Unit of Study NURS2010 Acute Care Nursing (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

Yes

Pre-requisites

For students in 3005105: HBIO1003 - Systemic Anatomy AND NURS2007 - Primary Health Care and Nursing Practices AND NURS2009 - Health Maintenance and Restorative Nursing Care AND PHAR2001 - Introductory Pharmacology; OR for students in 3007303: NURS2001 - Nursing Practices AND PHAR2001 - Introductory Pharmacology
Co-requisites

NURS2011 - Nursing Management of Acute Health Breakdown

Enrolment information

This unit contains professional experience learning/laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.ah/healthplacements Please note: Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.

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

Introduction to acute illness strategies
The practice of nursing care in acute health conditions and deterioration
Intravenous access/ central venous access devices management
Parenteral complex fluid administration
Blood Product Management
Perioperative care
Pain management (Patient controlled analgesia/ epidural)
Nursing care in acute
- cardiovascular states: electrocardiograph interpretation, arrhythmia and chest pain management
- respiratory states including Intubation, ventilation, intercostal catheter, underwater seal drainage
- renal/urinary states
- musculoskeletal states
Preparation for PEP6

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

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:

critically analyse patient assessment data to determine an effective care plan for patient-centred acute care nursing

practice safe and competent nursing care in a range of acute consumer clinical presentations

demonstrate sound problem-solving abilities applied to professional and collaborative practice in the simulated acute care setting.

relate knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to safe medication management in acute contexts

Fee information

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