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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.
This unit is designed to introduce the student to the unique features and practice elements of nurse practitioner service and will enable a transition in thinking from foundation and advanced practice to nurse practitioner service contexts and service potential. The unit will enable students to gain skills in health service analysis and develop high level literacy in consumer demographics and the characteristics of changing consumer health service needs. The unit is framed by 21st Century principles of health service reform and the positioning of nurse practitioner service in meeting this reform agenda.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.
Learning in this Unit is related to deepening understanding of the nurse practitioner role in the broader health care system and consumer-related factors. Accordingly learning and teaching will draw upon a discovery learning approach that promotes deep learning through high level of student engagement in discussion, critique and problem solving. This will be supported through online tutorials, policy appraisal exercises, discussion forums and journal club meetings.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reflective Practice | Academic reflection | 20% |
| Report | Healthcare consumer demographics | 30% |
| Assignment ^ | Prepare a Nurse Practitioner service design | 50% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.
This unit is designed to introduce the student to the unique features and practice elements of nurse practitioner service and will enable a transition in thinking from foundation and advanced practice to nurse practitioner service contexts and service potential. The unit will enable students to gain skills in health service analysis and develop high level literacy in consumer demographics and the characteristics of changing consumer health service needs. The unit is framed by 21st Century principles of health service reform and the positioning of nurse practitioner service in meeting this reform agenda.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.
Learning in this Unit is related to deepening understanding of the nurse practitioner role in the broader health care system and consumer-related factors. Accordingly learning and teaching will draw upon a discovery learning approach that promotes deep learning through high level of student engagement in discussion, critique and problem solving. This will be supported through online tutorials, policy appraisal exercises, discussion forums and journal club meetings.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reflective Practice | Academic reflection | 20% |
| Report | Healthcare consumer demographics | 30% |
| Assignment ^ | Prepare a Nurse Practitioner service design | 50% |
^ Mandatory to Pass
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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