Transitioning to Advanced Practice (NURS90132)

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.