Patient Care, Quality and Evidence Based Practice
PostgraduateUND-NURS40232025
Course information for 2025 intake
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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
Patient Care, Quality and Evidence Based Practice
About this subject
On completion of this subject students should be able to achieve the following learning outcomes:
1. Critically evaluate health care challenges within scope and area of practice outlining relevant nurse. sensitive indicators (NSI) and a plan of action for these.
2. Synthesise current nursing/midwifery frontline leader’s ’role in the health care system and compare their work practices to evidence based practice of quality initiative.
3. Develop a project brief about a quality initiative integrating relevant current evidence available.
4. Analyse current contemporary practice to determine if it meets the benchmark of evidenced based practice.
- Clinical audit
- Patient care
- Risk management
- Leading safety and quality in healthcare
- Project initiatives and planning
- Future proofing
This subject will enable students to consolidate their knowledge and apply current contemporary quality concepts including the quality cycle, LEAN, clinical audit, risk management & mitigation and best practice for safe, efficient and relevant patient care.
- Online Test (20%)
- Written Essay (40%)
- Written Project (40%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- UND-NLM-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders)
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Leadership (Aspiring Leaders)
PostgraduateUND-NLM-GCE