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Acute Care research

Introduction

The Acute Care Team comprises academics that are teaching into the Acute Care Nursing courses at an Undergraduate and Post Graduate level. The focus of the Acute Care Team is to provide a seamless transition across the Acute Care Courses in the undergraduate program, with each year level course building upon the students previously acquired knowledge and capabilities. The aim of the Acute Care Team is to link horizontally and vertically across the curriculum to link all facets of nursing knowledge and practice into a comprehensive nurse clinician graduate. This focus then allows graduates to identify clinical practice streams to direct future clinical practice and specialisation.

The introduction of Simulation into the Acute Care demonstration and practice laboratories further enhances the consolidation of Evidence Based Nursing Practice into the simulated learning environment in preparation for the clinical practice experiences.

The Acute Care Research Group has developed out of the Evidence Based requirements of Acute Care clinical practice in the learning and teaching environment. In line with the strategic research direction of the Discipline of Nursing and Midwifery; the School of Health Sciences and the College of Science Engineering and Health the Acute Care Research Group continues to undertake research projects that facilitate and validate teaching methodologies and clinical practices in the Acute Care courses.

Acute Care academic staff

• Ms Leonie Murphy (Chairperson)
• Dr Heather R Pisani
• Ms Sonja Cleary (acting Clinical co-ordinator)
• Ms Faye Partridge
• Ms Sharee Griffiths
• Dr Meeyoung Park
• Ms Jane Mateer

Plus co-opted members

• Professor Eleanor Holroyd
• Mr Ian McGrath (Undergraduate Program Leader)
• Mr Alistair Ross (Mental Health Representative)

Terms of Reference for the Acute Care Working Group

1. To act in the capacity of a working party, representing the Acute Care courses across the Bachelor of Nursing Program, each of which has a skill laboratory component.
2. To establish links with the Mental Health stream courses in the Bachelor of Nursing Program recognising shared clinical placements and requirements.
3. To inform and identify the clinical assessment that applies to acute care nursing; and ensure reciprocity of information between the acute care courses and the clinical practice courses.
4. To ensure that clinical skills are built on progressively across the acute care courses and are not replicated.
5. To inform service taught courses and topics about acute care course content and requirements.
6. To plan and co-ordinate performance assessments and hurdle requirements across the acute care courses.
7. To report regularly to the Bachelor of Nursing Committee, on any issues raised by the group and outcomes.

Major projects