Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coffs Harbour | | |
| Gold Coast | | |
| Lismore | | |
Unit description
Introduces students to the concepts of nursing care in acute care settings. Students will analyse and evaluate nursing care across a range of acute conditions. As part of this unit students will complete 160 hours of professional placement.
Unit content
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Introduction to acute illness strategies
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The practice of nursing care in acute health conditions and deterioration
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Intravenous access/ central venous access devices management
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Parenteral complex fluid administration
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Blood Product Management
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Perioperative care
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Pain management (Patient controlled analgesia/ epidural)
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Nursing care in acute
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cardiovascular states: electrocardiograph interpretation, arrhythmia and chest pain management
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respiratory states including Intubation, ventilation, intercostal catheter, underwater seal drainage
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renal/urinary states
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musculoskeletal states
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Preparation for PEP6
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.
GA1: Intellectual rigour,
GA2: Creativity,
GA3: Ethical practice,
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline,
GA5: Lifelong learning,
GA6: Communication and social skills,
GA7: Cultural competence| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 |
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| 1 | critically analyse patient assessment data to determine an effective care plan for patient-centred acute care nursing | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | | |
| 2 | practice safe and competent nursing care in a range of acute consumer clinical presentations | | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
| 3 | demonstrate sound problem-solving abilities applied to professional and collaborative practice in the simulated acute care setting. | Intellectual rigour | | | | | Communication and social skills | |
| 4 | relate knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to safe medication management in acute contexts | Intellectual rigour | | | Knowledge of a discipline | | Communication and social skills | |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- critically analyse patient assessment data to determine an effective care plan for patient-centred acute care nursing
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- practice safe and competent nursing care in a range of acute consumer clinical presentations
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- demonstrate sound problem-solving abilities applied to professional and collaborative practice in the simulated acute care setting.
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
- relate knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to safe medication management in acute contexts
- GA1:
Intellectual rigour
- GA4:
Knowledge of a discipline
- GA6:
Communication and social skills
Prescribed texts
- Bullock, S & Manias, E, 2017, Fundamentals of pharmacology, 8th edn, Pearson Australia, Melbourne, Victoria. ISBN: 9781488610028.
- Farrell, M & Dempsey, J (eds), 2017, Smeltzer & Bare's textbook of medical-surgical nursing, 4th edn, Wolter Kluwer, North Ryde, NSW. ISBN: 9781496349125.
- Lewis, P., and Foley, D, 2020, Health Assessment in Nursing, 3rd edn, Wolters Kluwer.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.