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Unit of Study NURS2012 - Professional Practice (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Develops students’ thinking and practice from that of an Enrolled Nurse to a Registered Nurse. Key aspects of interprofessional and nursing practice are introduced and built upon in a variety of acute and primary care contexts. Students will be exposed to simulation as their abilities to critically explore patient case studies are developed.

Unit content

  1. Academic writing, academic integrity, digital literacy, medication calculations
  2. Australian health care, patient safety and adverse events
  3. Law, ethics and interprofessional practice
  4. Healthy aging
  5. Social determinants of health and national health priorities
  6. Introduction to clinical reasoning

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term1
Term1
Gold Coast
Term1,3
Term1,3
Lismore
Term1
Term1

Learning outcomes

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:

explain the impact of the social determinants of health in a variety of contexts

discuss the components of clinical reasoning frameworks

outline relevant interprofessional and discipline-specific ethical, legal, and regulatory principles, frameworks, and practice standards

demonstrate medication calculations and administration in a safe manner

Prescribed learning resources

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.