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Foundations of Critical Care Nursing (NURS90122)
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
September
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 September - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject provides the theoretical foundation for entry into specialty critical care nursing including emergency and intensive care.
Students will gain essential knowledge to plan, monitor and evaluate nursing interventions, including how to recognise and respond to clinical deterioration and medical emergencies.
Students will integrate essential knowledge explored in this subject and its pre-requisite, Applied Pathophysiology, with principles of patient assessment, scientific advances in treatment and management strategies including pharmacotherapeutics.
Patient and family perspectives of acute illness and disease will be considered in the development and implementation of nursing interventions and inter-disciplinary care planning.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students will be able to:
- Recognise clinical deterioration and medical emergencies in diverse patient populations.
- Develop the ability to identify risk factors for clinical deterioration in diverse patient populations.
- Recommend and justify evidence-based interventions for diverse patient populations experiencing clinical deterioration and medical emergencies through clinical scenario analysis.
- Evaluate the impact of evidence-based interventions on the disease trajectory and acute illness in patients with a range of health conditions.
Generic skills
- Apply a high level of problem solving skills
- A high level of critical thinking and analytical skills
- Feel confident when tackling unfamiliar problems
- A high level of written communication skills
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
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
Recommended background knowledge
It is recommended that students have an understanding of common illnesses and diseases in acute care settings. It is expected that students will be to apply the theoretical knowledge learned in the prerequisite subject, Applied Pathophysiology, to concepts explored in this subject.
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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Case study analysis
| During the teaching period | 30% |
Case study analysis
| End of the teaching period | 30% |
Written assessment
| During the assessment period | 40% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- April - Online
Coordinators Rosemary Turner and Rebecca Jarden Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 8 x 1-hour weekly webinars 8 x 8 hours module completion, readings & self-directed learning Topic test X 2 approx. 60 hrs Written assessment (case study analysis) approx. 40 hrs. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 1 April 2024 Pre teaching requirements In Week 0 students are required to familiarise themselves with the subject's Learning Management System (LMS), subject information, including assessment tasks 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
- September - Online
Coordinators Rebecca Jarden and Rosemary Turner Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 8 x 1-hour weekly webinars 8 x 8 hours module completion, readings & self-directed learning Topic test X 2 approx. 60 hrs Written assessment (case study analysis) approx. 40 hrs. Total time commitment 170 hours Pre teaching start date 16 September 2024 Pre teaching requirements In Week 0 students are required to familiarise themselves with the subject's Learning Management System (LMS), subject information, including assessment tasks Teaching period 23 September 2024 to 17 November 2024 Last self-enrol date 17 September 2024 Census date 4 October 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 1 November 2024 Assessment period ends 24 November 2024 September 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
Students are required to complete approximately 18-20 hours of study per week, comprising of online and self-directed learning activities over the 8-week teaching Term.
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- 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.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 31 January 2024