NURS6621
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
This core course provides Master of Nurse Practitioner students with the opportunity to understand and design their scope of practice and service model including an evaluation framework.Students will research and synthesise clinical governance processes, legal, ethical, cultural drivers of health and advanced practice nursing provision, health policy and reforms. Students apply these determinants to Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice and service models that focus on the provision of safe, efficient quality services including evaluation framework within the context of their clinical specialty and contemporary healthcare which will improvement in health outcomes for people and efficient, safe and quality nursing models for communities leading the advancement of nursing practice.This course Includes Integrated Professional Practice hours and diverse clinical practice experiences, including embedded clinical supervision facilitating advanced practice nursing.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Online
- Trimester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Research and synthesise the body of evidence, core nursing theories, legal, and ethical practices underpinning Nurse Practitioner Scope and Standards of Practice.
2. Critically analyse the significance of the Nurse Practitioner Scope and Standards of Practice determinants in relation to regulatory compliance and legislative requirements of endorsement and practice within the student's clinical context.
3. Identify and Interpret key local determinants of health that influence policy and reforms, inclusive of those that impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, vulnerable populations and the diverse needs of the local community.
4. Critique relevant contemporary holistic healthcare service models (local models), design methodologies and principles of evidenced based practices.
5. Explore current Clinical Governance, Risk, Compliance, evaluation and health metrics used to measure safe, effective, quality clinical performance, business proficiency and lead practice improvement.
6. Interpret and integrate health informatics and technology processes within the student's clinical context, accounting for regulatory and governance (safety and risk) impacts and practice improvements.
7. Design and evaluate a Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice and Service Model relevant to the student's clinical context and responsive to the workplace environment by critical analysis of the body of evidence.
Content
All students will cover the following topics:
Introduction Module:
This module covers the process and governance of Integrated Professional Practice requirements including development of a learning plan.
Module 1: Standards for Practice
Module 2: Health Priorities informing Models of Care
Module 3: Clinical Governance and Health Informatics
Module 4: Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice
Requisite
This course is only available to students who are active in the Master of Nurse Practitioner program [40158].
Assumed knowledge
Foundations of nursing knowledge, nursing theory, legal and ethical issues, fundamentals of research, human bioscience, psychology, sociology related to practice. Principles of investigative approaches in nursing, concepts and theories relevant to practice, contemporary nursing issues. Academic reading and writing skills, ability to access and evaluate information from a variety of sources, skills in critical analysis, critical judgment, synthesis and evaluation. Ability to conceptualise practice.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Literature Search Nurse Practitioner Practice Development Part A
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Annotated Bibliography: Annotated Bibliography for Nurse Practitioner Practice Development Part B
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Essay: Nurse Practitioner Practice Scope of Practice
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Professional Task: Integrated Professional Practice
Compulsory Requirement: Demonstrate competency - Must demonstrate competency in all required professional skills.
Compulsory Requirements
Compulsory Placement and WHS Requirements:
- Ahpra Requirement - Provisional or full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
Contact hours
Trimester 1 - 2024 - Online
Clinical-1
- Face to Face Off Campus 220 hour(s) per term
Online Activity-1
- Online 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 6 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
Course outline
- NURS6621 - Trimester 1, 2024 (Online) (PDF, 360.0 KB)
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