weeks