Bachelr f Nursing PURPOSE AQF LEVEL AQF LEVEL 7 CRITERIA BACHELOR DEGREE PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES The Bachelr Degree qualifies individuals wh apply a brad and cherent bdy f knwledge in a range f cntexts t undertake prfessinal wrk and as a pathway fr further learning. KNOWLEDGE Graduates f a Bachelr Degree will have a brad and cherent bdy f knwledge, with depth in the underlying principles and cncepts in ne r mre disciplines as a basis fr independent lifelng learning. Graduates f the Bachelr f Nursing will have a brad and cherent understanding f the fundatins f anatmy and psychscial sciences, and the language, experience and scpe f nursing. This will enable them t becme client-centred, thery-driven, evidence-based nurses able t practice in current, emerging and future settings t enhance the health f individuals, cmmunities and ppulatins. Graduates will demnstrate in-depth knwledge f: the prcess f assessment, planning, implementatin and evaluatin f patients technical and practical knwledge fr client-centred care cmmunicatin prcesses required t ensure prfessinal, schlarly and effective nursing care evaluatin f nursing care required by individuals wh have a range f acute medical-surgical health needs, and the care required by individuals and their families in the preventin and management f chrnic diseases multiple envirnments and the trends that shape nursing perfrmance and engagement, health and wellbeing key factrs influencing lifespan develpment and human behaviur psychscial, cultural and envirnmental factrs impacting n individuals, families and cmmunities which influence risk and resilience anatmy and physilgy f the human bdy the principles f safe drug administratin including an understanding f absrptin and distributin f drugs in the bdy the rle f the nurse and ther health care prfessinals in drug administratin and client and/r family educatin Dcument Number 2013/0005943 Page 1
Bachelr f Nursing the rle f research in prviding evidence fr practice the imprtance f and the prcesses invlved in becming a lifelng learner. Dcument Number 2013/0005943 Page 2
Bachelr f Nursing SKILLS Graduates f a Bachelr Degree will have: cgnitive skills t review critically, analyse, cnslidate and synthesise knwledge cgnitive and technical skills t demnstrate a brad understanding f knwledge with depth in sme areas cgnitive and creative skills t exercise critical thinking and judgement in identifying and slving prblems with intellectual independence cmmunicatin skills t present a clear, cherent and independent expsitin f knwledge and ideas Graduates f the Bachelr f Nursing will have the cgnitive, technical, creative and cmmunicatin skills t: Analyse: nursing frm a range f theretical and evidence-based perspectives the nature f therapeutic relatinships and the cmmunicatin prcesses invlved nursing practice drawing n a range f theries and evidence the nursing prcess f assessment, planning, implementatin and evaluatin fr individual patients prfessinal reasning prcesses and behaviur and the thery and evidence supprting bth evidence based practice and its implicatins fr nursing practice the scial emtinal wellbeing (SEWB) f Australia s Abriginal and Trres Strait Islander peples tday hw histrical and cultural cntexts cntribute t scial/emtinal wellbeing disturbances, which include ill-health, f Abriginal and Trres Strait Islander peples past and present. Synthesise: Appraise: health care research, knwledge and principles derived fr the discipline f nursing and ther relevant discurses t prmte and prvide sustainable health fr individuals grups and cmmunities. client-centred practice as it relates t individuals, cmmunities and ppulatins theries and prcesses f prfessinal reasning the multiple envirnments and trends that shape nursing perfrmance and engagement, health and wellbeing, and the nursing prfessin, nw and int the future hw nurses psitively supprt and influence prmting health and well-being in an interdisciplinary team Dcument Number 2013/0005943 Page 3
Bachelr f Nursing Critique: Reflect n: the rle f research in prviding evidence fr practice the principles f safe drug administratin that includes an understanding f absrptin and distributin f drugs in the bdy the rle f the nurse and ther health care prfessinals in drug administratin and client and/r family educatin the fundatinal principles f cmmunity nursing practice including health prmtin, primary health care, epidemilgy, and scial determinants f health. the barriers t, and enablers f, effective teamwrk current, emerging, and future cntexts f nursing practice. the histrical, philsphical, scial, plitical, ecnmic, eclgical, ethical,legal, structural and ther factrs which have and cntinue t influence nursing and nursing practice n the ways nurses cmmunicate with clients, peers and thers t prmte and maintain high quality nursing care. Cmmunicate with: Culturally diverse clients and the interdisciplinary health team t prmte and prvide cmprehensive high quality nursing care. Dcument Number 2013/0005943 Page 4
Bachelr f Nursing APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Graduates f a Bachelr Degree will demnstrate the applicatin f knwledge and skills: with initiative and judgement in planning, prblem slving and decisin making in prfessinal practice and/r schlarship t adapt knwledge and skills in diverse cntexts with respnsibility and accuntability fr wn learning and prfessinal practice and in cllabratin with thers within brad parameters Graduates f the Bachelr f Nursing will demnstrate the applicatin f knwledge and skills: with initiative and judgement in planning, prblem slving and decisin making in prfessinal practice and/r schlarship with respect t effective nursing care fr a range f clients acrss the lifespan, in a range f clinical and cmmunity envirnments; and effective therapeutic relatinships with clients t adapt knwledge and skills in diverse cntexts t implement: strategies t ensure practice is client-centred the nursing prcess in a range f settings and with a range f client grups nursing practices which are culturally apprpriate strategies t manage self, persnally and prfessinally, in a variety f wrk envirnments strategies fr critical reflectin n career develpment and persnal career planning ethical, legal, and safe appraches int practice strategies t prmte the develpment f the prfessin effective and high quality nursing care thrugh lifelng learning and teaching and thrugh engagement in wider debates and advcacy prfessinal reasning in practice, within a variety f settings a culture f cllabrative practice by wrking effectively in a team, bth as a team member and team leader. with respnsibility and accuntability fr wn learning and prfessinal practice and in cllabratin with thers within brad parameters by: participating in regular reflectin t imprve self and practice participating in prviding safe, quality nursing care based n a synthesis f research, knwledge principles derived fr the discipline f nursing and ther relevant discurses in rder t facilitate the sustainable health f individuals, grups and cmmunities practicing within a value system that is client and family fcused and which reflects the highest ethical and legal standard Dcument Number 2013/0005943 Page 5
Bachelr f Nursing evaluating prfessinal legal and ethical issues related t wrkfrce planning, nursing educatin and ther cntemprary issues affecting nursing practice psitively supprting and influencing the prmtin health and well-being in an interdisciplinary team. Dcument Number 2013/0005943 Page 6