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Unit of Study NRS30003 - Formation Based Learning: Acute Health Breakdown (2017)

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  • Enrolment information

    There is professional experience placement related to this unit. Students will be enrolled manually into PIE10006 PEP 6: Acute Health Nursing for a 160 hour placement.

Unit description

Explores nursing responses to changes in health status. This is the third in a series of four units. Through case-based learning students will build upon and apply knowledge and skills related to acute health breakdown. Practice in nursing laboratory sessions and simulated rehearsal prepares students for professional experience placement.

Unit content

  • Introduction to acute illness strategies
  • Principles of perioperative nursing 1
  • Principles of perioperative nursing 2
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in the perioperative setting
  • Acute cardiovascular states
  • Acute cardiovascular interventions
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in the care of acute cardiac states
  • Acute respiratory states
  • Respiratory trauma and interventions
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in the care of acute respiratory states
  • Acute renal/urinary states and interventions
  • Acute musculoskeletal states and interventions
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in the care and management of acute renal, urinary and gastrointestinal disorders
  • Acute central nervous system, ENT state & interventions
  • Acute gastrointestinal states and interventions
  • Acute endocrine and metabolic states and interventions
  • Pharmaco-therapeutics and technologies in the care and management of acute nervous system, ENT, endocrine & metabolic states

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour Session 1 Session 1
Gold Coast Session 1 Session 1
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

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 Demonstrate safe and increasing competence in performing a range of nursing skills, including effective interpersonal skills
2 Conduct integrated and comprehensive assessments which demonstrates the integration of knowledge and nursing skills relevant to acute illness
3 Undertake activities as part of a multidisciplinary team
4 Demonstrate problem solving and decision-making skills in order to respond to clinical and complex nursing situations
5 Demonstrate beginner level leadership skills in performing a range of nursing skills and accountability and responsibility for own nursing practice and actions
6 Demonstrate integration of knowledge, clinical practice and medication management skills relevant to acute illness and appropriate interventions
7 Compile practice exemplars and professional portfolio record according to NMBA National Competency Standards

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

  1. Demonstrate safe and increasing competence in performing a range of nursing skills, including effective interpersonal skills
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  2. Conduct integrated and comprehensive assessments which demonstrates the integration of knowledge and nursing skills relevant to acute illness
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. Undertake activities as part of a multidisciplinary team
    • GA4:
  4. Demonstrate problem solving and decision-making skills in order to respond to clinical and complex nursing situations
    • GA4:
  5. Demonstrate beginner level leadership skills in performing a range of nursing skills and accountability and responsibility for own nursing practice and actions
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  6. Demonstrate integration of knowledge, clinical practice and medication management skills relevant to acute illness and appropriate interventions
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  7. Compile practice exemplars and professional portfolio record according to NMBA National Competency Standards
    • GA5:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.