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Discipline Studies in Nursing
Enrolment code: CNA105
Offered: Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
Uses a diverse range of mediums to examine the origins, culture and politics of nursing
over time.
Staff: Ms S Brennan (Coordinator), other tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 1-hr lecture, 1-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks);
Assess: written paper(s) totalling 4,000 words
Required: Reader
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Health Care Where People Live and Work
Enrolment code: CNA126
Offered: Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
Draws on the World Health Organisation’s Primary Health Care approach as outlined in
the Alma Ata Declaration (1978) and also examines contemporary public health
developments. The unit title Health Care Where People Live and Work is part of the WHO
definition of Primary Health Care and is explored literally and broadly. Our own health
experiences and behaviour provide the basis for developing our understanding of health
and health care in our communities. The unit provides foundation public health concepts
for integration into professional practice.
Staff: Mr G Crack
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 1-hr lecture, 2-hr tutorial weekly (13 wks)
M.excl: HGE126
Assess: 1,000-word assignment (40%), 2,000-word assignment (60%)
Required: tba
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Courses: [H3D] [M3H] [R3A] [R3C] [R3K]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Health Care Physical Assessment
Enrolment code: CNA127
Offered: Ltn: sem 2
Special note: students undertake up to 10 days clinical practice in various health care agencies
around the State
Unit description:
Health assessment is regarded as a core component of nursing practice and a holistic
approach incorporating physical assessment will be developed. Areas covered include; a
systems approach to full physical assessment; universal assessment process; rapid primary
assessment; initial assessment; focused assessments. Opportunities for skill development
and practice in assessment will be provided in a supportive environment.
Staff: Mr G Crack, Ms A Marlow, Ms J Spencer, Ms H McDermott
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 1-hr lecture, 3-hr workshop, 2-hr practicum weekly
Assess: 2-hr multiple choice exam (50%), practical assessment skills exam (20%), complete
health assessment (30%), successful completion of 10 days clinical practice
Required: Jarvis C, Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 4th edn, Saunders, 2003
Jarvis C, Student Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 4th edn,
Saunders, 2003
Courses: [M3H] [R3A] [R3C] [R3K]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Communication: Working with the Patient’s
Perspective
Enrolment code: CNA128
Offered: Ltn: sem 2 [by web]
Unit description:
Consists of four modules: Module 1 introduces students to the importance of
incorporating a psychological approach to Nursing; Module 2 deals with some important
dilemmas in Nursing such as ‘mind over matter’ issues; Module 3 explores the challenge
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of being ill and the trajectories of adjustments; Module 4 examines the business of
nursing communication and negotiation and encourages and assists students to
appropriately and professionally explain the therapeutics of care to patients.
Staff: Prof P Salmon (Univ of Liverpool), Prof G Farrell, Mc Bobrowski
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: online via WebCT
Assess: 4 assessment items (one per module)
Required: Salmon P, Psychology of Medicine and Surgery. A Guide for Psychologists,
Counsellors, Nurses, and Doctors, John Wiley, Chichester, 2000
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Research And Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing
Enrolment code: CNA205
Offered: Ltn: sem 2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: may be available online from 2004
Unit description:
Introduces students to the research process; the importance of research in different spheres
of nursing and the relationship between evidence based practice and improved health
outcomes. The unit enables students to understand a variety of research strategies, the
data generated and to evaluate and critique research reports and literature.
Staff: Ms C Bobrowski
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2-hr lecture, 1-hr seminar weekly (10 wks)
Assess: 2-hr exam, written assignment
Required: tba
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Supportive Care in Hospital and Community
Settings 1
Enrolment code: CNA215
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Offered: Ltn: sem 1
Special note: students will be required to undertake 4 single practice days prior to 3 weeks clinical
practice
Unit description:
An exploration of health issues associated with chronic and episodic illness. The unit
builds on studies undertaken in year one and is designed to further develop a substantive
framework of knowledge and skills, utilising individual case studies and experiential
learning. Students have the opportunity to be in practice in hospital and community
settings in a field based experiential curriculum.
Staff: Ms L Venter (Coordinator), Ms J Sondermeyer, Ms H McDermott, others tba
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 2x1-hr lectures, 3-hr clincal lab weekly (10 wks), 3 wks clinical practice in
either hospital or community settings; students will be allocated to clinical placements
based on quotas and consultation with health care agencies for each region. Students are
expected to travel and study where the clinical places are available.
Prereq: CNA126, CNA127
Assess: medication exam (pass/fail), episodes of practice, skills assessment, performance in
practice (pass/fail)
Required: Perry A & Potter P, Clinical Nursing, Skills and Techniques, 5th edn, Mosby, 2002
ANCinc, National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse, 3rd edn., Canberra, 2000
From the web at <http://www.anci.org.au/competencystandards.htm>
Gatford,JD & Anderson RE, Nursing Calculations, Churchill Livingstone, Melb, 1994
Medication Management, CDRom
Another tba
Recommend: Black L, Hawks L & Keene A., Medical–Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management
for Positive Outcomes, 6th edn, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2001
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Supportive Care in Hospital and Community
Settings 2
Enrolment code: CNA226
Offered: Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Continues the exploration of health issues associated with chronic and episodic illness.
The unit builds on studies undertaken in semester one year two and is designed to further
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develop a substantive framework of knowledge and skills, utilising individual case studies
and experiential learning. Students have the opportunity to be in practice in hospital and
community settings in a field based experiential curriculum.
Staff: Ms L Venter (Coordinator), Ms J Sondermeyer, Ms H McDermott, others tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 1-hr lecture, 2-hr workshop weekly (10 wks), 3 wks clinical practice in
either hospital or community settings; students will be allocated to clinical placements
based on quotas and consultation with health care agencies for each region. Students are
expected to travel and study where the clinical places are available.
Prereq: CNA127, CXA181
Coreq: CXA282
Assess: clinical inquiry, performance in practice (pass/fail), medication assignment
Required: ANCinc, National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse, 3rd edn.,
Canberra, 2000
From the web at <http://www.anci.org.au/competencystandards.htm>
Gatford,JD & Anderson RE, Nursing Calculations, Churchill Livingstone, Melb, 1994
Medication Management, CDRom
Another tba
Recommend: Black L, Hawks L & Keene A., Medical–Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management
for Positive Outcomes, 6th edn, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2001
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Child and Adolescent Health
Enrolment code: CNA245
Offered: Ltn: sem 1, dist.ed: sem 1
Unit description:
Explores a broad range of health related issues and theories about children and
adolescents within a health promomtion framework. The unit covers an introduction to
the multi-disciplinary field of child and adolescent health care with consideration of the
context in which children grow and develop.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: face-to-face tutorials; post-registration students may complete the unit
either face to face or by distance education (electronically)
Assess: 2x1,500-word assignments (50% ea)
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Required: Reader
Courses: [H3D] [M3H]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Perspectives on Ageing
Enrolment code: CNA246
Offered: Ltn: sem 2 [by web] dist.ed: sem 2
Unit description:
Seeks to problematise the field of aged care and to promote the students’ independence in
learning. The unit consists of two modules which develop: understanding of the lived
experiences of aged persons who are able to live independently or with some community
support, through conversations, stories and literature; an interest in and understanding of
the issues surrounding the health and well-being of the aged in Australia; and, critical
insights into contemporary research and practice, and policy development in aged care.
Staff: Mr A Robinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: (10 wks) tba
Assess: 2x1,500-word essays (50% ea)
Required: Bevan C & Jeeawody B, Successful Ageing. Perspectives on Health and Social
Construction, Mosby, 1998.
