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Critical Care Nursing Practice (NURS90099)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
March
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
September
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | March - Online September - Online |
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In this subject, students will apply the theoretical principles in Applied Pathophysiology and the Foundations of Critical Care Nursing into their area of speciality practice. Students will demonstrate the ability to undertake and support comprehensive patient assessment, monitoring and evaluation and care planning in specialty nursing practice. Students will learn to incorporate and apply scientific knowledge and evidence-based treatment and nursing interventions to support a patient-centred approach to inform their clinical decision making in practice.
Intended learning outcomes
- Integrate the core principles covered in this subject and its pre-requisite, Applied Pathophysiology, to establish specialist knowledge of the impact of treatment on the disease trajectory, acute illness, and management of patients with a range of acute health problems
- Incorporate knowledge learned in the subject to recognise and plan an evidence-based intervention for patients experiencing alterations to health and wellness that occur in the specific context of critical care
- Demonstrate the capacity to problem-solve, think critically and promote rational inquiry when provided with a clinical scenario
- Demonstrate a high level of written communication skills as it applies to critical care nursing
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
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
Summer Term (Online)
June (Online)
|
12.5 |
NURS90122 | Foundations of Critical Care Nursing |
March (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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NURS90122 | Foundations of Critical Care Nursing |
March (Online)
September (Online)
|
12.5 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Patient Assessment and Care Plan
| Week 8 | 100% |
Clinical Skills Assessments x2, 1 hour duration (300 words equiv in total) (P/N)
| End of the assessment period | N/A |
Clinical Performance Appraisal (P/N)
| At the end of the assessment period | N/A |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- March - Online
Principal coordinator Rebecca Jarden Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 22 March 2021 Pre teaching requirements In Week 0 students are required to familiarise themselves with the subject's Learning Management System (LMS), subject information, including assessment tasks Teaching period 29 March 2021 to 23 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 23 March 2021 Census date 9 April 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 7 May 2021 Assessment period ends 30 May 2021 March contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- September - Online
Coordinator Rebecca Jarden Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 6 September 2021 Pre teaching requirements In Week 0 students are required to familiarise themselves with the subject's Learning Management System (LMS), subject information, including assessment tasks Teaching period 13 September 2021 to 7 November 2021 Last self-enrol date 7 September 2021 Census date 1 October 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 October 2021 Assessment period ends 14 November 2021 September contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Jayasinghe, R. (2012). ECG Workbook. Chatswood, NSW: Elesiver Australia
- Links to additional information
Last updated: 3 November 2022