Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coffs Harbour | | |
| Gold Coast | | |
| Lismore | | |
Unit description
Develops assessment, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills. Students will build upon knowledge and skills in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and evidence based-practice to demonstrate skills in clinical reasoning and diagnosis. Students will identify, collate and comprehend clinical data, including laboratory and radiology, with which to make clinical decisions.
Unit content
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Introduction to clinical reasoning
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Hypothesis building
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Inductive and deductive reasoning
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Contemplating options and consequences
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Narrative reasoning
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Collaborative reasoning
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Diagnostic and laboratory results
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Cardiac and respiratory diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
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Renal and urinary diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
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Gastrointestinal and endocrine diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
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Musculoskeletal and nervous system diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
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Health information and technology
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Documenting and communicating clinical reasoning and decisions
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Accessing diagnostic and expert systems
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Formulation, assessment and diagnosis in mental health nursing contexts
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.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: |
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| 1 | describe and discuss the components of diagnostic reasoning, differential diagnosis and clinical decision making |
| 2 | differentiate the various forms of clinical reasoning and demonstrate their use in identifying solutions to a problem |
| 3 | analyse clinical diagnostic and laboratory results with which to form diagnostic and care plans in clinical settings |
| 4 | integrate evidence, clinical judgement, inter-professional perspectives and patient preferences in planning and evaluating care |
| 5 | analyse and create appropriate approaches to documentation and communication in clinical settings. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe and discuss the components of diagnostic reasoning, differential diagnosis and clinical decision making
- differentiate the various forms of clinical reasoning and demonstrate their use in identifying solutions to a problem
- analyse clinical diagnostic and laboratory results with which to form diagnostic and care plans in clinical settings
- integrate evidence, clinical judgement, inter-professional perspectives and patient preferences in planning and evaluating care
- analyse and create appropriate approaches to documentation and communication in clinical settings.
Prescribed Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
- Levett-Jones, T, 2018, Clinical Reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse, 2nd edn, Pearson, Sydney.
Prescribed Texts
- Levett-Jones, T, 2018, Clinical Reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse, 2nd edn, Pearson, Sydney.
Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods