NUR5708 Specialist nursing practice

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Paediatric Nursing

   1. Recognise appropriate nursing strategies in order to facilitate family centred care for children and families with common childhood illnesses.
   2. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the anatomical and physiological differences between children and adults.
   3. Discuss the principles of a systematic paediatric assessment.
   4. Conduct age appropriate assessments required to evaluate the health status of the child and family experiencing health problems.
   5. Explore concepts of paediatric nursing practice relating to assessment, recognition, stabilisation and management of the child with severe life threatening disturbances.
   6. Describe the life threatening conditions that occur in childhood.
   7. Apply an understanding of paediatric pathophysiology to the nursing management of the paediatric patient.
   8. Utilise advanced paediatric nursing assessment skills, evidence based and reflective practice, to plan, prioritise, implement and evaluate effective nursing care to the paediatric patient and family.
   9. Critically analyse the paediatric high acuity environment to effectively and collaboratively address issues in practice, to provide high levels of effective paediatric care.
   10. Critically evaluate clinical practice issues in the nursing care of children with life threatening disturbance and their families in differing paediatric settings.
   11. Recognise the indicators of a seriously ill child and demonstrate the skills required to actively participate in an emergency situation.
   12. Exhibit effective communication, professionalism and clinical leadership within the paediatric nursing department

    

2. 2

   Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing

   1. Recognise appropriate nursing strategies in order to facilitate family centred care for children and families with common childhood illnesses.
   2. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the anatomical and physiological differences between neonates, infants and children.
   3. Recognise and discuss how the differences between adult and paediatric anatomy and physiology will affect how interventions are delivered to the paediatric patient.
   4. Differentiate the underlying pathophysiological process, aetiology and clinical manifestations related to a range paediatric conditions seen in Paediatric Intensive Care units.
   5. Perform and document a thorough complex patient health assessment utilising the head to toe systematic approach on a range of critically ill children.
   6. Utilise assessment data and your understanding of patient disease manifestations in planning and delivering family centred care.
   7. Recognise the deteriorating patient and be able to appropriately intervene in order to ensure the patient receives appropriate and timely active management.
   8. Display a thorough understanding of the impact that life threatening conditions have on children, their families and health professionals.
   9. Discuss an understanding of the ever evolving knowledge base in the critical area and how this can impact on skill and techniques relevant in this area.
   10. Apply the advanced skill set acquired for problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills to knowledge learnt to ensure safe and effective management of the critically ill child.
   11. Discuss any relevant policies and procedures in relation to patient care and assessment in the critical care area.
   12. Exhibit effective communication, professionalism and clinical leadership within the Paediatric Intensive Care environment.
3. 3

   Paediatric Emergency Nursing

   1. Recognise appropriate nursing strategies in order to facilitate family centred care for children and families with common childhood illnesses.
   2. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the anatomical and physiological differences between children and adults.
   3. Explore concepts of paediatric nursing practice relating to assessment, recognition, stabilisation and management of the child with acute life threatening presentations.
   4. Conduct age appropriate assessments required to evaluate the health status of the child and family experiencing health problems.
   5. Demonstrate an understanding of the underlying pathophysiological process, aetiology and clinical manifestations related to common paediatric emergency presentations.
   6. Explain the important role of triage in the paediatric emergency department and demonstrate appropriate triage decision making.
   7. Critically analyse the paediatric high acuity environment to effectively and collaboratively address issues in practice, to provide high levels of effective paediatric care.
   8. Critically evaluate clinical practice issues in the nursing care of children with life threatening presentations and the impact of illness on the family unit.
   9. Predict potential alterations in the condition of a critically ill patient through recognition of the deteriorating patient.
   10. Demonstrate advanced clinical skills in the assessment, management and stabilisation of the critically unwell child in the Emergency Department.
   11. Exhibit effective communication, professionalism and clinical leadership within the paediatric emergency department.
4. 4

   Medical Surgical Nursing

   1. Perform and document a thorough complex patient health assessment utilising the head to toe systematic approach on a range of patients.
   2. Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of the typical human anatomy and physiology.
   3. Differentiate the underlying pathophysiological process, aetiology and clinical manifestations related to a range of different disease presentations.
   4. Discuss any relevant Monash Health policies and procedures in relation to patient care and assessment.
   5. Utilise assessment data and patient disease manifestations in patient centred care.
   6. Implement appropriate nursing plans and interventions related to the management of the medical surgical patients utilising evidence based practice.
   7. Demonstrate effective communication, increased professionalism and clinical leadership within their clinical environment.
   8. Explore and evaluate the clinical application of nursing research to the management of medical surgical patients.
   9. Articulate and demonstrate the principles used to manage a medical emergency