Available in 2024
Course code

NURS3001

Units

10 units

Level

3000 level

Course handbook

Description

The course provides students with knowledge and principles of care for the deteriorating person. Students apply systematic health assessment frameworks and evidence-based practice to describe safe, effective and culturally appropriate care across the lifespan. Students will develop skills to recognise and analyse deteriorating patient situations, related to National Health Priority areas. A variety of case-studies will enable students to plan, implement and evaluate time critical care actions. By the end of this course students will understand the principles of acute care nursing across a variety of critical care contexts.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Gosford

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of pathophysiology, risk factors, multi morbidities and epidemiology of select diseases linked to the rapidly deteriorating person across the lifespan.

2. Implement clinical reasoning, comprehensive patient assessment to recognise, respond, communicate and advocate in time-critical situations involving the deteriorating person, as part of the multidisciplinary team approach.

3. Discuss the principles of cultural competence, therapeutic and inter professional communication skills when planning care for deteriorating people.

4. Apply the Quality Use of Medicines Framework to the care of deteriorating patients in a range of contexts.

5. Integrate and relate legal and ethical principles in the planning of care for the deteriorating person.

6. Evaluate and reflect on knowledge for coping with experiencing grief, loss and bereavement concerning the deteriorating person, families and staff.


Content

  • The Deteriorating person in the Australian Context
  • Caring for the deteriorating person across the lifespan
  • Evidence-based care
  • Therapeutic approaches across the lifespan
  • Professional capabilities
  • Reflecting on practice and clinical decision making

Requisite

This course is available to students who are active in the Bachelor of Nursing [40298] and have not previously successfully completed NURS3101.


Assessment items

Quiz: Quizzes

Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case study


Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan

Lecture-1
  • Online 12 hour(s) per term
Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 6 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 24 hour(s) per term
  • Face to Face On Campus: 6 Tutorials x 2 hour(s) per TERMOnline: 6 Tutorials x 2 hour(s) per TERM

Semester 1 - 2024 - Gosford

Lecture-1
  • Online 12 hour(s) per term
Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 6 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 24 hour(s) per term
  • Face to Face On Campus: 6 Tutorials x 2 hour(s) per TERMOnline: 6 Tutorials x 2 hour(s) per TERM

Course outline