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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    Applied Work Integrated Learning Professional Practice 2

  • Unit Code

    NMY6105

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This is the second of two applied work integrated units which is delivered in association with NMY6101 and will further enable students to address their learning needs identified within their professional development plan.Within this unit students will design, implement and evaluate a second work integrated learning project specifically related to their professional development or that of their peers,which may or may not build upon work undertaken in NMY6101.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from NMY6100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Communicate the justification of the design and implementation of the intervention to appropriate groups.
  2. Critically reflect upon an area for improvement in their clinical setting.
  3. Critically reflect upon the relevance of their initiative in relation to national and international healthcare trends.
  4. Design a Professional Development Planpertinent to their professional role development.
  5. Design a sustainable intervention relating to their Professional Development Plan and area for improvement.
  6. Evaluate the intervention in conjunction with personal learning needs and industry benchmarks.
  7. Incorporate sound ethical and culturally responsive dimensions to the intervention design.
  8. Publish findings within the organisation in which they are situated, using appropriate media.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced presentation skills.
  2. Critiquing reflective practice frameworks.
  3. Cultural responsiveness withinhealthcare practice.
  4. Identifying contemporary national and international healthcare directions.
  5. Professional issues in nursing, midwifery and allied health.
  6. Quality assurance initiatives including training needs analysis.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online tutorials, modules, discussion boards and blogs.

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
AssignmentProfessional development plan20%
ProjectProject report detailing the planning. implementation and evaluation of a quality improvement initiative65%
Reflective PracticeJustification statement15%

Text References

  • ^ Andre, K., & Heartfield, M. (2011). Nursing and midwifery portfolios - evidence of continuing competence (2nd ed.). Chatsworth, NSW: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
  • Thackra, R., Scott, K., & Winch, J. (2011). Indigenous Australian health and cultures: an introduction for health professionals. NSW, Australia: Pearson Australia.
  • Taylor, K. (2010). Health care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice. Victoria, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Huston, C. J. (2010). Professional issues in nursing: challenges and opportunities (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Cooper, L., Orrell, J., & Bowden, M. (2010). Work integrated learning: A guide to effective practice. Abingdon, England: Routledge.
  • Cowen, P. S., & Moorhead, S. (2011). Current issues in nursing (8th ed.). St Louis, MO: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
  • Hood, L. J., & Leddy, S. (2010). Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal References

  • Journal of Patient Safety
  • Quality Management in Healthcare
  • British Journal of Healthcare Management
  • Nurse Education Today
  • Staff Educator
  • The Journal of Staff Development
  • Health Risk and Society

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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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

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

    Applied Work Integrated Learning Professional Practice 2

  • Unit Code

    NMY6105

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    4

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This is the second of two applied work integrated units which is delivered in association with NMY6101 and will further enable students to address their learning needs identified within their professional development plan.Within this unit students will design, implement and evaluate a second work integrated learning project specifically related to their professional development or that of their peers,which may or may not build upon work undertaken in NMY6101.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from NMY6100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Communicate the justification of the design and implementation of the intervention to appropriate groups.
  2. Critically reflect upon an area for improvement in their clinical setting.
  3. Critically reflect upon the relevance of their initiative in relation to national and international healthcare trends.
  4. Design a Professional Development Planpertinent to their professional role development.
  5. Design a sustainable intervention relating to their Professional Development Plan and area for improvement.
  6. Evaluate the intervention in conjunction with personal learning needs and industry benchmarks.
  7. Incorporate sound ethical and culturally responsive dimensions to the intervention design.
  8. Publish findings within the organisation in which they are situated, using appropriate media.

Unit Content

  1. Advanced presentation skills.
  2. Critiquing reflective practice frameworks.
  3. Cultural responsiveness withinhealthcare practice.
  4. Identifying contemporary national and international healthcare directions.
  5. Professional issues in nursing, midwifery and allied health.
  6. Quality assurance initiatives including training needs analysis.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online tutorials, modules, discussion boards and blogs.

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
AssignmentProfessional development plan20%
ProjectProject report detailing the planning. implementation and evaluation of a quality improvement initiative65%
Reflective PracticeJustification statement15%

Text References

  • ^ Andre, K., & Heartfield, M. (2011). Nursing and midwifery portfolios - evidence of continuing competence (2nd ed.). Chatsworth, NSW: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
  • Thackra, R., Scott, K., & Winch, J. (2011). Indigenous Australian health and cultures: an introduction for health professionals. NSW, Australia: Pearson Australia.
  • Taylor, K. (2010). Health care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice. Victoria, Australia: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Huston, C. J. (2010). Professional issues in nursing: challenges and opportunities (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Cooper, L., Orrell, J., & Bowden, M. (2010). Work integrated learning: A guide to effective practice. Abingdon, England: Routledge.
  • Cowen, P. S., & Moorhead, S. (2011). Current issues in nursing (8th ed.). St Louis, MO: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
  • Hood, L. J., & Leddy, S. (2010). Leddy & Pepper's conceptual bases of professional nursing (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal References

  • Journal of Patient Safety
  • Quality Management in Healthcare
  • British Journal of Healthcare Management
  • Nurse Education Today
  • Staff Educator
  • The Journal of Staff Development
  • Health Risk and Society

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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