Heart Failure Management
Postgraduate
Postgraduate
NURS 5126
Postgraduate
Yes
Note: This offering may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
101021
9
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
This course will assist health professionals to develop specialised knowledge and skill related to the current practice and principles underlying care and management of patients with chronic heart failure in the hospital outpatient and community care setting.
The anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system; pathophysiology of acute and chronic heart failure; advanced assessment and diagnostic investigations in heart failure; principals of chronic heart failure management: pharmacological agents, devices and non-pharmacological management; principles of managing common comorbidities and risk factors; principles of evaluating the effectiveness of optimal heart failure management: from the individual to the program.
Nicholson, C 2008, Heart failure: A clinical nursing handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. ISBN: 978-0-470-05760-5
Nil
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE | |||
External (Online reading materials, online case presentations, discussions) | - x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Clinical Portfolio, Online Test, Participation in online discussions
EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.