NS3223 - Preparation for Practice

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:

Available only to level 3 nursing science students.

This subject has been designed to prepare the student for the transition from undergraduate student to professional registered nurse. The students are introduced to basic principles of management, leadership and working within the multidisciplinary team.

Learning Outcomes

• contribute effectively to group processes within the workplace;
• critically analyse the process of transition from student to novice RN;
• discuss quality improvement functions as components of the nurses responsibility to the profession and to the organisation;
• display the ability to integrate a number of leadership and management strategies into the novice RN role;
• identify key issues associated with seeking and obtaining employment as an RN.

Prerequisites:	NS2011 and NS2213
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NS3113

Availabilities
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor David Lindsay
Contact hours:	20 hours 20 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).
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Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor David Lindsay
Lecturer:	jc159767.
Contact hours:	20 hours 20 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor David Lindsay
Lecturer:	jc145620.
Contact hours:	20 hours 20 hours
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).
, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor David Lindsay
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor David Lindsay
Contact hours:	20 hours 30 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of lectures.
Assessment:	(60%); (40%).

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.