Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife: Professional Issues in Australia

Course aim

The aim of this course is to enable students to adapt and enhance existing nursing/midwifery knowledge and skills to the contemporary Australian health system in preparation for practice.

Course content

The Australian healthcare system including factors affecting health care and health care delivery and health care quality and safety. Australian Government health priorities including indigenous health. Ethical theory and principles, codes of ethics and conduct; ethical decision-making; medico-legal jurisprudence related to negligence, consent; documentation, restraint; guardianship and mandatory reporting, medications; mental health. Nursing regulation and the role of nurse regulatory authorities. Development of professional language competence including use of medical terminology, written and interpersonal communication, and development of cultural competence. Problem solving and decision making frameworks for nursing and midwifery practice, being a team member, management, leadership and nursing research/evidence-based practice. The role of professional standards in nursing practice including national and state codes, standards and guidelines that regulate nursing and midwifery practice. Application of critical thinking to nursing/midwifery practice.

Textbook(s)

LeMone P, et al 2011, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care with MyNursingKit, 1st Australian Edition, Pearson Australia, Australia

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	3 hours x 5 days x 5 weeks
Tutorial	4 hours x 5 days x 5 weeks
Workshop	8 hours x 5 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Law and Ethics Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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.