Year
2019
Units
4.5
Contact
8 x 3-hour tutorials per semester
8 x 13-hour independent studies per semester
8 x 13-hour independent studies per semester
Prerequisites
^ = may be enrolled concurrently
^ = may be enrolled concurrently
1 Admission into BNGU-Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration)
2 2 of NURS1001, NURS1006
3 Admission into BNGUC-Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration)
4 ^ NURS2003 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
Must Satisfy: ((1 and 2) or (3 and 4))
2 2 of NURS1001, NURS1006
3 Admission into BNGUC-Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration)
4 ^ NURS2003 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1
Must Satisfy: ((1 and 2) or (3 and 4))
Enrolment not permitted
NURS1025 has been successfully completed
Assessment
Assignment(s); On-Line Exercises
Topic description
This topic explores the concept of clinical governance, and explores further the following aspects of clinical governance in a continuous cycle of 'do and review' :
- research and evidence-based practice
- clinical practice
- the safety of client, profession and service
- the role of an interprofessional healthcare team.
Educational aims
The aims of this topic are to:
- Explore clinical governance and evidence-based practice to identify how this influences nursing practice
- Describe at a beginning level how health informatics and its governance can facilitate safety of the person, profession and health service
- Examine the principles and the process of evidence-based practice
- Explore the role of the registered nurse in relation to clinical governance and evidence-based research to provide person centred care.
Expected learning outcomes
On completion of this topic students will be expected to be able to:
- Apply evidence-based practice (EBP) in the provision of patient care
- Formulate a clinical question to yield the most relevant and best evidence
- List the steps of evidence-based practice and the skills associated with it
- Analyse the impact of clinical governance on efficiency and practice standards
- Critically appraise different study designs and exhibit an understanding of the evidence they produce
- Develop strategies to disseminate the outcomes of evidence
- Reflect on the role of the Registered Nurse in maximising EBP across the healthcare organisation.
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2019 are no longer published.
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