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NURS3274

Transition to Professional Practice B

20 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2012

Callaghan CampusSemester 1, Semester 2
OurimbahSemester 2
Port Macquarie Nth Coast InstSemester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

This course provides students with a sustained period of clinical practice to enable them to prepare effectively for professional practice. This preparation involves working alongside registered nurses and demonstrating an increasing ability to provide care for a group of clients as an effective practitioner. An integral aspect of professional function is the ability to manage one's practice. Understanding the application of processes to achieve quality care is an integral aspect of professional practice.

This course is a Compulsory Program Component and students must pass in order to progress in the Bachelor of Nursing program

Objectives
Completing the learning activities for this course should enable the student to:
1. Demonstrate the development of a body of knowledge in relation to complex health breakdown processes as they apply to individuals;
2. Demonstrate the ability to undertake patient assessment, develop a plan of care according to the results of patient assessment, formulate expected outcomes and evaluate the effectiveness of care;
3. Discuss the processes involved in health breakdown in situations encountered within the elective clinical placement;
4. Demonstrate an understanding of public health, health education and health equity;
5. Demonstrate personal practice management skills in the clinical context consistent with the performance of a new practitioner;
6. Apply an evidence based approach to the assessment and nursing care of clients experiencing illness;
7. Reflect on personal professional practice and identify opportunities for ongoing development;
8. Describe continuous quality improvement processes used within the clinical context;
9. Discuss and apply the concepts/models of community health care in rehabilitation, continuity of care, living with chronic illness, health promotion, and prevention, etc;
10. Evaluate the impact of the community context and public policy as determining factors in community health; and
11. Develop and demonstrate group work skills
Content
Clinical placement.
Replacing Course(s)
N/A
Transition
N/A
Industrial Experience
0
Assumed Knowledge
Satisfactory completion of all 1000 and 2000 level BN courses and NURS3163, NURS3184, NURS3197, NURS3198
Modes of Delivery
Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Teaching Methods
Clinical
Email Discussion Group
Lecture
Experience Based Learning
Forums
Self Directed Learning
Assessment Items
Essays / Written Assignments
A quality management essay relating to nurse sensitive patient outcomes. Students are required to conduct a clinically based audit in consultation with their academic mentor as part of this assessment.
Other: (please specify)
Formal assessment of clinical performance - a competent performance rating is essential to gain a pass or higher grade in this course. Submission of weekly Clinical Summary forms must be used to provide evidence of attendance and satisfactory clinical performance
Other: (please specify)
Critical Reflection to demonstrate the link between the student's clinical placement experience and their own reflective practice
Quiz - On-line
Primary health / Sociology quiz -focused on health social policy and community health.
Contact Hours
Lecture: for 3 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Clinical: for 168 hour(s) per Term for Full Term

Timetables