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Unit of Study NURS5014 - Clinical Nursing I (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    PG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Develops critical thinking and safe practice in the context of care of the surgical patient. Students are provided with an opportunity to build on foundational nursing knowledge and skills, and apply these in managing the patient as they progress through their pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative journey through to discharge. Practice in laboratory sessions, and simulated rehearsal will prepare students to safely navigate a patient through their surgical experience.

Unit content

  1. Introduction to intravenous (IV) Concepts
  2. Admission and Pre-Operative
  3. Intra-Operative
  4. Into the Recovery Room
  5. Recovery on the Ward
  6. Discharge Home

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term4
Term4
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Lismore
Term4
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 the principles of safe IV therapy including IV medication calculations and medication practice

synthesise complex patient data to inform their surgical journey

demonstrate safe and effective practice in a range of clinical skills to optimise patient safety

reflect critically on theory and professional practice to plan the safe care of complex surgical patients

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