NUR619: Advanced Clinical Assessment Topic

Advanced practitioner skills required for nursing assessment and intervention. Students will negotiate for one or more specialties of their choice in order to practice and self-evaluate their advanced nursing skills. Compare and contrast theories in nursing treatment and management and determine how these are best facilitated by advanced nurses. Critically examine contemporary and past nursing practice with a view to applying best practice.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-external, S2-external
Contact Time	Negotiated supernumerary practica: 1 day per week; two block practica of 5 days each to a total of 36 days; scheduled clinical practice workshops and reflective tutorials: 2 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Corequisite: NUR640 Health Services Project. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Unit Coordinator	Mr Robert Laing Position: Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing E-mail: R.Laing@murdoch.edu.au Location: Peel Campus Peel100 Room 1.003 Phone: Prefix: +618 9582 5556
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Mr Robert Laing Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing (R.Laing@murdoch.edu.au) 9582 5556 Peel Campus Peel100 Room 1.003 MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)