Emergency Nursing Practice (NURS90100)

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, 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 nursing interventions in the delivery of safe competent nursing care;
• Application of skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, reflective practice and self-directed learning 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.