NURS1103
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course prepares students for clinical placements and provides an introduction to clinical practice issues such as self-care, patient safety and professional communication. Mindfulness, mental health first aid, workplace health and safety, safe patient moving, infection control, patient assessment and hygiene, therapeutic and person-centred communication will each be addressed.
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. Discuss person-centred assessment and apply to the collection of health data/cues
2. Demonstrate therapeutic communication skills
3. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of the mind-body-spirit connection in health
4. Utilise mindfulness strategies to manage person stressors
5. Demonstrate a beginning understanding of how to provide support to adults who are developing a mental illness or experiencing a mental health crisis.
6. Identify the importance of mandatory notification requirements in national law in relation to impaired students and reflect on personal factors related to health and well-being that may impact on being fit for practice
7. Demonstrate an understanding of your role in maintaining patient safety
8. Demonstrate critical thinking and clinical reasoning and their application to health care
9. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on your practice
10. Explain infection control principles and procedures and demonstrate effective hand hygiene
11. Demonstrate an understanding of relevant aspects of the Workplace Health & Safety Act (2011)
12. Demonstrate ergonomic principles to prevent manual handling injuries and promote patient comfort and safety
13. Discuss how the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia's competency standards, codes of ethics and codes of professional conduct provide a framework for professional practice and performance assessment
14. Identify the differences in scope of practice, accountability and responsibility between students, registered nurses, enrolled nurses and unlicensed health care workers
15. Undertake the process for NSW Health Verification Requirements for preparation to attend placement
Content
Person-centred care; patient safety; workplace health and safety; health promotion; self-care, mindfulness, mental health first aid, safe patient moving, infection control, patient assessment, patient hygiene, therapeutic communication, and preparation for clinical placement
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 Nursing (11725) program.
Assessment items
Written Assignment: Written Assessment
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Quiz: Quiz
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Laboratory attendance, assessment of competence and evidence of compulsory requirements
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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