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Transitioning to Advanced Practice (NURS90132)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
John Thompson
john.thompson@unimelb.edu.au
Di Crellin
dcrellin@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
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The aim of this subject is to support the student completing this program to transition to endorsement and advanced practice nursing. This subject will focus on developing the knowledge and skills to; support the student to prepare an application for endorsement, maintain professional development following endorsement and function as a role model, mentor and clinical supervisor. This subject is also an opportunity for the student to draw on the content addressed in other subjects and expand their scope of practice.
Intended learning outcomes
At the end of this subject students should be able to:
- Understand the professional implication of endorsement and practice as a nurse practitioner
- Recognise the criteria for endorsement and readiness for endorsement and understand the application to the NMBA for endorsement as a nurse practitioner
- Indentify the funding and business models that support public and private nurse practice services, including private practice
- Demosntrate professional and clinical leadership
- Understand the role of 'supervisor' and 'mentor' and develop the requisite skills to function in these roles
- Develop an understanding of the relationship between competence and scope of practice and the implications for the nurse practitioner
- Demonstrate the ability to identify areas for clinical and professional development to increase competence and effectiveness and implement strategies to address areas for development
- Negotiate clinical learning needs with multi-disciplinary health care professionals to ensure appropriate clinical supervision for development of advanced practice skills and knowledge
- Demonstrate use of evidence and highly developed cognitive, analytic, problem-solving and diagnostic reasoning skills to assess, plan, implement and evaluate appropriate treatment plans and therapeutic interventions in practice area
- Demonstrate the capacity to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and utilise appropriate referral pathways to optimise patient outcomes
Generic skills
- Highly developed cognitive, analytic and problem-solving skills in the discipline area, characterised by flexibility of approach
- The ability and self-confidence to comprehend complex concepts, to express them lucidly, whether orally or in writing, and to confront unfamiliar problems
- Where appropriate, advanced working skills in the application of computer systems and software and a receptiveness to the opportunities offered by new technologies
- An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in the discipline
- Advanced skills and techniques applicable to the discipline
- Advanced competencies in areas of professional expertise and/or scholarship
- The capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning
- The capacity to value and participate in projects which require team-work
- A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Integrated professional practice objectives and clinical appraisal Due Week 2 and 12 Semester 2 Hurdle requirement: Students complete the IPP objectives and clinical appraisals as part of the 55 IPP hours required for the subject. Students must pass hurdle requirements to pass the subject | During the teaching period | N/A |
Advanced practice project plan Hurdle requirement: Students must complete this assessment in order to pass the subject. | Week 3 | N/A |
55 Integrated Professional Practice (IPP) hours to be completed throughout the study period
| Throughout the semester | N/A |
Oral Presentation
| Week 11 | 15% |
Advanced Practice Project
| Week 12 | 85% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator John Thompson Coordinator Dianne Crellin Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total - 170 hours On-campus – hours 2hr IPP* workshops 16 hours subject workshops Online – 16 hours Integrated professional practice – 75 hours * IPP Integrated professional practice- Information about IPP placements can be found in the IPP Guide for Students Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 July 2021 to 24 October 2021 Last self-enrol date 6 August 2021 Census date 31 August 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 24 September 2021 Assessment period ends 19 November 2021 Semester 2 contact information
John Thompson
john.thompson@unimelb.edu.au
Di Crellin
dcrellin@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
On-campus – hours 2hr IPP* workshops 16 hours subject workshops Online – 16 hours Integrated professional practice – 55 hours * IPP Integrated professional practice- Information about IPP placements can be found in the IPP Guide for Students
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Hamric, A.B., Hanson, C.M., Tracy, M. F. and O’Grady, E. T. (2013). Advanced Practice Nursing. (5th ed.) Elsevier, St Louis.
Specific reading material and web-based resources selected by the subject coordinator will be made available to students through the Learning Management System (LMS).
Last updated: 31 January 2024