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Unit of Study NRS10731 - The Discipline of Nursing (2016)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Anti-requisites

    NRS10452 Contexts of Nursing Practice

  • Enrolment information

    There is professional experience placement associated with this unit. Students will be manually enrolled into PIE10001 PEP I: Professional Understanding for a 40 hour placement.


Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 discuss the evolution of the discipline of Nursing from a historical and contemporary context
2 discuss the statutory and professional governance requirements that regulate Nursing practice
3 describe Nursing's scope of practice in relation to multidisciplinary health teams
4 discuss the impact of common law on nursing practice
5 locate and discuss literature on issues related to nursing and health care.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. discuss the evolution of the discipline of Nursing from a historical and contemporary context
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. discuss the statutory and professional governance requirements that regulate Nursing practice
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  3. describe Nursing's scope of practice in relation to multidisciplinary health teams
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. discuss the impact of common law on nursing practice
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. locate and discuss literature on issues related to nursing and health care.
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.