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NURS5074: Expanding Practice in the ICU and ED
2021 unit information
Nurses working in leadership positions within emergency departments and intensive care units are pivotal in coordinating care for patients and their families. In doing so nurses must consider the needs of the individual along with the requirements of the specialist unit, hospital and local health district. The provision of coordinated care to critically ill or injured patients is supported by organisational structures at the hospital and local health district level, and these are guided by organisations such as the NSW Ministry of Health Intensive Care and Emergency Department Planning Services, the Agency for Clinical Innovation and the Clinical Excellence Commission. Professional bodies such as the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) and the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia (CENA) also inform practice. In this unit of study students will explore ways in which government and professional bodies provide information that supports decisionmaking regarding the provision of care to critically ill and injured patients. Additionally, students will be encouraged to expand their clinical and theoretical repertoire by developing an indepth understanding of a specific practice issue in intensive care or emergency nursing practice.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. provide a commentary on the influence that advanced nursing practice roles have on intensive care or emergency nursing practice in Australia a. (NMBA Nurse Practitioner Standard: 4.2) b. (ACCCN Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 13.1, 13.2) c. (CENA Standards: 3.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 8.1).
- LO2. critique different models of care and their impact on nursing practice, and on the provision of patient care within critical care environments a. (NMBA Nurse Practitioner Standards: 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.1) b. (ACCCN Standards: 6.1, 7.1, 7.3, 12.1, 13.3) c. (CENA Standards: 4.4, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2)
- LO3. synthesise the complex issues surrounding the provision of intensive care and emergency services Australia-wide a. (NMBA Nurse Practitioner Standards: 2.1, 2.4, 4.2) b. (ACCCN Standards: 5.2, 6.1, 7.2) c. (CENA: 3.3, 4.2, 4.4, 5.3, 6.2)
- LO4. apply a high level of clinical judgement to the management of complex health problems a. (NMBA Nurse Practitioner Standards: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3) b. (ACCCN Standards: 1.3, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.3) c. (CENA Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, 2.2, 6.3)
- LO5. identify, investigate, and critique an area of specialty practice. a. (NMBA Nurse Practitioner Standards: 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2) b. (ACCCN Standards: 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 12.2) c. (CENA Standards: 5.1, 6.2, 9.1, 9.2)
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