On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Identify the principles of and processes for supporting evidence-based practice
2. Conduct the techniques to conduct literature searches from a wide range of sources to support safe and appropriate nursing care
3. Explain professional responsibility and accountability when adhering to digital health legislation, policy, ethics, and professional conduct
4. Describe the responsibilities of the registered nurse related to scope of practice, delegation, and the supervision framework
5. Explain a lifelong learning approach for continuing professional development of self and others, including ongoing resilience and self-reflexivity in a professional context
6. Explain the role of registered nurses to ensure accessibility, reliability, privacy, security, and timeliness of data within healthcare environments

1. The discipline of nursing, perceptions of nursing and professional identity
2. Nursing roles, functions and required competencies
3. Professional responsibility and accountability when adhering to digital health legislation, policy, ethics, and professional conduct.
4. Boundaries of practice
5. Open Disclosure
6. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) decision-making framework (DMF) – nursing
7. Ethical and legal nursing practice
8. Collaborative health care and nursing practice
9. Evidence-based practice including literature searching, describing different sources of evidence and accessing different evidence to inform and improve patient care
10. Lifelong learning approach for continuing professional development of self and others, including ongoing resilience and self-reflexivity in a professional context.
11. Scope of practice, delegation, and the supervision frameworks
12. National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

Essential equipment

Access to an internet enabled device is essential in order to be able to: access course materials; to participate in discussion groups; and to access additional resources provided by the lecturer during the session. See http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/currentstudents/current_students/services_and_facilities/uwsonline_student_support for further information.