School: Nursing and Midwifery

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.

  • Unit Title

    Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • Unit Code

    MNP6106
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit is designed to consolidate the students knowledge and theory and apply it to the clinical environment in the format of a capstone project. The unit will allow the students synthesize individual learning across the masters degree program and demonstrate their graduate capabilities by negotiating their transition to nurse practitioner practice. As clinical leaders nurse practitioners are expected to critically appraise current healthcare resources, and improve healthcare accessibility in a rigorous format while in a culturally appropriate environment.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Synthesize data to inform priorities necessary to enhance healthcare outcomes.
  2. Given environmental and cultural influences and client population, justify the value of the nurse practitioner within the healthcare industry.
  3. Design a clinical/research project to enhance healthcare outcomes for a specified client population.
  4. Effectively demonstrate and communicate outcomes to industry, including patient outcomes and cost effectiveness.
  5. Provide practice leadership appropriate to the role of nurse practitioner.
  6. Critically reflect on the transition to the nurse practitioner role and the application of extended practice competencies within a nursing model.

Unit Content

  1. Analysing and interpretation of healthcare outcomes for nurse practitioner services.
  2. Professionalism and communication as a nurse practitioner working within a diverse multidisciplinary team.
  3. Ethical and cultural innovations in healthcare.
  4. Global and national advancements to the nurse practitioner role.
  5. Knowledge and leadership in current healthcare environment.
  6. Ongoing professional development relative to meeting changing healthcare needs.
  7. Reflection upon nurse practitioner practice and role.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online tutorials and E-learning activities to engage students in critical appraisal of nurse practitioner roles in an evolutionary healthcare environment.

Assessment

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Project ^Capstone Project: Evidence implementation plan for practice improvement70%
PortfolioEndorsement Preparation30%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D. (2015). Leadership & nursing: Contemporary perspectives. Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

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:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

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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School: Nursing and Midwifery

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.

  • Unit Title

    Transition to Nurse Practitioner Practice
  • Unit Code

    MNP6106
  • Year

    2016
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit is designed to consolidate the students knowledge and theory and apply it to the clinical environment in the format of a capstone project. The unit will allow the students synthesize individual learning across the masters degree program and demonstrate their graduate capabilities by negotiating their transition to nurse practitioner practice. As clinical leaders nurse practitioners are expected to critically appraise current healthcare resources, and improve healthcare accessibility in a rigorous format while in a culturally appropriate environment.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Synthesize data to inform priorities necessary to enhance healthcare outcomes.
  2. Given environmental and cultural influences and client population, justify the value of the nurse practitioner within the healthcare industry.
  3. Design a clinical/research project to enhance healthcare outcomes for a specified client population.
  4. Effectively demonstrate and communicate outcomes to industry, including patient outcomes and cost effectiveness.
  5. Provide practice leadership appropriate to the role of nurse practitioner.
  6. Critically reflect on the transition to the nurse practitioner role and the application of extended practice competencies within a nursing model.

Unit Content

  1. Analysing and interpretation of healthcare outcomes for nurse practitioner services.
  2. Professionalism and communication as a nurse practitioner working within a diverse multidisciplinary team.
  3. Ethical and cultural innovations in healthcare.
  4. Global and national advancements to the nurse practitioner role.
  5. Knowledge and leadership in current healthcare environment.
  6. Ongoing professional development relative to meeting changing healthcare needs.
  7. Reflection upon nurse practitioner practice and role.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online tutorials and E-learning activities to engage students in critical appraisal of nurse practitioner roles in an evolutionary healthcare environment.

Assessment

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Project ^Capstone Project: Evidence implementation plan for practice improvement70%
PortfolioEndorsement Preparation30%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D. (2015). Leadership & nursing: Contemporary perspectives. Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

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:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

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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