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Unit of Study NRS20005 - Nursing Practices (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    Students are required to attend intensive classes every day of Weeks 1 & 2, at Gold Coast. Students who are not able to attend this intensive block should not enrol in the unit. The laboratory activities within this unit require students to fulfil certain vaccination compliance requirements prior to class. As some vaccination protocols can take up to 5 months to complete, we encourage you to prepare now. This unit includes professional experience learning which has pre-placement provisions and associated placement expenses. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Professional Experience. Full details of requirements for this unit are available at the school of health professional experience page


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 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 and wellbeing 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 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 and wellbeing 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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