Majors: Social Ecology
Courses: [H3D] [M3H] [R3A]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
Enrolment code: CNA308
Offered: [by web] Ltn: sem 1 Hbt: sem 1 NWC: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: the unit may also be offered as a summer school (accelerated pathway)
Unit description:
Explores legal issues and bioethics in health care. Contemporary areas of the law and
bioethics most relevant to health care are examined. Students are encouraged to engage
critically with related questions, issues and concerns that create tensions in the provision
of health care. This unit uses advanced information and communication technologies to
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ensure students interactive engagements with the teaching material, their lecturers and
other students. Use of this information and communication technology will prepare the
student to function in an increasingly technology-dependent health care industry.
Staff: Mr L Smith (Nursing), Dr K Atkins (Philosophy)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: www (students receive a learning package that uses the internet and
multi-media resources)
Assess: online tutorial work and written submission
Required: Bioethics Reader developed by DR Kim Atkins
Forrester K & Griffiths D, Essentials of Health Law for Health Professionals, Harcourt, Syd,
2001
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H3D] [M3H]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Professional Issues in Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA309
Offered: [by web] Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2, NWC: sem 2
Special note: the unit may also be offered as a summer school (accelerated pathway)
Unit description:
Focuses on exploring contemporary issues in health care, the law and nursing. Students
are assisted to engage critically with related questions, issues and concerns that create
tensions in nursing practice. Consideration is given to the social and political contexts of
health care, and students are encouraged to incorporate a developing critique of
professionalisation processes. Student experiences in clinical practice are examined to
explore the implications and challenges of the law to the profession of nursing
Staff: Mr L Smith (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: www (students receive a learning package that uses the internet and
multi-media resources)
Assess: online tutorial work and written submission
Required: Daly L, Speedy S & Jackson D, Context of Nursing: an introduction, Maclennan &
Petty, Syd, 2000
Forrester K & Griffiths D, Essentials of Health Law for Health Professionals, Harcourt, Syd,
2001
Recommend: tba
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Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Acute Care Nursing
Enrolment code: CNA315
Offered: Hbt: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem 2, Ltn: may be taken in
summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem 2, NWC: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem
2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: students are required to be available five days a week, including early mornings and
evenings, to undertake clinical practice in hospital settings. This unit may be available interstate
and overseas; and may be offered as a summer school (accelerated pathway or two-year BN
pathway).
Unit description:
Students will be in a variety of acute care settings where they are supervised to care for
individuals and families who require interventions within an acute care setting. The unit
provides an opportunity for students to explore the theoretical understandings of: illness,
pathophysiology, and pharmacology, nursing therapeutics, assessment and nursing
management. Students will be assessed in practice according to the Australian Nursing
Council (ANC) criteria for beginning level competence.
Staff: Ms J Sondermeyer, Ms J Barnard, Ms A Marlow
Unit weight: 37.5%
Teaching pattern: (quotas) — 24 hrs clinical practice weekly, 1-hr lecture, 2-hr tutorial
weekly (10 wks)
Prereq: CNA215, CNA226, CXA282, CXA284
Assess: tba
Required: Galbraith A, Bullock S & Manias E, Fundamentals of Pharmacology: A Textbook for
Nurses and Allied Health Professionals, 2nd edn, Addison-Wesley, Syd, 1997
Haslett C, Chilvers E et al, Davidson’s Principles and Practice of Medicine, 18th edn, Churchill
Livingstone, Syd, 1999
Medication Management, CDRom
Recommend: Burkitt H, Quick C & Gatt D, Essential Surgery Problems, Diagnosis and
Management, 3rd edn, Churchill Livingstone, Syd, 2002
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Community Practice
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Unit details [CNA]
Enrolment code: CNA316
Offered: Hbt: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem 2, Ltn: may be taken in
summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem 2, NWC: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 OR sem
2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: students are required to be available 5 days a week, including early mornings and
evenings, to attend clinical prractice; the unit may be offered as a summer school (accelerated
pathway)
Unit description:
Focuses on a primary health care and health promotion approach to studying nursing
practice in various community and mental health care settings. The unit consists of two
modules (Community Health Nursing and Mental Health Nursing), giving students
comprehensive experience and enabling them to gain appropriate knowledge and skills in
both modules. Students are exposed to a range of situations and health care settings where
they can expect to gain competence within the full range of Australian Nursing Council
(ANC) competencies.
Staff: Ms J Spencer (Coordinator), Ms H Noble, Ms M Wilton
Unit weight: 37.5%
Teaching pattern: tba
Assess: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H3D]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
Enrolment code: CNA400
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2 Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Unit description:
For details, contact Faculty of Health Science
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Nursing Inquiry in Practice
Enrolment code: CNA405
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, NWC: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
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Unit description:
Provides advanced professional study, the focus of which is a research driven, in-depth
study of a field of nursing practice. The experiential curriculum draws on scientific,
interpretative and critical theoretical positions which are the subject of a series of
seminars, tutorials and other teaching and learning strategies which enable students to
explore their practice.
Staff: Dr A Robinson (Coordinator), Prof G Farrell, Dr J Sankey, Dr C Parkinson, Ms J
Sondermeyer, Ms D Fassett, Dr S Brennan, Ms C Handley, Ms C Bobrowski, Mr L Smith,
Ms L Venter, Mr G Crack, Ms J Spencer
Unit weight: 30%
Teaching pattern: comprising clinical practicum of 196 hrs minimum, and 3 hrs
seminars/tutorial weekly
Prereq: grade point average of credit or above in 2nd and 3rd year of BN or equiv
Assess: 6,000-word paper
Courses: [H4A]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Research Seminars and Project
Enrolment code: CNA435
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, NWC: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Unit description:
Provides students with research training relevant to nursing, and prepares them for a
higher nursing degree, by research. Students conduct research into a field of nursing
practice which is informed and supported by a series of collaborative seminars which
provide them with a forum to discuss and judge their research critically. The seminars
consider methods, research design, data collection, analysis, interpretation and
publication.
Staff: Dr A Robinson (Coordinator), Ms D Fassett, Prof G Farrell, Dr C Parkinson, Ms J
Sondermeyer, Mr L Smith, Ms C Bobrowski, Dr J Sankey, Dr S Brennan, Ms L Venter, Ms J
Spencer, Mr G Crack
Unit weight: 70%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs tutorials weekly
Prereq: grade point average of credit or above in 2nd and 3rd year of BN or equiv
Assess: 15,000-18,000-word research thesis and an oral defence of this research thesis
(100%)
Recommend: Grbich C, Qualitative Research in Health: An Introduction, Allen & Unwin, NSW,
1999
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Crotty M, The Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process,
Allen & Unwin, NSW, 1998
Courses: [H4A]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Research and Project Management in Clinical
Nursing
Enrolment code: CNA701
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: offered every 2 years, statewide
Unit description:
Provide students with the foundational knowledge required to appreciate and implement
practical approaches to clinical research. Students will discuss and debate various issues
associated with research in their clinical area and increase their knowledge base in relation
to the practice of research. Students will be expected to become educated consumers of
research and demonstrate an understanding of the research process by formulating a
project proposal. The unit will consist of three modules based on ‘conceptualising
research’, ‘developing a research focus’ and ‘demonstrating project management
methodology’.
Staff: Ms C Bobrowski (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 6 full-day study days, 4x2 regional tutorials, and teleconferencing.
Assess: literature review 2,000 words (20%), methodology paper 2,000 words (30%), project
proposal 2,500 words (50%)
Required: Daly J, Kellehear A & Gliksman M, The Public Health Researcher, OUP, Sydney,
1998
Recommend: Polit D & Beck C, Nursing Research Principle and Methods, 7th edn, Lippincott
Williams & Wilkins, Sydney, 2004
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Professional and Organisational Frameworks in
Nursing Care Delivery
Enrolment code: CNA702
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Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Comprises three modules. Module One examines the management and education of
patients and personal resources. Module Two addresses research in clinical practice.
Module Three explores outcomes management as it applies to clinical practice.
