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Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 2 (NURS90087)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Off Campus
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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 (Early-Start)
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 (Early-Start) - Off Campus |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject extends the theoretical knowledge of paediatric intensive care nursing students have gained by exploring acute and complex illness and injury in the critically ill and/or injured paediatric patient, particularly those requiring high technology care management. Students will apply knowledge and skills in problem solving, critical thinking and reflective practice to explore the evidence underpinning paediatric intensive care nursing to solve patient management problems encountered in specific intensive care environments. Students will extend their knowledge to assess, plan, manage and evaluate interventions, while developing a deeper understanding and appreciation of patient and family perspectives of illness and disease.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject, it is expected that students will be able to do the following:
- Integrate knowledge regarding paediatric anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, mechanism of injury and pharmacotherapeutics to explain assessment findings in paediatric intensive care patient presentations
- Apply scientific principles to further explore knowledge and evidence-based skills applicable to the specialty of paediatric intensive care
- Critically analyse patient assessment and diagnostic findings to recognise and prioritise age appropriate, specific, and family centred therapeutic interventions for patients experiencing complex paediatric disease or injury states
- Apply advanced specialist paediatric knowledge and evidence to clinical decision making when developing a plan of care and determining nursing interventions in critically ill and/or injured children and their families
- Apply scientific principles to evaluate paediatric intensive care nursing interventions and further explore the evolving knowledge applicable to complex paediatric intensive care nursing
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:
- the capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation;
- critical thinking and analytical skills;
- an openness to new ideas;
- the ability to communicate knowledge through web based activities.
- the ability to apply scientific principles to their clinical practice;
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the GC-NPPIC Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice (Paediatric Intensive Care)
AND
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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NURS90085 | Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing 1 | March (Off Campus) |
12.5 |
This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses. Please contact the School of Melbourne Custom Programs for more information.
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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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Written assignment
| First half of the teaching period | 40% |
Quiz
| End of the teaching period | 20% |
Written assignment
| End of the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2 (Early-Start) - Off Campus
Coordinators Stephen Mckeever and Kim Morris Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 17 July 2023 Pre teaching requirements Students are required to familiarise themselves with the subject's Learning Management System (LMS), subject information, including assessment tasks. Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 28 July 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023 Semester 2 (Early-Start) contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice (Paediatric Intensive Care)
Last updated: 31 January 2024