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Unit of Study NRS20005 - Nursing Practices (2016)

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Unit description

Explores nursing responses to changes in health status. Builds upon knowledge and skills relevant to a wide range of primary care cases. Through case-based learning students will problem solve and build upon and apply knowledge and skills related to chronic illness and disability. Practice in nursing laboratory session and simulated rehearsal prepares students for professional experience placement.

Unit content

  • Addressing national health priorities
  • Principles of disease and models of disease prevention
  • Models of health education and promoting health literacy
  • Community needs assessment and capacity building
  • Functional assessment: cardiac and respiratory function
  • Functional assessment: renal and gastro-intestinal function
  • Functional assessment: cardiac and respiratory function
  • Functional assessment: central nervous system
  • Functional assessment: skin and musculoskeletal system
  • Introduction to palliative care
  • Pain theory
  • Pharmacological concepts in pain management
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in palliative care
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in chronic respiratory disease
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in chronic renal, urinary and gastro-intestinal disorders
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in chronic nervous and musculoskeletal disorders
  • Nursing care strategies in caring for sufferers of a chronic illness
  • Medication calculation and administration
  • Principles of IV medication administration

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast Session 2 Session 2

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 Conduct a comprehensive health history, including assessment of environmental, social and family history for individuals with chronic illness and /or disability
2 Evaluate principles and strategies to conduct an integrated and comprehensive assessment of the client at home and in the community.
3 Demonstrate integration of knowledge, medication management, and nursing skills relevant to chronic illness and appropriate to scope of practice.
4 Apply the principles of evidence based nursing to devise strategies to promote independence, wellbeing and quality of life for individuals with chronic illness and/or disability.
5 Critically analyse the principles of health education, health promotion, and primary health care.

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

  1. Conduct a comprehensive health history, including assessment of environmental, social and family history for individuals with chronic illness and /or disability
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. Evaluate principles and strategies to conduct an integrated and comprehensive assessment of the client at home and in the community.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. Demonstrate integration of knowledge, medication management, and nursing skills relevant to chronic illness and appropriate to scope of practice.
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  4. Apply the principles of evidence based nursing to devise strategies to promote independence, wellbeing and quality of life for individuals with chronic illness and/or disability.
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  5. Critically analyse the principles of health education, health promotion, and primary health care.
    • GA6:
    • GA7:

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