Approaches to understanding practice in nursing will be discussed having students
engage in the process of concept clarification as it relates to their own speciality.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 3-hr weekly seminar, (13 weeks)
Assess: progressive management exercises (35%) clinical practice outcomes management
case study (20%) research discussion plan paper (25%)
Required: Gillis A & Jackson W, Research for Nurses: Methods and Interpretations, Davis
Company, 2001
Wojner A, Outcomes Management: Applications to Clinical Practice, Mosby, 2001.
Yoder-Wise P, Leading and Managing in Nursing, 2nd edn, Mosby, 1999
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Population Health
Enrolment code: CNA703
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Introduces students to basic epidemiology and to a population-based approach to health
issues, particularly in rural and regional contexts. It equips students to gather, analyse and
apply population data at a community level, to undertake community consultation, and to
design and evaluate population-based health interventions. The unit utilises basic research
tools and data analysis techniques. Topics covered include causation and risk, infectious
disease control, injury control, health promotion, and harm minimisation.
Staff: Ms B Newman
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: study days, regional tutorials/workshops, video-conferencing
Assess: minor 1,000-word research project (25%), major 3,000-word project report (50%)
presentation (25%)
Required: tba
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Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Contemporary Issues in Aged Care
Enrolment code: CNA704
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Focuses on contemporary issues and debates specifically related to service delivery in the
aged care sector. The impacts of policy development on the delivery of professional
services to older people are studied in detail, as are the theory and practice of
organisational development in aged care service delivery. The unit has a particular focus
on developing a critical perspective on change in aged care with respect to: demographic
projections and the implications for service delivery; quality assurance, accreditation and
evidence based practice in aged care; funding models and their impact on practice, and;
issues in the coordination of care for elderly people.
Staff: Dr A Robinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: lectures regional tutorials, via webct through the WWW
Assess: 2 x 3,000-word papers
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Professional Issues in Midwifery Practice
Enrolment code: CNA707
Offered: Ltn: sem 1 Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Provides students with an opportunity to explore cultural, political, historical and
professional issues in midwifery. Students examine the impact of these issues upon
midwifery practice, and are encouraged to analyse and critique the differing models of
midwifery care through critical reflective processes.
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Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: lectures, small group work , tutorials and self directed learning
Coreq: CNA708
Assess: 1,500-word assignment (40%), 2,000-word assignment (60%)
Required: Book of readings
Recommend: Australian College of Midwives Incorporated (ed), Competency Standards for
Midwives, 1989
Australian College of Midwives Incorporated (ed), Code of Ethics, 1995
Australian College of Midwives Incorporated (ed), Standards for the Practice of Midwifery,
1998
Barclay L & Jones L, Midwifery Trends and Practice in Australia, Churchill Livingstone,
Melb, 1996
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Research in Midwifery
Enrolment code: CNA708
Offered: Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Introduces registered midwives to the use of disciplined inquiry in midwifery practice.
Students have the opportunity to develop an understanding of quality improvement
mechanisms and the research process.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: small group work , tutorials and self directed learning
Assess: literature review, research/quality improvement proprosal
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Ethical, Cultural and Spiritual Perspectives of
Palliative Care
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Enrolment code: CNA709
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: student should be a Registered Nurse, or Allied Health Worker, or Palliative Care
Volunteer
Unit description:
Explores the role of the practitioner in the identification of social, emotional, cultural and
spiritual need and the provision of holistic care during the experience of terminal illness
within a research directed framework. The unit is comprised of four modules: cultural
beliefs and practices, loss and the work of grieving, ethical considerations, and spiritual
care. This unit approaches the person and family holistically and anticipates the function
of health professionals within the interdisciplinary team.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Administrator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: whole group study days and regional learning sets, videoconferencing
tutorials and experiential learning in palliative care units within and outside the state;
(equiv to 6 hrs per week plus a minimum of 300 hrs critically reviewed clinical practice)
Assess: presentation and research-based paper (40%) reflective essay and analysis (40%)
debate/tutorial participation (20%)
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Biological and Psychological Treatments in Mental
Care
Enrolment code: CNA715
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Provides students with an overview of neurobiological concepts. Subjects covered include:
neurophysiology and neuroanatomy. The unit introduces students to psychological
treatments for mental health problems, either as stand alone interventions or in
combination with drug therapy. Students will be introduced to a cognitive behaviour
therapy (CBT) model.
Staff: Dr D Geraghty and tba
Unit weight: 25%
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Teaching pattern: study days, regional tutorials, video-conferencing (equivto 3 hrs per
week.)
Assess: tba
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Geriatric Assessment
Enrolment code: CNA716
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
For details of this course please contact the School of Nursing.
Unit weight: 25%
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Management of the Palliative Care Patient
Enrolment code: CNA717
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Explores chronic and progressive degenerative illness and its impact on individuals and
their families. The unit comprises four modules; science of chronicity, terminal care in
advanced chronic illness, paediatric palliative care, and basing practice on evidence. This
unit approaches the person and family holistically and anticipates the nursing function
within the interdisciplinary team. Competency based practice is developed by the
methodologies within the learning experiences in both the educational and clinical
settings.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Administrator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: whole group study days and regional learning sets, videoconferencing
tutorials and experiential learning in palliative care units within and outside the state;
(equiv to 6 hrs per week plus a minimum of 300 hrs critically reviewed clinical practice)
Prereq: CNA718
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Assess: formative tests (35%) clinical essay (25%) tutorial assessment (10%) portfolio of
clinical experience (30%)
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Palliative Care Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA718
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Explores the foundations of palliative management of malignant and non malignant
disease and its impact on individuals and their families. The unit is comprised of five
modules: Principles and Practice of Palliation; Applied Therapeutic Communication in
Palliative Care; Holistic Palliative Assessment and Clinical Decision Making and
Judgement; Pain Management and; Symptom Control in Palliative Care. This unit
approaches the person and family holistically and anticipates the nursing function within
the interdisciplinary team.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Administrator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: four weekend schools alternating between Launceston and Hobart
Campus: 1 19-20 July, Hbt; 2 16-17 August., Ltn; 3 13-14 September, Hbt; 4 4-5 October,
Ltn
Assess: 5 module assessments (20% ea)
Required: Ferrell & Coyle, Textbook of Palliative Nursing, OUP 2002, ISBN 0195135741
Aranda, S & O’Connor M, Palliative Care Nursing: A Guide to Practice,Ausmed 2002, ISBN
095871715X
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Health Assessment in Rural/Remote
Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA719
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Unit details [CNA]
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Participants learn and practice how to conduct and document a systems based full
physical examination. Audio-visual, theoretical and practical sessions will be utilised.
Areas to be covered include: History taking; General survey, measurement and vital signs;
Skin, hair and nails; Head and neck, including regional lymphatics; Eyes; Ears; Nose,
mouth and throat; Breast and axilla, including regional lymphatics; Thorax and lungs;
Heart and neck vessels; Peripheral vascular system and lymphatics; Abdomen;
Musculoskeletal system; Neurologic system; Genitalia, anus, rectum and prostate.
Staff: Mr G Crack (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: study days, regional tutorials, video-conferencing, assessment day
Prereq: CNA718
Assess: A multiple choice exam, practice scenarios, submission of completed Chapters 5
and 25 of Jarvis C, Student Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment,
3rd edn, WB Saunders, 2000
Required: Jarvis C, Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 3rd edn, WB Saunders,
2000
Jarvis C, Student Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 3rd edn,
WB Saunders, 2000
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Cancer Nursing Theory
Enrolment code: CNA720
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Consists of two parts. The first concentrates on ‘cancer the disease’, its nature, spread and
manifestations, and the second focuses on contemporary debates on cancer prevention
strategies and screening. Epidemiological issues and pathophysiological concepts will be
explored prior to an overview of contemporary approaches to care.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks)
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Unit details [CNA]
Assess: 2 x 2,000-word assignments focusing on a current clinical issue in cancer nursing
(50% ea)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Management of the Cancer Patient Theory
Enrolment code: CNA721
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Focuses on the impact of cancer and its treatment on the individual and the family.
