NS5906 - Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice 2

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

This subject builds onto the previous Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice subject (NS5903). Students will undertake further clinical practice under the supervision of academic and clinical mentors within a selected clinical setting in order to enhance and refine their knowledge and skills of nurse practitioner practice.

Learning Outcomes

• critically reflect on clinical skills and competencies for advanced and extended clinical practice;
• evaluate areas of practice, clinical skill and clinical competence for improvement or enhancement;
• further develop collaborative professional relationships within the multidisciplinary team;
• utilise an in-depth body of knowledge related to clinical skills and clinical competencies in a selected specialist field;
• demonstrate independent and collaborative advanced and extended practice relevant to specialist nursing area, and provide evidence of achievement of NP Competency Standards.

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:

NS5903

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Melisa Dixon
Contact hours:	190 hours clinical placement
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	formative/summative evaluation of clinical practice; 190 hours clinical practice; np portfolio.
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Coordinator:	Mrs Jacqueline Smith
Contact hours:	190 hours clinical placement
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	formative/summative evaluation of clinical practice; 190 hours clinical practice; np portfolio.

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.