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Foundations in Paediatric Nursing (NURS90084)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
April
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Overview
Availability | April - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
Foundations in Paediatric Nursing is designed to promote an understanding of the theoretical foundations of Paediatric nursing to support safe practice when caring for paediatric patients. Students will explore growth and development principles from newborn to the adolescent and explore assessment and management of the paediatric patient. The impact of hospitalisation on the child and family unit will also be examined. Interventions initiated by nurses at a beginning level of specialist paediatric practice will be explored, including the technical and scientific knowledge that is a pre-requisite for skill development. The evidence base underpinning practice will be evaluated.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Apply scientific knowledge that underpins competent practice as a beginning specialist paediatric nurse;
- Critically analyse patient assessment and diagnostic findings to recognise and prioritise age appropriate, specific, and family centred therapeutic interventions for paediatric patients experiencing common disease states;
- Apply scientific principles to understand, justify and evaluate nursing interventions specific to beginning paediatric nursing practice and
- Demonstrate problem-solving, critical thinking, rational inquiry and self-directed learning skills by applying specialist knowledge to common paediatric nursing problems.
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 written modes of communication;
- A capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work.
- An ability to evaluate and synthesize the research and professional literature in this discipline
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into or selection of one of the following:
- MC-ANP Master of Advanced Nursing Practice
- MC-ANPNP Master of Advanced Nursing Practice (Nurse Practitioner)
- MC-NURSC Master of Nursing Science
- GC-PAEN Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Nursing
- SC-PAEN Specialist Certificate in Paediatric Nursing
AND
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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NURS90076 | Applied Pathophysiology |
July (Online)
January (Online)
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12.5 |
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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Written assignment
| First half of the teaching period | 40% |
Online Quiz
| Second half of the teaching period | 20% |
Written assignment
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Additional details
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- April - Online
Coordinator Kim Morris Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 16 hours (Activities will include a mixture of online tutorials and drop in sessions. Peer to peer interaction will be encouraged through regular discussion board activities) Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 1 April 2024 Pre teaching requirements Students will familiarise themselves with the online platform which will provide an overview of the subject, assessment requirements and expected activities and behaviours. They will also be provided with information about studying and informed about the University resources available to them. Teaching period 8 April 2024 to 2 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 April 2024 Census date 19 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 17 May 2024 Assessment period ends 9 June 2024 April contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
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
• Hockenberry, M., & Wilson, D. (2010). Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and Children. (9th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice (Paediatrics)
Last updated: 31 January 2024