Students are encouraged to develop understandings and issues related to cancer as a
chronic illness. The meanings that cancer holds for individuals and families are explored
using a variety of methods.
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: seminars, video-conferencing
Assess: 2 x 2,000-word assignments focusing on a current clinical issue in cancer nursing
(50% ea)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Cancer Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA722
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Focuses on the nursing management of cancer patients. The emphasis is on experiential
learning emerging out of practice. Nursing interventions necessary for the patient with
symptoms of advanced cancer and the various treatments are explored. Competencies
required for effective cancer nursing are incorporated into the unit. The practicum will be
arranged on a contract basis.
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks), seminars, video-conferencing and study days
Assess: (a) data from a journal reflecting on all aspects of the student’s practice — taking
the form of a 3,500-4,000-word essay, (b) the achievement of selected specialist nursing
competencies
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Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Management of the Cancer Patient Practice
Enrolment code: CNA723
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Builds on CNA722. The emphasis is on developing and extending the knowledge and
competencies for effective cancer nursing. Students have the opportunity to select practice
areas within the broad field of cancer nursing and to work with preceptors in an
experiential inpractice curriculum.
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: seminars, video-conferencing
Assess: 2 x 2,000-word assignments focusing on a current clinical issue in cancer nursing
(50% ea)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Emergency Management in Rural/Remote Nursing
Practice
Enrolment code: CNA724
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: part time employment (120 hrs/semester) in an agency providing care and support to
elderly people.
Unit description:
Provides Registered Nurses with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide a high
standard of first line emergency care in rural and regional health settings. It consists of 5
modules: Professional, legal and ethical issues; First line emergency assessment and
management; Emergency drugs; Advanced life support; and Administration of parenteral
fluids.
The unit builds on CNA719 Advanced Health Assessment.
Staff: tba (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
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Unit details [CNA]
Teaching pattern: workshops, video-conferencing, assessment day
Assess: Written examination (short answer, multiple choice and scenarios) (50%),
simulated assessment and management of clinical emergencies (50%)
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Healthy Ageing
Enrolment code: CNA725
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: part time employment (120 hrs/semester) in an agency providing care and support to
elderly people.
Unit description:
Explores ageing as a normal process with a focus on developing student’s understanding
of the process of ageing and their skills in the health assessment of elderly people. The
intent is to enable students to differentiate between changes associated with the ageing
process and those associated with pathology when assessing clients and managing
nursing care across a variety of contexts. An introductory consideration of major
psychological and patho-physiological changes potentially encountered by ageing
individuals will be undertaken by way of contrasting them to normal ageing. Topics
addressed will include: life stages; ageing and physical function; ageing and cognition;
sexuality; sensory impairment; sleep, and; continence. The unit will also involve a clinical
practicum with a focus on further developing students assessment skills and
understanding of the ageing process.
Staff: Dr A Robinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: study days; regional tutorials; video-conferencing
Assess: clinical exam, 3,000-word paper, 3,000-word case study
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Health Assessment and Ageing
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Unit details [CNA]
Enrolment code: CNA726
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: part time employment (120 hrs/semester) in an agency providing care and support to
elderly people.
Unit description:
Builds on CNA725 Healthy Ageing. The focus is on students developing their assessment
skills and clinical practice in the context of a consideration of issues related to key
pathophysiological and psychopathological alterations in the elderly people’s health
status. In the course of the unit case studies of elderly people will be employed to examine
issues such as: challenging behaviours; depression; communication; nutrition
incontinence; mobility; skin integrity; pain; chronic & acute illness; polypharmacy.
Concurrent participation in a clinical practicum will inform students’ exploration of these
issues and the development of their assessment skills
Staff: Dr A Robinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: study days; regional tutorials; video-conferencing
Prereq: CNA725
Assess: assignment, case study
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H6F] [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Immunisation Education for Registered Nurses
Enrolment code: CNA727
Offered: flexible: may be taken in sem 1 OR sem 2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: offered to GradDipN students, available as a non-award unit to other nursing
students; the unit is offered statewide
Unit description:
Provides registered nurses with the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practical experience
required to practice as accredited nurse immunisers. The unit content addresses the
theoretical foundations of immunisation, and the clinical theory and practice of
immunisation, as recommended by the National Guidelines for Immunisation Education,
Commonwealth of Australia.
Staff: Ms K. Walkem (Coordinator) and a teaching team from the Public Health division of
the DHHS
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Unit details [CNA]
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: flexible mode, including lecture notes, regional tutorial, seminar day,
supporting material and supervised clinical experience.
Assess: theory and practice: formal exam and clinical supervision, and written activities
Required: NHMRC Immunisation Handbook (latest edn).
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Food, Culture and Health
Enrolment code: CNA728
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: offered to GradDipN students, available as a non-award unit to other nursing
students; the unit is offered statewide
Unit description:
Consists of four individual modules that together provide graduate nursing students with
the opportunity to develop an understanding of the connections between food, culture
and health within a global perspective. The unit provides a broad overview of many of the
current debates occurring in an increasingly nutrition conscious world. The unit places
changes to nursing practice, in relation to infant feeding, young child and family diet,
within a cultural and historical context. Students are encouraged to understand food
related health issues as the result of the interplay between complex social, cultural,
political and historical factors. At the completion of the unit students will have developed
an insight into the food crisis in the developing world and its effects upon maternal and
child health. As well students will have an increased awareness of the social and cultural
factors which have historically impacted upon infant and young child diets in Australia
and, therefore, child health nursing, paediatric nursing and midwifery practice.
Staff: Dr S Brennan, Ms K Walkem
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: a total for 4 study days; flexible
Assess: oral presentation, equiv 1,500 words on specified topic (40%), written 2,500-word
paper (60%)
Required: Book of Readings
Recommend: Germov J & Williams L, A Sociology of Food and Nutrition, OUP, 1999
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
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Responding to Domestic Violence
Enrolment code: CNA729
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: restricted to GradDipN students; unit is offered statewide
Unit description:
Consists of four individual modules. Module One provides students with introductory
information in relation to definitions, scope, and context. Module two focuses on issues
surrounding the recognition of domestic violence. Module three examines the role of
nurses in responding to domestic violence. Module four provides a framework for safe
work practice. This unit will assist nurses and other health professionals to identify and
respond appropriately to family violence situations.
Staff: Dr S Brennan, Ms K Walkem
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: comprehensive self-directed learning package provided at the beginning
of semester 2; 2 x 2-day workshops.
Assess: 2 x 2,500-word (approx) written papers
Required: Book of Readings
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Promoting Health in Child & Family Health:
Theoretical Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA730
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Encourages students to critically explore the historical and sociological development of the
family in Australia as well as the development of nursing child health services. Examines
some of the philosophies which have underpinned changes in health policies directed
towards families and analyses the many different meanings ‘family’ holds for present day
Australians.
Staff: Ms S Brennan
Unit weight: 12.5%
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Unit details [CNA]
Teaching pattern: flexible study mode — which may include statewide study days, regional
tutorials
Assess: written work and student presentations totalling 4 to 5,000 words
Required: book of readings
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Approaches to Child Development in Child &
Family Health: Theoretical Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA731
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Provides a theoretical understanding of child and adolescent growth and development.
Psycho-analytic, behavioural, humanist and cognitive theories are explored and critiqued.
As well the theoretical base of surveillance and screening practices is explored.
Staff: Ms S Brennan
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 6 hrs weekly (13 wks), seminars, video-conferencing and study days
Assess: written work and presentations totalling 4 to 5,000 words
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Promoting Health in Child & Family Health:
Practice Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA732
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Focuses on the preparation of beginning practitioners in family and child nursing.
