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Cancer Nursing Practice 2 (NURS90136)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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Contact information
Semester 2 (Extended)
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
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This subject will provide students the opportunity to apply their learned knowledge from one of three cancer nursing specialisations: haematology nursing, medical-oncology nursing, or radiation-oncology nursing.
Students will continue to develop the skills acquired this subject’s pre-requisite, NURS90135 Cancer Nursing Practice 1 to continue to provide specialised nursing in the management of cancer care.
On successful completion of this subject, students will deliver competent, evidence-based practices at the level of an advanced beginner specialist cancer nurse.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate integration of core principles and skills covered in the subject and its pre-requisite, Cancer Nursing Practice 1, to develop and apply practice knowledge to provide specialist cancer nursing care that addresses actual and potential disease and treatment-related health needs
- Apply knowledge of evidence-based best practice in the management of core clinical requirements relevant to the student's context of practice such as haematology, medical-oncology, surgical-oncology, or radiation-oncology
- Demonstrate an understanding of best practice specialist nursing care in the management of cancer care in different cancer care settings
- Demonstrate competent, evidence-based practices in a range of core clinical skills at the level of an advanced beginner specialist cancer nurse
Generic skills
- 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