Course overview
To enable students to demonstrate the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse standards for practice, in the provision of nursing care across the contexts of nursing practice (primary, secondary and tertiary health environments).
- Foundations Of Nursing Practice And Professional Standards
- Quality And Safety
- Comprehensive Guide To Professional Experience Placement (Pep) Three
Course learning outcomes
- Conduct a comprehensive patient/client assessment to develop, document and evaluate a plan of care for a patient/client in consultation with individuals/groups, significant others and the inter-professional healthcare team
- Demonstrate safe and effective evidence-based nursing care that meets the NMBA registered nurse standards for practice as a beginning registered nurse
- Develop, evaluate and revise a plan of care to meet the needs of the individual/group
- Demonstrate appropriate communication strategies to promote an optimal physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual environment for individuals/groups
- Analyse and synthesise health information and research evidence in the provision of person centered nursing care
- Demonstrate professional practice in accordance with legal and ethical policies and codes of practice and critically reflect on current learning and the implications for ongoing professional development of self and others
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