Knowledge and skills in communication techniques used by nurses in this area are
developed. Breastfeeding, artificial feeding, infant, toddler, and family diets are
examined and related competencies met.
Staff: Ms S Brennan
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Unit details [CNA]
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: study days and workshops
Assess: in practice assessment of communication skills (20%), take-home exam (50%),
reflective paper/oral exam (30%)
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Approaches to Child Development in Child &
Family Health: Practice Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA733
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Focuses on the development of student competency in health assessment, screening and
child development in preparation for independent practice within the increasingly
complex of family and child health nursing.
Staff: Ms S Brennan
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 6 hrs weekly (13 wks), seminars, video-conferencing and study days
Assess: take-home exam (70%), reflective paper/oral exam (30%)
Courses: [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Working with the Woman During and After a
Normal Birth
Enrolment code: CNA734
Offered: Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Provides students with the knowledge to work with the woman and her family during
labour and the first post partum days, including assessment of the newborn.
Underpinning this course is a belief that childbirth is essentially a normal and problem
free process. The unit encourages students to develop attitudes which respect and
support women in the decisions they make regarding their birthing experience. Students
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develop the skills necessary to provide women centred care and guidance during the
birthing experience.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: lectures, tutorials and self directed learning, practicum
Prereq: CNA707, CNA788, CNA789
Coreq: CNA735
Assess: 1 assignment, examination, case study
Required: Sweet B & Tirich D (eds), Mayes’ Midwifery: A Textbook for Midwives, Bailliere
Tindall, Syd, 1997
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Baby Care Following Birth
Enrolment code: CNA735
Offered: Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Focuses on the care of the woman and her baby following birth. Physiological and
psychosocial adaptation of the woman and her baby are included. Infant feeding,
promotion and establishment of breastfeeding and early parenting issues are explored.
The unit also covers the special needs of women after a complicated birth.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: lectures, tutorials, small group work, practicum
Prereq: CNA707, CNA788, CNA789
Coreq: CNA734
Assess: 1 assignment, 1 take-home exam
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Working with the Woman During and After a
Complicated Birth
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Unit details [CNA]
Enrolment code: CNA736
Offered: Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Provides an opportunity to examine the midwives’ responsibility to provide safe care
during labour and birth. The unit considers at-risk and complicated situations that may
endanger the health of either the woman or her fetus/neonate. Emphasis is on working
with women to achieve appropriate referral to and collaboration with other members of
the health care team to enhance the outcomes for mother and family.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: lectures, tutorials, small group work, practicum
Prereq: CNA707, CNA788, CNA789, CNA734, CNA735
Coreq: CNA737
Assess: 2 assignments, portfolio
Required: Sweet B (ed), Mayes’ Midwifery: A textbook for Midwives, Bailliere Tindall, Syd,
1998
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
The Baby Who Experiences Problems
Enrolment code: CNA737
Offered: Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Provides students with the necessary knowledge and skills to care for sick infants and
their families following birth. Studies include initiating emergency management and
assisting in the stabilising of a sick neonate as well as related social issues. In addition,
emphasis is placed on the psychosocial problems faced by the families of neonates who
require extra care.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: lectures, tutorials and self directed learning, practicum
Prereq: CNA707, CNA788, CNA789, CNA734, CNA735
Coreq: CNA736
Assess: skills assessment, assignment, exam
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Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Introduction to Acute Care Mental Health Nursing:
Theoretical Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA740
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Introduces students to some of the fundamental concepts and key debates in acute mental
health/psychiatric nursing. A main focus is on client assessment and the use of a range of
interventions for clients who are experiencing acute mental disorders. Current trends in
mental health care and the legal and ethical issues as they affect nurses’ practice are also
introduced.
Staff: Dr G Farrell, Mrs C Handley, Mrs C Bobrowski
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 8 study days
Assess: seminar presentation (20%), 2,500-word essay on a topic related to a contemporary
clinical issue (80%)
Required: Glod CA, Contemporary Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: The Brain-Behaviour
Connection, FA Davis, Philadelphia, 1998
Pridmore S, The Psychiatric Interview, Harwood Academic, 2000
Recommend: Clinton M & Nelson S, Advanced Practice in Mental Health, Blackwell, Oxf, 1999
Kaplan IH, Saddock BJ & Grebb JA, Synopsis of Psychiatry, 7th edn, Williams & Wilkins,
Baltimore, 1994
Corsini RJ & Edding D (eds), Current Psychotherapies 4th edn, FE Peacock Publ, 1989
WHO, Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Source Book, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1999
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Introduction to People with Long Term Mental
Illness: Theoretical Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA741
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Unit details [CNA]
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Students focus on the issues, approaches to assessment and forms of intervention
employed in community care settings in conjunction with CNA743. The unit also
considers aspects of rehabilitation in the mental health area, concerning people with long
standing mental health problems.
Staff: Dr G Farrell, Mrs C Handley
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly (13 wks), seminars, video-conferencing and study days
Coreq: CNA743
Assess: seminar presentation (20%), and a resource portfolio (80%)
Required: Glod CA, Contemporary Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: The Brain-Behaviour
Connection, FA Davis, Philadelphia, 1998
Pridmore S, The Psychiatric Interview, Harwood Academic, 2000
Recommend: Puckett A, Community Mental Health, WB Saunders, Syd, 1993
Barker P, Assessment in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: In search of the Whole Person,
Stanley Tomes, Cheltenham, 1997
Clinton M & Nelson S, Advanced Practice in Mental Health, Blackwell, Oxf, 1999
Ekdawi JD & Conning A, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Chapman and Hall, Lond, 1994
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Introduction to Acute Care Mental Health Nursing:
Practice Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA742
Offered: not offered in 2004
Special note: rotational unit
Unit description:
Encourages students to move beyond psychiatric nomenclature and to begin to appreciate
illness from the perspective of the client. Students are encouraged to take a critical
reflective approach to care, that is, to question taken-for-granted practices and policies in
order to enhance their sensitivity, refine their skills and discover insights relevant for
expert practice.
Staff: Dr G Farrell, Mrs C Handley
Unit weight: 12.5%
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Unit details [CNA]
Teaching pattern: 8 study days, supervised clinical practice
Assess: problem-based learning packages (30%), 2,000-word essay (40%),
performance-based assessment (30%)
Required: Glod CA, Contemporary Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: The Brain-Behaviour
Connection, FA Davis, Philadelphia, 1998
Pridmore S, The Psychiatric Interview, Harwood Academic, 2000
Recommend: Clinton M & Nelson S, Advanced Practice in Mental Health, Blackwell, Oxf, 1999
Kaplan IH, Saddock BJ & Grebb JA, Synopsis of Psychiatry, 7th edn, Williams & Wilkins,
Baltimore, 1994
Corsini RJ & Edding D (eds), Current Psychotherapies 4th edn, FE Peacock Publ, 1989
WHO, Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Care: A Source Book, Darlinghurst, NSW, 1999
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Introduction to People with Long Term Mental
Illness: Practice Perspectives
Enrolment code: CNA743
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Special note: rotational unit
Unit description:
Builds on CNA742, with the emphasis being placed on critical reflection on practice as the
vehicle for acquiring the beginning level specialist competencies necessary for effective
nursing practice in the area of mental health with a particular emphasis on rehabilitative
mental health nursing.
