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Critical Care Nursing Practice (NURS90099)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Contact information
March
Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education
Future Students: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/graduate-certificate-in-nursing-practice
Current Students: TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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In this subject students will clinically apply the theoretical principles in Applied Pathophysiology and Critical Care Nursing 1 and 2. To support comprehensive patient assessment, monitoring and care planning in specialty nursing practice. Students will learn to incorporate knowledge and evidence of psycho-social factors influencing patient outcomes to inform their clinical decision making in practice.
Intended learning outcomes
Students should engage in field practice and demonstrate competency in the specialty through the:
- Integration of core principles covered in the subject and its pre-requisite, Applied Pathophysiology, (and ? Critical care 1 and 2) to develop practice knowledge that supports comprehensive patient assessment and monitoring;
- Application of knowledge and skills to recognise, prioritise and respond to patients experiencing acute alterations to health status;
- Evaluation of the effect of critical care nursing interventions in the delivery of safe competent nursing care;
- Application of skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflective practice to the delivery of specialist nursing care;
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students should have developed the following generic skills of the Melbourne graduate and graduate coursework student:
- A capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written modes of communication;
- A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work.
- Advanced competencies in areas of professional expertise and/or scholarship.
- Advanced skills and techniques applicable to the discipline.
- Well-developed problem-solving abilities in the discipline area, characterised by flexibility of approach.
- An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in the discipline.
- An appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership in the specialist area.
Last updated: 3 November 2022