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Advanced Health Assessment
PostgraduateUND-NURS40002021
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- FEE-HELP available
Advanced Health Assessment
About this subject
On completion of this course students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- Perform a comprehensive person-centred assessment.
- Critically reflect on how clinical decisions are made and barriers which may impede effective decision making.
- Analyse the findings from a comprehensive assessment and relate to the person’s current presentation and underlying pathology
- Demonstrate clinical reasoning and a person centred approach to the development of a nursing care plan.
- Critique a range of clinical assessment tools
- Engage in critical refection to improve practice.
- Apply evidence-based practice when engaging in nursing assessment and care planning.
- The nurse’s role in health assessment and clinical decision making
- Health assessment
- Assessment of oxygenation and perfusion
- Assessment of consciousness and neurological function
- Assessment of elimination
- Assessment of physical comfort
This course advances the student’s knowledge and capability in performing a comprehensive person centred clinical assessment. Students will critique a range of tools used in clinical assessment and reflect on their use in practice. Clinical reasoning and making sound judgements are predicated on a comprehensive assessment and students will analyse assessment findings in relation to the person’s current condition and develop plans of care. Reflection is central to self-assessment and self-improvement. Therefore, students will engage in reflective processes that will enable them to self-assess and evaluate both achievement of the course learning outcomes and their progress in advancing their capability in clinical assessment.
- Online blog posts (20%)
- Seminar presentation (20%)
- Self assessment (30%)
- Written case study (30%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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