Professional Practice: Registered Nurse

Course aim

The aim of this course is to enable students to consolidate their nursing practice to the level of a beginning registered nurse in the Australian health care system through a period of extended field experience in a relevant clinical practice setting and to demonstrate the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council competency standards for the Registered Nurse.

Course content

This eight week supernumerary practicum placement focuses on students' demonstration of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse. Students apply theory studied in the program to the practice setting including: planning, implementation and evaluation of comprehensive nursing care for clients of varying acuity and complexity; clinical reasoning and decision making; client rights and autonomy; mentoring preceptorship, delegation and supervision, professional communication; ANMC codes of ethics and conduct; ANMC competency standards, Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia professional standards, guidelines and tools, and mandatory reporting; reflective practice and lifelong learning. Students are required to demonstrate mastery in manual handling, CPR and medication calculations in a pre-placement workshop.

Textbook(s)

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council 2006, Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse, 4th Edition, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, Canberra

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
NURS 1046	Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife: Professional Issues in Australia
NURS 1047	Registered Nurse: Nursing Practice

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Clinical	8 hours x 5 days x 8 weeks

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

Assessment

Clinical handover (presentation), Clinical Performance Assessment, Learning Log

Fees

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.