NS5903 - Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice 1
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition (pre 2015) |
Students undertake supervised/mentored clinical practice in a selected clinical setting to develop their understanding of advanced practice nursing knowledge, reasoning, and intervention skills for the prevention of disease, health promotion, and illness within a specialised nursing area. With preceptor supervision, students synthesise theoretical knowledge with clinical practicum situations in the evaluation of uncomplicated, stable, patient/client presentations, demonstrated through complete and focused physical examinations, history taking, diagnostic ordering and interpretation and therapeutic management.
Learning Outcomes
- (1) conduct advanced, culturally competent comprehensive and holistic health assessments of stable and uncomplicated presentations relevant to specialised nursing field with supervision; (2) differentiate between normal, variations of normal and abnormal findings in clinical assessment;
- (3) synthesise and interpret client/patient history, physical findings and diagnostic data with supervision to identify normal and abnormal findings to generate problem lists and problem prioritisation in stable and uncomplicated situations; (4) make informed clinical decisions about preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions and treatment options in stable and uncomplicated situations;
- (5) evaluate established and evolving clinical knowledge; (6) identify intrinsic nursing values that inform nurse practitioner practice and an holistic approach to patient/client/community care;
- (7) actively participate in multidisciplinary team collaboration to facilitate safe and effective patient/client centred health outcomes within a clearly defined scope of practice; and (8) critically reflect on clinical skills and competencies for advanced and extended clinical practice.
| Prerequisites: | NS5901 AND NS5902 AND NS5921 AND NS5905 |
Availabilities | |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Melisa Dixon |
| Lecturer: | Mr John Smithson. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | mini-cex evaluation of clinical practice x6 [sat/unsat]; preceptor formative evaluation of clinical practice x3 [sat/unsat] (%); clinical log submission including 190 hours clinical practice evidence [sat/unsat] (%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Verification of Clinical Support |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Melisa Dixon |
| Lecturer: | Mr John Smithson. |
| Contact hours: |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | mini-cex evaluation of clinical practice x6 [sat/unsat]; preceptor formative evaluation of clinical practice x3 [sat/unsat] (%); clinical log submission including 190 hours clinical practice evidence [sat/unsat] (%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Verification of Clinical Support |
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.