NURSING 770 : Clinical Practice Development
Medical and Health Sciences
2020 Semester Two (1205) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
This 30 point course is undertaken within the postgraduate Certificate in Health Science (Advanced Nursing). Students undertaking this course are new graduate registered nurses usually employed by a District Health Board/Private Health Provider to undertake the New Entry to Practice (NETP) programme and employed in a clinical role.
Course Requirements
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 |
Learning Outcomes
- Identify and appraise the need for nurses to include holistic client assessment skills in their clinical environment. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Demonstrate an understanding of evidence-based clinical decision making through the application of a diagnostic framework to client assessment, at an advancing level within their scope of practice. (Capability 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Demonstrate competence of a systematic approach in performing a focused and or comprehensive client assessment. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Interpret clinical findings in relation to underlying pathophysiological processes (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.3 and 6.2)
- Assess a client’s health status and appraise appropriate laboratory and other diagnostic tests in order to support differential diagnoses. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.3, 3.1, 5.3, 6.2 and 6.3)
- Articulate the knowledge underlying client assessment and diagnostic test findings in order to formulate a list of differential diagnoses or formulate a diagnostic decision. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Assignments | 35% | Individual Coursework |
| MCQ | 20% | Individual Test |
| Clinical Exam (OSCE) [TBC] | 45% | Individual Examination |
| 3 types | 100% |
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcome Addressed | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
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| Clinical Exam (OSCE) [TBC] | ||||||||||
Learning Resources
Course Contacts
Workload Expectations
This course is a standard 30 point paper and students are expected to spend 10 hours per week involved in each 15 point paper that they are enrolled in.
For this paper, you can expect 40 hours of lectures, 160 hours of reading and 100 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.
Recording of lecture sessions will not be available for this paper due to the sensitive nature of the discussion. However, pre-recordings of lecture content and clinical skills practice videos are available to access on the CANVAS page.
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.