N8006 Critical and acute Proposed offering
Acute Care Nursing
Steady hands for the sudden and serious.
Registered nurses caring for patients with brief but serious conditions on busy acute wards.
Overview
Acute care asks you to manage a growing number of patients, across a range of conditions, whose needs can escalate within a single shift. This specialty broadens your practice to meet that reality.
You will build on your current nursing knowledge to develop acute care strategies and the confidence to use them at the bedside, within a team, under pressure.
Overview adapted from the official IHM Acute Care Nursing specialisation page.
Topics and themes
Themes highlighted in the published specialisation content. A detailed unit topic schedule is To be confirmed.
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Managing patients with brief but serious conditions
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Caring for multiple patients with complex needs
- 03
Acute care nursing strategies and decision-making
- 04
Teamwork and leadership in acute settings
- 05
Legal, ethical and cultural dimensions of person-centred care
Learning focus and outcomes
Unit learning outcomes: To be confirmed
Verbatim accredited learning outcomes for unit N8006 will be published once confirmed by IHM.
Parent specialisation learning focus
Listed on the official Graduate Certificate Acute Care Nursing page at award-specialisation level. Shown for context only; these are not the unit learning outcomes.
- 1Apply critical thinking processes, problem-solving abilities and effective communication to the evaluation and management of nursing care delivered to patients within the acute care healthcare team
- 2Lead a multidisciplinary healthcare team in the provision of excellent therapeutic treatment to clients in acute care settings
- 3Conduct an analysis of the legal, ethical, social, cultural and political issues that influence the delivery of person-centred healthcare
- 4Recognise, assess and use contemporary evidence-based nursing strategies in acute care settings
Assessment
Assessment types and weightings for this micro-credential are To be confirmed. Under the proposal, micro-credential learners would complete the same assessment as students in the award unit.
For reference, the official GCAN pages describe assessment that can be completed entirely online, without attending an examination centre.
Duration, volume and delivery
- Duration
- To be confirmed
- Learning hours
- To be confirmed
- Delivery mode
- To be confirmed
The parent Graduate Certificate is delivered online. Course durations and fees published for the full award do not apply to an individual micro-credential.
Eligibility
- Proposed: current registration as a registered nurse.
- Proposed: domestic students and eligible non-student visa holders only. Not CRICOS registered and not available on a student visa.
- Parent-course qualification and English requirements are shown as reference on the requirements page. Standalone admission rules are subject to confirmation.
- Please ask IHM admissions to confirm any clinical access requirements relevant to acute care nursing.
Credit and pathway
This micro-credential is proposed to be the same unit as N8006 Acute Care Nursing in the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing. In the award, this specialty is paired with N8007 Professional Reflection in Acute Care Nursing and the core unit N9001 Professional Issues and Policies in Nursing.
Credit into the parent award is expected to be assessed under the IHM Credit and Recognition of Prior Learning Policy. The formal credit rule and any time limit are To be confirmed.
How to enrol
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Read the common requirements and check the parent-course reference criteria.
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Contact IHM to confirm this micro-credential is open, along with dates, fees and clinical access requirements.
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Only once IHM confirms availability, follow their guidance to apply through the official portal.
This prototype does not submit enquiries or applications. Micro-credential availability must be confirmed with IHM.
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