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NS5905 - Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2015 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1 |
Administered by: |
College of Healthcare Sciences |
This subject provides theoretical knowledge associated with the advanced and extended
scope of practice provided by Nurse Practitioners. It will examine issues that impact
on the professional attributes required for effective practice. Students will explore
the features of advanced practice within a nursing paradigm, examine legal and ethical
issues pertaining to nurses working in private and interdependent practice, and investigate
health policies and politics relevant to advanced practice. Students will also have
the opportunity to refine reflective practice skills to incorporate into their own
specialty field of practice.
Learning Outcomes
- develop knowledge, skills and professional attributes required for safe and effective
practice as a Nurse Practitioner;
- apply information and research to the development of a Nurse practitioner model of
service delivery within a specific health service context;
- develop a business case for consideration of a health service team;
- explore issues of policy, legalities and ethics as they relate to Nurse Practitioner
roles within the Australian health care context;
- explore the influence of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
on their interpretation of the concept of health and access to health services;
- develop a suitable model of reflection to systematically analyse own practice;
- articulate and apply principles of clinical governance to their own anticipated NP
role as described in their business case.
Availabilities
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Study Period 1,
External
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Census Date 26-Mar-2015 |
Coord/Lect: |
Assoc. Professor John Smithson. |
Method of Delivery: |
WWW - LearnJCU |
Assessment: |
assignments (60%); np role development (40%). |
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.