NS3227 - Capstone - Clinical Nursing Practice 6 (Mental Health)

[To be introduced in Mackay in 2014]

Credit points:	06
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

The capstone subject will include an emphasis on assessment, implementation and collaborative management of a person requiring complex health care. Clinical experience will occur in medical, surgical and specialised areas of nursing practice. Students will be introduced to basic principles of management and leadership exploring the concepts of accountability, responsibility, change and influence within organisations. Key areas for this subject will be scope and standards of professional practice, clinical application of knowledge and nursing care, interpersonal collaboration and communication, supervision and delegation and the quality improvement of care.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate clinical nursing skills and techniques in caring for individuals with complex health problems;
• critically analyse the process of transition from student to novice RN;
• develop strategies for managing complex clinical situations and apply ethical and legal principles to complex health situations;
• investigate key elements associated with the Scope of Practice for Nurses;
• discuss the group dynamics associated with interdisciplinary multicultural interactions within the workplace, including the key skill of negotiation.

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 ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• 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 read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• 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:	NS2022 and (NS2213 OR NS2214) and NS2112 and NS2015 and PP2131 and PP2231 and (HS2000 OR HS3100) and (HS2101 OR HS3101) and NS3361
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NS3225 NS3226

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Karyn Bentley
Contact hours:	160 hours workshops/Seminars - 4 week teaching block 40 hours - 1 week Capstone Residential 240 hours professional experience
Assessment:	indicative only.
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Face to face teaching (5-day professional experience workshop and 5-day capstone residential in Townsville)
Coordinator:	Ms Karyn Bentley
Contact hours:	40 hours workshops/Seminars - 1 week residential 40 hours - 1 week Capstone residential 240 hours professional experience
Assessment:	indicative only.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Karyn Bentley
Contact hours:	160 hours workshops/Seminars - 4 week teaching block 40 hours - 1 week Capstone Residential 240 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	indicative only.

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.