NUR5218 · Advanced clinical decision making

Overview

This unit builds on NUR5411 in the consultation sequence exploring the advanced management of common conditions. It further extends your knowledge and skills relating to the clinical reasoning process to enable you to plan and implement evidence-informed interventions. You will develop the skills required to analyse the clinical, cultural and professional factors that influence nurse practitioner clinical decision making. This includes promoting a holistic model of care and recognition of and respect for cultural identity and lifestyle choices. Additionally, in this unit you will examine contemporary professional issues that impact upon nurse practitioner practice and inform the scope of the nurse practitioner role in specific practice areas.

Areas of study: Nursing Nurse practitioner

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Validate evidence-based therapeutic interventions in Nurse Practitioner practice.
2. Implement advanced practice clinical decisions cognisant of biopsychosocial and cultural factors that impact health and wellbeing.
3. Analyse the nurse practitioner’s role in provision of culturally safe care.
4. Articulate the professional, legal and ethical responsibilities associated with the nurse practitioner role.
5. Evaluate the role of the nurse practitioner in primary care settings.
6. Illustrate the role of health informatics and how it impacts upon nurse practitioner practice.
7. Critique contemporary professional issues that support and/or challenge the nurse practitioner scope of practice.

Workload

24 hours per week of teacher facilitated and self-directed learning including lectures, tutorials, online activities and supernumerary integrated professional practice (SIPP). Please refer to Moodle for tutorial types and requirements.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.