NURS1101
20 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course prepares nursing and midwifery students for their roles as knowledgeable and skilled health care professionals. It provides an introduction to and foundation for professional conduct, critical thinking and safe, evidence-based clinical practice
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 1 - 2021.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify the legal and professional requirements of the Codes of Conduct and Ethics for nurses/midwives in Australia and critically evaluate relevant cases
2. Discuss law and ethics related to privacy and confidentiality and critically evaluate relevant cases
3. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of person/woman centred care, dignity care, professional boundaries and therapeutic communication
4. Reflect on culture, values, ethics, attitudes, beliefs, assumptions and your own learning
5. Discuss cultural awareness, competence and safety, including the provision of culturally safe care in a range of health care contexts/situations
6. Explain the nature and implications of patient/woman safety, including causes of adverse events and strategies to reduce their incidence and improve safety
7. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of critical thinking and clinical reasoning, including types of clinical reasoning errors and implications for patient/woman safety
8. Examine examples of social, environmental, biomedical and economic determinants of health from a local, national and global perspective
9. Discuss health literacy, health promotion and models of health behaviour change
10. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of types of research and evidence-based practice
11. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of the Australian health care system
12. Perform effective searches to locate and utilise relevant, high quality evidence-based literature for academic writing
13. Demonstrate understanding of academic literacies requirements
Content
Professional codes, conduct and values; person/woman-centred care; critical thinking and clinical reasoning; patient/woman safety; privacy and confidentiality; dignity care; reflective practice; therapeutic communication and relationships; social determinants of health; health literacy; health promotion and behaviour change; culturally safe and appropriate care; provision of evidenced-based care to individuals, families and communities while practising in accordance with legal, ethical and professional standards.
Review of Progress
This course is a compulsory program requirement and is monitored for academic progress purposes. The course must be completed to progress in the program or meet other program requirements.
Failure or withdrawal from this course will result in students being considered under the Student Academic Progress Procedure.
Requisite
This course is only available to students who are active in the Bachelor of Midwifery or Bachelor of Nursing programs.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: .
Presentation: .
In Term Test: .
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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