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NUR5600 · Nurse practitioner essentials
2026 Handbook0 credit pointsLevel 5School of Nursing and Midwifery
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
This unit runs in each semester across the Master of Nurse Practitioner. There are several mandatory assessments required by AHPRA in the Master of Nurse Practitioner. This unit contains those mandatory assessments. The unit draws together academic work with workplace activities, and is the repository for the workplace assessments. The associated Moodle site links all Master of Nurse Practitioner students together to share experiences in the discussion forum, and provides students with a direct link to the Nurse Practitioner stream leader, even when they are undertaking a unit delivered by other staff. In the workplace, students will have both a clinical mentor, and a professional mentor, who meet regularly with students, set learning objectives and provide feedback.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton | Second semester | Teaching is all online (ONLINE) |
| Clayton | First semester | Teaching is all online (ONLINE) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Workplace assessments (WPAs) - clinical and professional (pass/fail) | Work integrated | — | Competency |
| 2 | Clinical Encounters x 2 (pass/fail) | Work integrated | — | Competency |
| 3 | CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Log | Work integrated | — | Competency |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice - clinical and professional (pass/fail) | Work integrated | — | Competency |
| 5 | OSCA (objective structured clinical assessment) (pass/fail) | Work integrated | — | Competency |
Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment task/s. Failure of any hurdle assessment tasks may result in failure of the unit.
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Requisites
The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate achievement of the advanced knowledge, skills and attitudes required of a Nurse Practitioner
- Demonstrate high level interpersonal, problem solving and clinical decision making in the professional practice
- Provide holistic, person-centred advanced nursing care in specific health care settings
- Utilise research to enhance health outcomes and evaluate nursing interventions
- Plan, deliver and evaluate health programs and services
- Analyse ethical, legal and political aspects of the Nurse Practitioner role
- Develop advanced skills in medication management, health assessment and diagnosis
- Demonstrate achievement of the NMBA: Nurse Practitioner Standards for Practice.
Workload
No workload detail published.
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