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Unit of Study NRS71005 - Essentials of Nursing and Care (2017)

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Unit description

Provides students with both the philosophical understanding and practice in the construction of thinking, knowledge, and ways of reasoning and concepts of care. Students examine ways in which nurses use knowledge, inquire, make assumptions and form values in nursing practice. With this knowledge the student is provided with the opportunity to acquire, practise and demonstrate foundational communication, observation and assessment skills that underpin nursing, care practice and therapeutic relationships.

Unit content

  • Reasoning, knowledge and logic
  • Thinking, knowing and reasoning (thinking processes)
  • Critical thought and reflection
  • Knowing self and understanding others
  • Cognition – Ages and Stages
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Building self-resilience
  • Stigma and marginalisation
  • Biases and racism
  • Concepts of Care
  • Development of nursing knowledge and theories
  • Communicating to care (empathy)
  • Communication techniques including verbal/non-verbal/documentation/transcultural communication
  • Communication in difficult situations – language difficulties
  • Health Assessment – the interview

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 investigate the development of knowledge that informs and constructs conceptual-thinking that informs nursing care
2 demonstrate the principles and strategies of communication and developing therapeutic relationships
3 demonstrate interview techniques related to nursing practice, and cognisant of the need for cultural sensitivity and awareness
4 examine and reflect on your personal lens and potential biases about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

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

  1. investigate the development of knowledge that informs and constructs conceptual-thinking that informs nursing care
    • GA1:
  2. demonstrate the principles and strategies of communication and developing therapeutic relationships
    • GA6:
  3. demonstrate interview techniques related to nursing practice, and cognisant of the need for cultural sensitivity and awareness
    • GA7:
  4. examine and reflect on your personal lens and potential biases about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.