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Course description

This course introduces students to the role of first level practitioner in a speciality practice area - Paediatrics - with the aim of developing the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia National Competency Standards for registered nursing students, in addition to students displaying UQ graduate attributes in their practice. The course aims to develop in graduates an awareness and understanding of acute health care issues, cultural values and diversity of settings. Students should have an opportunity to apply and build upon the theoretical concepts learned in foundations of nursing practice in previous semesters and in their concurrent clinical practice course. The legal & ethical issues associated with providing care for paediatric clients with diverse health care issues, will be covered. Students will learn the associated issues for healthy, acute and chronic paediatric clients identified by populations based studies & will learn about strategies which may be implemented in a diversity of paediatric settings.