Staff: Mrs C Handley, Mrs C Bobrowski, Dr G Farrell
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 8 study days, and supervised clinical practice
Assess: case study or rehabilitation project (60%), take-home exam (40%)
Required: Glod CA, Contemporary Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: The Brain-Behaviour
Connection, FA Davis, Philadelphia, 1998
Pridmore S, The Psychiatric Interview, Harwood Academic, 2000
Recommend: Puckett A, Community Mental Health, WB Saunders, Syd, 1993
Barker P, Assessment in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: In search of the Whole Person,
Stanley Tomes, Cheltenham, 1997
Clinton M & Nelson S, Advanced Practice in Mental Health, Blackwell, Oxf, 1999
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Ekdawi JD & Conning A, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Chapman and Hall, Lond, 1994
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Midwifery Practice
Enrolment code: CNA748
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1, dist.ed: sem 1
Special note: A minimum of 120 hours of clinical practicum
Unit description:
Explores and develops advanced knowledge and skills in midwifery. In module 1, the
students are encouraged to engage in critical analysis of contemporary midwifery practice
and utilize the tenets of evidence-based midwifery to inform best practice. In module 2,
students will develop the knowledge and skills to: care for the woman before, during
and after episiotomy; undertake intravenous cannulation in an emergency situation; and
perform neonatal resuscitation and intubation.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 3 hr regional tutorials or tele-conferencing, and study days
Assess: clinical presentation & paper (40%), practice portfolio (60%)
Required: tba
Recommend: a Reader
Courses: [H7C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Discipline Studies in Midwifery
Enrolment code: CNA749
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Special note: enrolment code to be confirmed
Unit description:
Offers midwives the opportunity to explore and develop philosophical and theoretical
perspectives that influence and construct midwifery as a practice discipline. The unit
critiques and challenges the assumptions, values and theories underpinning professional
practice. The students are encouraged to engage in critical analysis of contemporary
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midwifery practice. Issues such as credentialling, evidence-based midwifery practice,
clinical governance, and collaborative relationships will be explored.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 3 hr tutorials and study days plus a minimum of 120 hours of experiential
curriculum practice
Assess: seminar presentation and paper (30%), annotated bibliography & critique (20%),
clinical practice issue paper (50%)
Required: tba
Recommend: tba
Courses: [H7C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Perioperative Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA754
Offered: Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Concentrates on field-based learning within the area of perioperative care. Advanced
clinical skills acquisition in both perioperative care and management context is the main
focus of the unit. Students also complete a clinical practice profile.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, 3–4 days experience in operating rooms throughout the
state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum practice
Coreq: CNA756
Assess: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Management of the Perioperative Patient Practice
Enrolment code: CNA755
Offered: not offered in 2004
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Unit description:
Builds on CNA754, concentrating on advanced field-based studies within the area of
operating room management, including anaesthetics and post-anaesthetic care.
Competency development is furthered, supported by clinical preceptors and clinical
facilitators. Students are also guided by readings, lectures, practical laboratories and case
conferences.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, 3–4 days experience in operating rooms throughout the
state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum practice
Prereq: CNA744
Coreq: CNA747
Assess: 2–3,000-word professional practice portfolio (60%), objective, structured clinical
assessment [OSCA] (40%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Perioperative Nursing Theory
Enrolment code: CNA756
Offered: Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Focuses on nursing and medical science specific to specialist perioperative nursing
practice. Topics include: physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, therapeutics,
anaesthetics and nursing science. These subjects are explored in a contextual fashion in
order to develop an integrated understanding using problem-based learning.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, lectures and tutorials
Coreq: CNA754
Assess: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Management of the Perioperative Patient Theory
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Enrolment code: CNA757
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Builds on and continues the pattern of CNA756. As nursing occurs within the social and
political context of society at large, practical application of theory generated in the
exploration of social and human therapeutics is undertaken in interactive workshops
which address the specialised needs of the perioperative nursing client who is physically
compromised.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, lectures and tutorials
Prereq: CNA754, CNA756
Coreq: CNA755
Assess: 2-hr exam (40%), quality improvement project [QIP] (60%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Paediatric Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA764
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Explores what it means to be a paediatric nurse and situates the practitioner within the
specialty area. Clinical practice strongly guides the unit where meanings may be explored
within an experiential mode of learning. Competency development is built on and
supported by clinical preceptors and clinical facilitators, guided by readings and tutorials.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms K Ford, Mr M Sherring
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, tutorials/laboratory practicals and 3–4 days experience in
paediatric departments through the state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum
practice
Coreq: CNA766
Assess: 3–4,000-word critique of nursing practice (40%), clinical performance based
assessment (50%), tutorial assessment (10%)
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Required: portfolio, including focused narratives, paediatric resuscitation, medication
worksheets, clinical decision making entries, observations of practice, formal interview
(60%), 2 to 3,000 word clinical enquiry (40%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Acute Care Management of the Child & Family
Theory
Enrolment code: CNA765
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
Builds on CNA764. Competency development emerges through clinical rotations in the
paediatric specialty including ambulatory care, neonatal intensive care, clinics, community
and other designated areas. Advanced medical, surgical and psychological nursing
interventions are discussed through case conferences and supported by clinical preceptors
and course facilitator.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms K Ford, Mr M Sherring
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly tutorials/laboratory practicals and 3–4 days experience in
paediatric departments through the state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum
practice
Prereq: CNA764, CNA766
Coreq: CNA767
Assess: 4,000-word complex case study and presentation (100%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Paediatric Nursing Theory
Enrolment code: CNA766
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
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Focuses on the family unit within the social, political and economic influences in Australia.
The unit allows students to explore how their practice is influenced in an acute care
family-centred environment. The development of paediatric nursing as a discipline is
examined and the implications for practice explored in an ever-changing society. The
growth and development of the child from birth to adolescence which underpins the
approach to practice is examined. Students also gain knowledge in pathophysiology,
pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic practices which are related to caring for the child with
alteration in respiratory and GIT status.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms K Ford, Mr M Sherring
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, lectures/tutorials
Coreq: CNA764
Assess: 2 to 3,000-word clinical essay (60%), 2,000-word seminar paper (30%) and
presentation (10%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Acute Care Management of the Child & Family
Practice
Enrolment code: CNA767
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
Builds on and continues the pattern of CNA766. The application of theory generated in the
exploration of social and human therapeutics is undertaken in interactive workshops (eg
palliative care, crisis intervention, grief and loss), addressing the special needs of the child
which is physically and/or emotionally compromised. Students also gain knowledge in
pathophysiology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic practices related to caring for the
child with alterations in gentourinary, musculoskeletal, neurological, haematological,
oncological, metabolic status. The student works on a proposal and develops a best
practice project.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms K Ford, Mr M Sherring
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, lectures/tutorials
Prereq: CNA764, CNA766
Coreq: CNA765
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Assess: portfolio including focused narratives, clinical decision making entries, observation
of practice, structured interview (100%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Critical Care Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA770
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Explores what it means to be a critical care nurse, situating the practitioner within the
specialty area. Clinical practice strongly guides the unit where meanings may be
explored within an experiential mode of learning. Competency development is built on,
supported by clinical preceptors, the clinical facilitator and guided by readings and
tutorials. The unit develops a critical care nurse practitioner who is able to assess the
critically ill patient and prioritise management, applying the concepts of Foundations of
Critical Care Nursing Science CNA772
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms J Lyneham (Coordinator), Ms M
Greenwood, Mr A Brown
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials and 3–4 days experience in
critical care departments through the state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum
practice.
Coreq: CNA772
Assess: practice portfolio (50%), 2 to 3,000-word clinical inquiry (50%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Contemporary Critical Care Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA771
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
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Explores further what it means to be a critical care nurse, situating the practitioner within
the specialty area. This unit complements the Critical Care Nursing Science unit CNA773.
Clinical practice strongly guides the unit where meanings arising from the content
addressed in CNA773 is explored within an experiential mode of learning. Competency
development is built upon utilising advanced problem solving and communication skill,
from CNA770. The unit is supported by clinical preceptors, clinical facilitator and guided
by interactive learning sessions.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms J Lyneham (Coordinator), Ms M
Greenwood, Mr A Brown
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials and 3–4 days experience in
critical care departments through the state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum
practice.
