NURSING 744 : Specialty Nursing Practicum

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester Two (1205) (30 POINTS)

Course Prescription

Gives nurses the opportunity to extend their clinical skills and practice knowledge and to advance clinical decision making by utilising a range of guided learning experiences. The focus is on continued development of clinical expertise, using a practice development approach emphasising person-centred, evidence-based practice, and critical thinking practice to improve health outcomes.

Course Overview

Nursing 744 is offered from the following areas:
  • Waikato
  • Mental Health
  • Registered Nurse First Surgical Assistant
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Adult Intensive Care Unit 

Course Requirements

To complete this course students must enrol in NURSING 744 A and B, or NURSING 744

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Master of Nursing

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate skilled client/family centred clinical decision making in practice, based on evidence and rationale. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)
  2. Demonstrate advanced practice skills and knowledge in an identified clinical practice setting, demonstrating responsiveness to Māori and a capacity to build on health gain/ healthy future for Māori. (Capability 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
  3. Demonstrate leadership in clinical practice. (Capability 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3)
  4. Demonstrate scholarly practice in an identified practice setting. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Learning Contract Individual Coursework
Critical Analysis of Clinical Event 30% Individual Coursework
Quality Project 40% Individual Coursework
Portfolio 30% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4
Learning Contract
Critical Analysis of Clinical Event
Quality Project
Portfolio
All Nursing 744 offer these assignments specific to each stream: 
  • Waikato
  • Mental Health
  • Registered Nurse First Surgical Assistant
  • Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
  • Adult Intensive Care Unit 

Course Contacts

Nursing 744 Adult ICU, Paediatric ICU and Registered Nurse First Surgical Assistant
Course Administrator:  Matthew Baker
E:  matthew.baker@auckland.ac.nz

Nursing 744 Mental Health
Course Coordinator:  Dr. Kate Prebble
E:  k.prebble@auckland.ac.nz 

Nursing 744 Waikato
Course Administrator: Jodie Harper
E: jodie.harper@auckland.ac.nz

Workload Expectations

This course is a standard 30 point course and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point course that they are enrolled in.

For this course, you can expect 40 hours of lectures, 150 hours of reading and thinking about the content and  110 hours of work on assignments and/or test preparation.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 28/07/2020 04:44 p.m.