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Critical Care Nursing Practice (NURS90099)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Off Campus
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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 - Off Campus |
|---|---|
| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will be a combination of both of advanced theoretical principles and clinical application of learning to critical care nursing in practice. Students will demonstrate the ability to undertake and support comprehensive patient assessment, monitoring, evaluation and care planning in specialty nursing practice. Upon successful completion of the subject, students will incorporate and apply scientific knowledge, evidence-based treatment and nursing interventions to support a patient-centred approach and inform their clinical decision making in practice.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Integrate core principles covered in the subject and its pre-requisites, Applied Pathophysiology and Foundations of Critical Care Nursing, to develop practice knowledge that supports comprehensive patient assessment and monitoring
- Apply knowledge and skills to recognise, prioritise and respond to patients experiencing acute alterations to health status
- Evaluate the effect of care critical nursing interventions in the delivery of safe and competent nursing
- Apply problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and reflective practice to the delivery of specialist critical care nursing.
Generic skills
On completion of the subject, students should have developed the following 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
- Well-developed problem-solving abilities, characterised by flexibility of approach
- An ability to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature
- An appreciation of the ways in which advanced knowledge equips the student to offer leadership.
Last updated: 31 January 2024