NURS8750 Emergency Nursing Practice (PEP)

Dr Karen Hammad

2016

4.5

24 x 8-hour clinical placements per semester
6 x 2-hour on-line exercises per semester
6 x 1-hour on-line lectures per semester

1 Admission into GCACNGEN-Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing (Emergency)
1a Admission into GDPNGEN-Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Emergency)
1b Admission into MNGEN-Master of Nursing (Emergency)
1c Admission into GDPNGEN-Graduate Diploma in Nursing (Emergency)
1d Admission into GCNGEN-Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Emergency Nursing)
1e Admission into MNG/CCC-Master of Nursing by coursework (Coursework and Clinical)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e))

NURS8740 - Foundations for Responding to Clinical Deterioration Across the Lifespan

NURS8504 has been successfully completed

Assignment(s); Placement; Test(s).

In this topic, students will explore core aspects of providing care in the emergency care setting. They will examine the professionalism of emergency nurses and current trends in this area. Whilst undertaking professional experience placement in the emergency care setting, students will develop their understanding of concepts which underpin emergency care nursing practice including; patient assessment in the emergency care setting, triage, trauma and disaster preparedness.

The aim of this topic is for students to develop specialised knowledge for application in an emergency care environment

On successful completion of this topic students will be able to:

Analyse and explain the current local and global trends affecting emergency health care
Articulate a critique of the principles of trauma management
Apply knowledge of the mechanisms of injury in trauma patients to practice
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the role of the emergency care setting across the disaster cycle
Synthesize and apply recognised patient assessment frameworks in the emergency care setting
Demonstrate critical selection and application of triage scales to patients presenting to the emergency department
Demonstrate advanced theoretical knowledge and skills when triaging presenting patients following a mass casualty event

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.

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