Prereq: CNA770, CNA772
Coreq: CNA773
Assess: professional practice portfolio (100%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Critical Care Nursing Science
Enrolment code: CNA772
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Focuses on exploring foundations of Critical Care nursing science. Content includes
scientific practice issues related to critical care such as principles of positive pressure
ventilation, haemodynamic management of the critically ill patient and the applied
psychological dimensions of critical care practice. Students gain knowledge in the
pathophysiology of respiratory, cardiac, renal and neurological disease processes,
pharmacokinetics, and first line management of emergency situations
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms M Greenwood, Mr A Brown
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials
Coreq: CNA770
Assess: 2 to 3,000-word case study (40%), tutorial (20%), problem-based worksheets (40%)
Required: tba
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Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Contemporary Critical Care Nursing Science
Enrolment code: CNA773
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Special note: rotational unit
Unit description:
Builds on foundations of Critical Care Nursing Science undertaken in CNA772. The
content of this unit focuses on the science related to nursing the critically ill patient with
acute renal, endocrine, GIT, MOSF, obstetric, cardiothoracic and neuro-medical pathology.
The principles of nursing the critically ill child is also examined. The unit covers
management, social, ethical and legal issues of critical care nursing from a local and global
perspective.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms M Greenwood, Mr A Brown
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials
Prereq: CNA770, CNA772
Coreq: CNA771
Assess: 4,000-word complex care case study (70%), presentation (30%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing
Practice
Enrolment code: CNA774
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
Concentrates on field-based learning within the area of neonatal intensive care. Advanced
skills acquisition in acute care contexts is the major focus of the unit, with the theoretical
components of CNA776 Foundations of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Theory being
integrated and applied from a practice perspective. Students are expected to complete a
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practice portfolio over the duration of the unit. This unit focuses on the development of
neonatal intensive nursing care science as a discipline examining the theoretical basis of
embryology, pathophysiology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic practices. The unit
allows students to explore how their practice is influenced in an acute care family-centred
environment.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms C Norris (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, tutorials and 3–4 days experience in the NICU department;
minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum practice
Coreq: CNA776
Assess: 2–3,000-word clinical focus paper (40%), clinical practice compentency assessment
(60%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Perspectives of Nursing the Complex and
Critically Ill Neonate
Enrolment code: CNA775
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Builds on the application of theoretical concepts to clinical practice in CNA774. Clinical
competency development continues to be the focus of the unit with more advanced and
complex nursing management of the sick neonate undertaken. Advanced nursing and
medical management is discussed in both tutorial, interactive workshops, and Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit meetings. The application of therapeutic intervention and the effect of
these applications on nursing practice are examined and the evidence-based practice
model is used to investigate nursing practice.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, tutorials/laboratory practicals and 3–4 days experience in
the NICU department; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum practice
Prereq: CNA774, CNA776
Coreq: CNA777
Assess: practice portfolio (40%), clinical practice based assessment (60%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
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Foundations of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing
Theory
Enrolment code: CNA776
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Special note: rotational unit
Unit description:
Focuses on introducing the student to the science of neonatology and the development of
neonatal intensive nursing care as a discipline. The unit examines the theoretical basis of
embryology, pathophysiology, pharmacokinetics, and therapeutic practices. The unit
allows students to explore how their practice is influenced in an acute care family-centred
environment.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms C Norris (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, lectures/tutorials
Coreq: CNA774
Assess: tutorial paper and presentation (40%), case study (60%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Theoretical Perspectives of Nursing the Complex
and Critically Ill Neonate
Enrolment code: CNA777
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Continues to build on learning undertaken in CNA776. Advanced theoretical concepts
relating to Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing are researched and explored. The application
of advanced therapeutic technologies and agents in Neonatal Intensive Care management
are examined and the effects, both expected and unexpected of those technologies, are
questioned in relation to efficacy, efficiency and patient outcomes. The social and political
context of Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing are also examined. The student works on a
proposal and develops a best practice project.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Ms C Norris (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
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Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, lectures/tutorials
Prereq: CNA774, CNA776
Coreq: CNA775
Assess: tutorial presentation (20%) and case study (80%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Acute Care Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA780
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Concentrates on field-based learning within the area of acute care nursing. Advanced
critical skills acquisition in acute care and management context is the major focus of the
unit. Students also complete a clinical performance record.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, tutorials and experience within paediatric nursing units
throughout the state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum practice
Coreq: CNA782
Assess: 3,000–4,000-word esay on a significant issue derived from clinical nusing practice
in acute care (40%), tutorial assessment (10%), performance-based assessement (50%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Practice Perspectives in Managing the Complex
Acute Care Patient
Enrolment code: CNA781
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Builds on and continues the pattern of CNA780. Students also progress through a series of
guided readings and complete a clinical performance record.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson
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Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, tutorials and experience within paediatric nursing units
throughout the state; minimum 300 hrs experiential curriculum practice
Prereq: CNA780
Coreq: CNA783
Assess: 3,000–4,000-word essay on a significant issue derived from clinical nursing practice
in acute care (40%), tutorial assessment (10%), performance-based assessment (50%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Acute Care Nursing Theory
Enrolment code: CNA782
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
Focuses on nursing and medical science specific to specialist acute care nursing practice.
Topics in physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, therapeutics and nursing science are
explored in an integrated fashion using problem-based learning.
Staff: tba
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, study days, tutorials and practical sessions
Coreq: CNA780
Assess: tutorial presentation and paper (20%), three short answer tutorial exams during
sem (30%), 2,500-word essay (50%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Theoretical Concepts in Managing the Complex
Acute Care Patient
Enrolment code: CNA783
Offered: not offered in 2004
Unit description:
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Builds on and continues the pattern of CNA782. As nursing occurs within the social and
political context, practical application of theory arising from the exploration of social and
human therapeutics is undertaken in interactive workshops which address the special
needs of the client in the acute care context who is physically compromised.
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 3 hrs weekly, study days, tutorials and practical sessions
Prereq: CNA782
Coreq: CNA781
Assess: 2,500–3,000-word quality improvement project paper/presentation (60%), 2-hr
exam (40%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Emergency Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA784
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2
Unit description:
Explores what it means to be an emergency nurse, situating the practitioner within the
specialty area of emergency nursing. Clinical practice strongly guides the unit where
meanings may be explored within an experiential mode of learning. Competency
development is built on, supported by clinical preceptors, clinical facilitator and lecturer,
guided by readings and tutorials. The unit develops an emergency nurse practitioner
who is able to communicate effectively, assess and evaluate the patient’s condition and
prioritise management applying the concepts and knowledge from the Emergency Science
Unit and based upon best practice.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Mr S Probert, Ms P Allen
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials
Coreq: CNA786
Assess: practice profile (50%), clincial inquiry (50%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
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Clinical Perspectives of Emergency Nursing
Practice
Enrolment code: CNA785
Offered: Ltn: sem 1, Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Builds on foundations of Emergency Nursing Practice, undertaken in CNA784. Clinical
practice continues to strongly guide the unit where meanings may be explored within an
experiential mode of learning. Competency development is supported by clinical
preceptors, clinical facilitator, and guided by readings and tutorials. The unit develops
an emergency nurse practitioner who is able to assess and evaluate the patient’s condition,
using advanced problem solving and communication skills, and prioritise management
applying the concepts addressed in Emergency Science Unit CNA787.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Mr S Probert, Ms P Allen
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials
Prereq: CNA784, CNA786
Coreq: CNA787
Assess: practice portfolio (100%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Foundations of Emergency Nursing Science
Enrolment code: CNA786
Offered: Ltn: sem 2, Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Focuses on exploring the foundations of emergency nursing science. Content includes
scientific practice issues related to emergency theory including triage and trauma care,
homeostasis, and psychological dimensions of emergency practice. Students gain
knowledge of pathophysiological processes occurring in disease and trauma states,
pharmacokinetics, and first line management of emergency presentations of cardiac,
respiratory, shock, renal and neurological conditions.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Mr S Probert, Ms P Allen
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Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials
Coreq: CNA784
Assess: case study (40%), tutorial (20%), problem-based worksheets (40%)
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Triage and Complex Management of the
Emergency and Trauma Patient
Enrolment code: CNA787
Offered: Hbt: sem 1, Ltn: sem 1
Unit description:
Builds on foundations of Emergency Nursing Science undertaken in CNA786. The
content of this unit includes the science related to nursing the emergency patient with
endocrine, gynaecological, obstetric, haematological pathology. Emergency management
of the paediatric, psychiatric and geriatric patient are studied. The unit also explores
disaster management, social, ethical and legal issues of emergency nursing from a local
and global perspective.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Course Administrator), Mr S Probert, Ms P Allen
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials
Prereq: CNA784, CNA786
Coreq: CNA785
Assess: 2 x case studies (40% ea), presentation (20%)
Required: tba
Courses: [H5F] [H6F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Context in Which Women Live
Enrolment code: CNA788
Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
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Introduces students to a primary health care approach in working with women and their
families during pregnancy, birth and early parenting experiences. Students learn to
conduct a health assessment of the childbearing family in the context in which they live.
