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THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POST BASIC COURSE FOR REGISTERED NURSES IN REHABILITATION, GERONTIC AND LONG TERM CARE NURSING.
Author(s) -
Martin Mavis
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 0726-4240
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1987.tb00953.x
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , nursing , medicine , accommodation , respite care , curriculum , psychology , physical therapy , pedagogy , neuroscience
The intent of this paper is to illustrate how a major teaching hospital in South Australia developed and implemented a unique programme for the preparation of nurse practitioners with people who are aged, or disabled, or both. The content will embrace: i) rationale ii) submission format iii) curriculum design iv) course implementation v) evaluation. Hampstead Centre, (annexe of Royal Adelaide Hospital) Adelaide, South Australia is a two hundred and twenty bed complex. It caters for people requiring nursing home accommodation, people participating in rehabilitation programmes following cerebro‐vascular accident, spinal injuries, head injuries, orthopaedic trauma including joint replacement and amputation and also there are a few respite beds. The rehabilitation programmes are both fast and slow stream.