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NURS21152 - Evidence Based Practice

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will introduce students to the concepts of evidence based practices and demonstrate how existing research can be utilised in nursing, midwifery and mental health nursing to inform practice and to provide safe and effective care.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 8
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.16666666666667
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2025

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 8-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 16.666666666667 hours of study per week, making a total of 200 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Group Discussion 15%
2. Written Assessment 35%
3. Written Assessment 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2014 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 37.84% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Email, phone and Moodle site.
Feedback
Overall, student satifaction with the course was very positive with students indicating that course content and assessment tasks assisted in acquiring important knoweldge and skills for future clinical practice and in analysing research publications.
Recommendation
Due to the positive nature of student comments no further change is recommended.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss the concepts of evidence based practice and their application to nursing, midwifery and mental health.
  2. Identify theoretical frameworks underpinning evidence based practice and its application to nursing, midwifery and mental health.
  3. Identify and utilise the skills required for the development of evidence based practice.
  4. Discuss the processes of implementation of evidence into your practice.
  5. Discuss how to conduct a systematic review.
  6. Apply the skills of evidence based practice to nursing, midwifery and mental health.
  7. Demonstrate an understanding of how implementing evidence based practice changes practice and policies to initiate best practice.
  8. Demonstrate the use of research to prepare and support extended reports, discussion papers, critical reviews and other formal communication materials that demonstrates a capacity for scholarly, professional writing.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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