In making their assessment, students consider the social, political, cultural factors, and the
broader health care system as they interact upon the childbearing family. Strategies to
empower women and their families are critically examined to determine the ways in
which women can be assisted in playing an active role in decision-making about their
health.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: lectures, tutorials and self directed learning
Prereq: CNA707
Coreq: CNA789
Assess: 2 assignments
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
The Woman During Pregnancy
Enrolment code: CNA789
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Unit description:
Students explore the maternity care and support of the pregnant woman and her family.
It prepares students to work in partnership with women in providing midwifery care from
pre-conception to the onset of birth. Students build upon their knowledge of human
bioscience, and behavioural sciences in developing an understanding of pregnancy.
Studies include the legal, ethical and cultural factors that may impact upon the
childbearing family. Students are given the opportunity to examine models of care that
integrate choice, continuity, and control for the woman surrounding the birthing
experience. Students, as part of the multidisciplinary team, develop competence in
recognising and implementing culturally appropriate midwifery models of care during
pregnancy.
As part of this unit students develop knowledge of the pathophysiological conditions the
woman may experience during pregnancy. They undertake a review of research
literature so they appreciate best practice guidelines for supporting a woman and her
family throughout pregnancy.
This unit is one of 7 specialist units that contribute knowledge, skill and
attitudes/attributes required for competent beginning level midwifery practice. By the
completion of your course you are required to demonstrate the acquisition of the ACMI
Competency Standards for Midwives (ACMI, 2001). These standards complement and
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extend the standards for professional practice expected from all registered nurses (ie the
ANCI Competencies) and as such reflect the specialist knowledge, skills and attitude
required of a registered nurse endorsed to practice in the specialist midwifery field.
Staff: Dr J Sankey (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: lectures, tutorials, integrated clinical practicum, and self directed learning
Coreq: CNA707
Assess: 2 assignments, 1 case study, presentation
Required: Sweet B & Tirian D (eds), Mayes’ Midwifery: A textbook for Midwives, Bailliere
Tindall, Syd, 1997
Courses: [H6C]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Professional Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA802
Offered: Hbt: sem 1,Ltn: sem 1, NWC: sem 1 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: offered statewide
Unit description:
Explores and develops philosophical and theoretical perspectives, which influence and
construct nursing as a practice discipline. The unit critiques and challenges the questions,
assumptions, values and theories underpinning professional practice and addresses the
discipline and the development of nursing knowledge; the history and evolution of
nursing science; contemporary perspectives of nursing; the interrelationships between
nursing theory, research; and practice and explores basic concepts of managing and
leading.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator), Dr S Brennan
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials, equiv to 3 hrs weekly contact
Prereq: completion of year 1 and year 2 units (or equiv) of the Master of Clinical Nursing
schedule
Assess: professional issues paper (30%), research proposal (35%), nursing management
paper (35%)
Required: Kenny J, Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives in Advanced Nursing Practice, 3rd
edn, Jones & Bartlett, 2002
Recommend: Creasia J & Parker B, Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing
Practice, 3rd edn, Mosby, St Louis, 2002
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Chiarella M, The Legal and Professional Status of Nursing,Churchill Livingstone, Syd, 2002
Crookes P & Davies S, Research into Practice: Essential Skills for Reading in Nursing and
Health Care, Bailliere Tindall, Syd, 1998
McCloskey-Dochterman J & Kennedy-Grace H, Current Issues in Nursing, 6th edn, Mosby,
St Louis, 2001
McSherry R & Pearce P, Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare
Professionals, Blackwell Science Oxf, 2002
Hamric A, Spross J & Hanson C, Advanced Nursing Practice:An Integrative Approach,
Saunders, 2000
Wojner A, Outcomes Management: Applications to Clinical Practice, Mosby, Syd, 2001
Yoder-Wise P, Leading and Managing in Nursing, 2nd edn, Mosby, Syd, 1999
Thompson C & Dowding D, Clinical Decision Making and Judgement in Nursing, Churchill
Livingstone, Syd, 2002
Courses: [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Clinical Nursing Practice
Enrolment code: CNA803
Offered: Hbt: sem 2,Ltn: sem 2, NWC: sem 2 (See also Unit details 'Special note')
Special note: offered statewide
Unit description:
Offers experienced practitioners the opportunity to develop and extend their clinical
knowledge and skills within their area of practice. Students explore current practices
within their clinical specialty; investigate the notions of clinical judgement and decision
making; case management; leadership; and develop a substantial clinical portfolio
which provides evidence of advanced clinical practice, applied research and management
ability. Students are allocated an Academic to monitor and supervise their clinical
profile.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator), Dr S Brennan
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: combination of study days and tutorials, equiv to 3 hrs weekly contact
Prereq: completion of year 1 and year 2 units (or equiv) of the Master of Clinical Nursing
schedule
Assess: clinical presentation & paper (40%), clinical practice portfolio (60%)
Required: tba
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Recommend: Creasia J & Parker B, Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing
Practice, 3rd edn, Mosby, St Louis, 2002
Chiarella M, The Legal and Professional Status of Nursing,Churchill Livingstone, Syd, 2002
Crookes P & Davies S, Research into Practice: Essential Skills for Reading in Nursing and
Health Care, Bailliere Tindall, Syd, 1998
McCloskey-Dochterman J & Kennedy-Grace H, Current Issues in Nursing, 6th edn, Mosby,
St Louis, 2001
McSherry R & Pearce P, Clinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare
Professionals, Blackwell Science Oxf, 2002
Hamric A, Spross J & Hanson C, Advanced Nursing Practice:An Integrative Approach,
Saunders, 2000
Wojner A, Outcomes Management: Applications to Clinical Practice, Mosby, Syd, 2001
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Courses: [H7F]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Thesis
Part time (over 2 semesters)/Full time
Enrolment code: CNA809/810
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Special note: part-time students enrol in CNA809 (25%); full-time students in CNA810 (50%)
Unit description:
Is the equivalent of a full semester workload and takes the form of a supervised project of
approximately 20,000 words.
Staff: Dr C Parkinson (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%/50%
Teaching pattern: seminars, video-conferencing and study days
Prereq: CNA805, CNA806, CNA807 and CNA808; completion of coursework units
Assess: approx 20,000-word thesis (100%). There will be 2 examiners, one of whom is
external to the University
Courses: [H7F]
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Unit details [CNA]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
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University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year
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