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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Advanced
Former School/College
Unit aim
Provides students with the opportunity to further develop and demonstrate integrated competence regarding complex nursing challenges. Students will be required to demonstrate high level assessment, planning and interventions skills in response to complex and challenging care situations.
Unit content
- Triage assessment
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Emergency procedures
- Advanced life support
- Paediatric resuscitation
- Complex paediatric medication administration
- Shock and system failure / advanced IV management
- Venepuncture
- Medications and technologies in the care and management of acute trauma and shock disorders
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Advanced airway management
- Endotracheal tubes
- Psychiatric emergencies
- Drug-induced psychosis
- Dealing with intoxication and withdrawal states
- Pharmacological concepts in the management of psychiatric emergencies and intoxication and withdrawal states
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demonstrate comprehensive and timely assessment skills in acute and emergency situations | |||||||
| 2 | interpret and respond to patient presentations in simulated emergency situations | |||||||
| 3 | synthesise knowledge and skills to safely administer medications in complex settings | |||||||
| 4 | demonstrate leadership capabilities in managing teams | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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demonstrate comprehensive and timely assessment skills in acute and emergency situations
- GA4:
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interpret and respond to patient presentations in simulated emergency
situations
- GA1:
- GA4:
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synthesise knowledge and skills to safely administer medications in complex settings
- GA4:
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demonstrate leadership capabilities in managing teams
- GA4:
- GA5:
Prescribed texts
- Farrell, M & Dempsey, J, 2017, Smeltzer and Bare's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 4th edn, Wolter Kluwer, North Ryde, NSW. ISBN: 9781496349125.