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Unit of Study NURS3010 - Nursing Practices III (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    24

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    Teaching in this unit is delivered over a two-week period. Enrolment for this unit closes on Thursday of Orientation Week. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) that requires students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL and you will not be permitted to continue in this unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/health/work-integrated-learning.

Unit description

Consolidates learning across the Bachelor of Nursing in a capstone double-weighted unit, which provides students with the opportunity to experience, through simulation, several problem-based learning scenarios, in preparation for their role as a graduate registered nurse. Students will complete self-directed work prior to each module which will see them draw upon their learning from a variety of units throughout their course. Students will complete a 280-hour immersive professional experience placement.

Unit content

This unit will utilise a number of problem-based case studies which have been designed to bring together your learning across the programme in key areas of the curriculum. During each tutorial or laboratory, the chosen case study will provide you with the opportunity to consider and demonstrate how you are meeting the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (NMBA, 2016).

  1. Trauma informed care workshop
  2. Mental health (drug induced psychosis)
  3. Acute (normally well) medical patient with dementia
  4. Global health
  5. Palliative care in a variety of settings
  6. Major incident  

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Dual Term4
Dual Term4
Gold Coast
Dual Term1,4
Dual Term1,4
Lismore
Dual Term4
Dual Term4

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:

demonstrate critical thinking to analyse nursing practice

determine safe, appropriate and responsive nursing practice to a variety of patient conditions and settings

demonstrate an awareness of therapeutic and interprofessional relationships in a number of contexts

reflect on systematic assessment, and relevant data, to determine priorities of care in a holistic and culturally responsive and respectful manner

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