James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2000

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NS5730:03

Advanced Surgical Nursing

Townsville

40 hours flexible delivery. First semester.

Available to registered nurses enrolled in postgraduate courses in the School of Nursing Sciences.

Content will include such issues as: advanced life support, pain management, wound management, discharge planning, fluid replacement and patient education.

Learning Objectives:

  1. discuss the advanced nursing management of surgical patients;
  2. describe the contemporary issues affecting patients who undergo surgery.

On-course assessment (100%).


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