N8010 Child and family Proposed offering
Neonatal Nursing
The smallest patients, the most precise care.
Registered nurses supporting sick newborns and their families in neonatal and special care settings.
Overview
Caring for newborns with significant medical issues calls for a skilled team with specialised expertise. This specialty focuses on supportive health care of newborns and on assisting the family through a frightening time.
It is a highly technical area of practice centred on newborn assessment and nursing management, using clinical reasoning and evidence-based specialist knowledge.
Overview adapted from the official IHM Neonatal 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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Newborn assessment and nursing management
- 02
Preterm birth, congenital conditions and respiratory illness
- 03
Birth trauma, peripartum hypoxia and metabolic disorders
- 04
Supporting families of sick infants
- 05
Evidence-based neonatal nursing strategies
Learning focus and outcomes
Unit learning outcomes: To be confirmed
Verbatim accredited learning outcomes for unit N8010 will be published once confirmed by IHM.
Parent specialisation learning focus
Listed on the official Graduate Certificate Neonatal Nursing page at award-specialisation level. Shown for context only; these are not the unit learning outcomes.
- 1Critically analyse the neonatal nurse’s duties, functions and scope of practice in newborn situations such as preterm delivery, congenital malformations, respiratory illness, birth trauma, peripartum hypoxia, brain damage and metabolic disorders
- 2Apply critical thinking processes, problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills to the evaluation and management of nursing care delivered to newborns in collaboration with the healthcare team
- 3Demonstrate leadership within a multidisciplinary healthcare team in order to provide excellent therapeutic treatment to newborn clients
- 4Conduct an analysis of the legal, ethical, social, cultural and political issues that influence the delivery of person-centred healthcare
- 5Recognise, evaluate and use current evidence-based nursing strategies while caring for newborn clients
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 neonatal nursing.
Credit and pathway
This micro-credential is proposed to be the same unit as N8010 Neonatal Nursing in the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Nursing. In the award, this specialty is paired with N8011 Professional Reflection in Neonatal 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.