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

    Nurse Practitioner Professional Practice 1
  • Unit Code

    NSP6104
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nilufeur MCKAY

Description

This unit involves clinical placement and will support the student to actively engage in learning activities to develop expertise in conducting comprehensive patient assessment and high level skills in clinical reasoning and clinical communication. Students clinical learning activities will be framed by contextual and philosophical models of primary health care and development of knowledge, skills and leadership attributes to bridge the gap between interventional and primary health care, from the perspective of both contexts. Student learning will focus on approaches to holistic health assessment taking into account the biophysical, psychological, and socio-cultural influence on health and illness.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MNP6103 and must pass either MNP6100 or NCS6100.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NSP6102.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Relate the philosophy and the global and local goals of the primary health care and the contribution to continuity of care, community and individual health and wellness.
  2. Develop a systematic and holistic nursing approach to health assessment that includes use of relevant evidence-based assessment tools and technologies and health infomatics.
  3. Apply clinical skills and knowledge in advanced and comprehensive health assessment that: a. incorporates evaluation of biophysical, mental health and sociocultural data b. attends to the specific health issues and cultural sensibilities relevant to health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  4. Apply a patient-centred approach to differentiate between normal and abnormal in human structure and functioning and to communicate these findings to the person and their family.
  5. Develop skill in verbal communication of patient assessment process and outcomes including documentation and oral communication modalities.

Unit Content

  1. Primary health care philosophy and the principles of integrated care.
  2. Systems and processes to guide comprehensive health assessment.
  3. Application of a systematic approach to comprehensive patient assessment.
  4. Selection and administration of evidence-based assessment tools relevant to a range of patient presentations.
  5. Approaches to health assessment that are sensitive to cultural imperatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other cultural groups.
  6. Processes for requesting diagnostic and radiography tests.
  7. Clinical communication skills relevant to modalities of professional communication and to engaging patients and families including health technologies and nursing informatics.
  8. Collaborative and team practice in patient assessment.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is a contextual, practical application of learning in Unit MNP6103 Holistic Health Assessment. Students will work with their Clinical Mentors to develop skills, confidence and judgement in conducting comprehensive health assessment. Accordingly learning is experiential, iterative and structured and guided by a Clinical Learning and Teaching Handbook customised for each of the student and the Clinical Mentor users. To support the experiential component thirteen one hour tutorials will be conducted online. The unit includes 200 hours of supernumerary integrated professional practice experience located in a generalist clinical setting.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

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 School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ONLINE
TypeDescription
Essay ^Analytic essay related to health care technologies
Performance ^Clinical mentor report, clinical logbook, health assessments and reflections

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Binkley, Lynn., Szilagyi, Peter., & Hoffman, R. (2017). Bates guide to physical examination and history taking (p. 1). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/947084262

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

    Nurse Practitioner Professional Practice 1
  • Unit Code

    NSP6104
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nilufeur MCKAY

Description

This unit involves clinical placement and will support the student to actively engage in learning activities to develop expertise in conducting comprehensive patient assessment and high level skills in clinical reasoning and clinical communication. Students clinical learning activities will be framed by contextual and philosophical models of primary health care and development of knowledge, skills and leadership attributes to bridge the gap between interventional and primary health care, from the perspective of both contexts. Student learning will focus on approaches to holistic health assessment taking into account the biophysical, psychological, and socio-cultural influence on health and illness.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MNP6103 and must pass either MNP6100 or NCS6100.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NSP6102.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Relate the philosophy and the global and local goals of the primary health care and the contribution to continuity of care, community and individual health and wellness.
  2. Develop a systematic and holistic nursing approach to health assessment that includes use of relevant evidence-based assessment tools and technologies and health infomatics.
  3. Apply clinical skills and knowledge in advanced and comprehensive health assessment that: a. incorporates evaluation of biophysical, mental health and sociocultural data b. attends to the specific health issues and cultural sensibilities relevant to health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  4. Apply a patient-centred approach to differentiate between normal and abnormal in human structure and functioning and to communicate these findings to the person and their family.
  5. Develop skill in verbal communication of patient assessment process and outcomes including documentation and oral communication modalities.

Unit Content

  1. Primary health care philosophy and the principles of integrated care.
  2. Systems and processes to guide comprehensive health assessment.
  3. Application of a systematic approach to comprehensive patient assessment.
  4. Selection and administration of evidence-based assessment tools relevant to a range of patient presentations.
  5. Approaches to health assessment that are sensitive to cultural imperatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other cultural groups.
  6. Processes for requesting diagnostic and radiography tests.
  7. Clinical communication skills relevant to modalities of professional communication and to engaging patients and families including health technologies and nursing informatics.
  8. Collaborative and team practice in patient assessment.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is a contextual, practical application of learning in Unit MNP6103 Holistic Health Assessment. Students will work with their Clinical Mentors to develop skills, confidence and judgement in conducting comprehensive health assessment. Accordingly learning is experiential, iterative and structured and guided by a Clinical Learning and Teaching Handbook customised for each of the student and the Clinical Mentor users. To support the experiential component thirteen one hour tutorials will be conducted online. The unit includes 200 hours of supernumerary integrated professional practice experience located in a generalist clinical setting.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

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 School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ONLINE
TypeDescription
Essay ^Analytic essay related to health care technologies
Performance ^Clinical mentor report, clinical logbook, health assessments and reflections

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Binkley, Lynn., Szilagyi, Peter., & Hoffman, R. (2017). Bates guide to physical examination and history taking (p. 1). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/947084262

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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