NS5903 - Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

This subject enables students to undertake clinical practice in a selected clinical setting in order to develop their knowledge and skills at the level of the nurse practitioner. Students will practice with the guidance of academic and clinical mentors. In particular, students will develop an understanding of the scope of practice for nurse practitioners, and be able to provide evidence of its development.

Learning Outcomes

• develop knowledge, skills and professional attributes required for safe and effective practice as a Nurse Practitioner.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Prerequisites:

NS5901 and NS5902

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor David Lindsay
Lecturer:	Dr Lea Budden.
Contact hours:	190 hours clinical placement
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU and Printed materials
Assessment:	assignments (25%); nurse practitioner portfolio-developed through a learning contract with student's academic & clinical mentors. the p/folio is a compilation of learner goals/skills/ competencies & evidential criteria examined to demonstrate expertise at nurse practitioner level; a p/folio is also required for endorsement as nurse practitioner by the qnc. students to provide evidence gathered from clinical activities. students are required to maintain & update their portfolio for the duration of the course (50%); formative evaluation of clinical practice by clinical mentor against anmc nurse practitioner competency standards (25%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	N/A

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.