NRS82005 - Transformative Clinical Practices (2016)

Orientates the student to contemporary nursing practice in Australia. Students will practice in a simulated environment on a range of skills based on the latest evidence and competency standards. Following this students will undertake workplace clinical experience and demonstrate their ability to transfer skills in their new practice environment so as to provide safe quality patient care.

National Safety and Quality Standards in relation to Nursing

• documentation and communication, recognition of and response to the deteriorating health of the patient
• quality use of medicines: pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics; medication management and drug calculation
• prevention of risk and promotion of safety
• clinical monitoring and management
• principles of infection control, standard precautions, nosocomial infections, OHS, appropriate handling and disposal of wastes and sharps
• essentials of care
• evidence based practice

Simulated clinical experience in Nursing:

• medication administration
• administration of blood transfusion
• wound management
• personal hygiene/activities of daily living
• infection control
• physical assessment
• mental health assessment
• observation and documentation
• patient admission and assessment
• pre and post-operative care
• oxygen therapy
• management of critical incidences
• management of emergency situations
• report writing and nursing handover
• time management
• communications
• cultural safety

Workplace clinical experience in Nursing:

• orientation to clinical facility
• role of the registered nurse and the multi-disciplinary team
• assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care and clinical decision making
• leadership and management
• professional competency and scope of practice

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.

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