School Of Nursing And MidwiferyTransforming Nursing PracticeWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400807.2
Discipline: NURSING
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
This unit has the potential to form links with previous assignment topic areas of units in the course for further development at a more comprehensive level.
Equivalent Units
401085 - Scholarship for Practice Change in Health Care
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
The transformation of nursing practice is facilitated when information about creative and innovative practice change and development is documented, disseminated and critiqued through professional channels such as peer reviewed journals, conference papers, discussion papers or project reports. In this Unit students will be provided with an opportunity to produce a scholarly piece of work that will disseminate information about innovative and creative solutions for transforming practice and improving patient care. Each student will select a topic of interest and examine an issue or aspect of practice to present a comprehensive and scholarly paper as a report, discussion paper, manuscript for publication or conference paper for presentation in which professional practice implications and recommendations
are articulated. The Unit aims to enhance scholarly communication skills, provide a vehicle for demonstrating leadership by informing the profession of innovative and creative solutions for transforming practice