Overview
This unit is directed at extending student's knowledge of pharmacology and explores principles covering medication management within advanced nursing practice. The first module seeks to extend students knowledge of fundamental pharmacological principles of medication management which can be adopted and utilized in the advanced practice setting. Students will use the … For more content click the Read More button below.
The second module extends students' knowledge of social, political and ethical principles of medication management, and allows the student to explore how these principles are applied in the advanced practice setting. The concepts of pain management, adverse drug reactions and medication use across the lifespan will be considered. Students will individualise the use of the clinical decision making process as the framework for gathering and organizing medication information, planning, prescribing, administering, documenting and evaluation to suit their own practice needs. Students will extend their knowledge of the learning and teaching strategies for patient education and the government policies that are relevant to nurse prescribing. Commonwealth and State laws affecting the control of medication will also be applied to the advanced practice setting. Students will address the socio-cultural and ethical issues that affect the relationship between the nurse practitioner and patient, and will examine the style and required particulars for written prescriptions. Equipped with this knowledge, students will be expected to critically review the application of clinical pharmacology to their specific area of advanced practice.
Offerings
S2-01-PENINSULA-FLEXIBLE
Requisites
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Rules
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Contacts
Chief Examiner(s)
Mrs Judy Clayton
Unit Coordinator(s)
Mrs Judy Clayton
Teaching approach
Active learning
Assessment summary
Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.
This unit is exempt from the grading and results update provision to offer supplementary assessments. Check the grading and results update page to find out which teaching periods this exemption applies to.
Assessment
1 - Mid-semester on-line examination (One hour examination - 1,000 words equivalent)
2 - Participation in online discussions (1,000 words equivalent)
3 - Final examination (3 hours and 10 mins - 3,000 words equivalent)
4 - Portfolio activities (4,000 words equivalent)
5 - Online quiz assessment (One hour quiz - Pass/Fail)
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