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Unit of Study NRS71005 - Essentials of Nursing and Care (2018)

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    Please be advised that this unit includes Professional Experience Placement which has pre-placement provisions and associated expenses as detailed on the School of Health and Human Sciences Professional Experience page and in the Unit Information Guide. Failure to comply with these pre-placement requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the stipulated Professional Experience Learning.


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 in nursing care
2 demonstrate the principles and strategies of communication, developing therapeutic relationships and interview techniques related to nursing practice, cognisant of the need for cultural sensitivity and awareness
3 demonstrate beginning and safe competence in the performance of a range of nursing skills
4 examine and reflect on 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 in nursing care
    • GA1:
  2. demonstrate the principles and strategies of communication, developing therapeutic relationships and interview techniques related to nursing practice, cognisant of the need for cultural sensitivity and awareness
    • GA6:
    • GA7:
  3. demonstrate beginning and safe competence in the performance of a range of nursing skills
    • GA7:
  4. examine and reflect on potential biases about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
    • GA1:
    • GA7:

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.