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NS5740:03

Advanced Medical Nursing

External

HECS Band 1

Semester 2.

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

This subject will include issues such as: defining advanced nursing practice within the medical context; examining the forces currently shaping advanced practice; advanced problem solving; discharge planning; Indigenous health issues; leadership and advanced practice; evolving concepts and constructs in medical nursing.

Learning Objectives:

identify knowledge, skills and attitudes associated with advanced nursing practice;

apply advanced practice theory to the care of patients with medical diagnoses;

demonstrate advanced problem-solving skills, using an evidence-based approach;

recognise contemporary trends in the clinical management of medical patients.

On-course assessment (100%).