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2024 unit offering information will be available in November 2023

Unit description

Provides students with the opportunity to further develop and demonstrate integrated competence regarding complex nursing challenges. Students will be required to demonstrate high level assessment, planning and interventions skills in response to complex and challenging care situations.

Unit content

  • Triage assessment
  • Emergency procedures
    • Advanced life support
    • Paediatric resuscitation
  • Complex paediatric medication administration
  • Shock and system failure / advanced IV management 
  • Venepuncture
  • Medications and technologies in the care and management of acute trauma and shock disorders
  • Advanced airway management
    • Endotracheal tubes
  • Psychiatric emergencies
  • Drug-induced psychosis
  • Dealing with intoxication and withdrawal states
  • Pharmacological concepts in the management of psychiatric emergencies and intoxication and withdrawal states

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:
1demonstrate comprehensive and timely assessment skills in acute and emergency situations
2interpret and respond to patient presentations in simulated emergency situations
3synthesise knowledge and skills to safely administer medications in complex settings
4demonstrate leadership capabilities in managing teams

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. demonstrate comprehensive and timely assessment skills in acute and emergency situations
  2. interpret and respond to patient presentations in simulated emergency situations
  3. synthesise knowledge and skills to safely administer medications in complex settings
  4. demonstrate leadership capabilities in managing teams

Teaching and assessment

Notice

Intensive offerings may or may not be scheduled in every teaching period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Southern Cross University employs different teaching methods within units to provide students with the flexibility to choose the mode of learning that best suits them. SCU academics strive to use the latest approaches and, as a result, the learning modes and materials may change. The most current information regarding a unit will be provided to enrolled students at the beginning of the teaching period.

Fee information

Domestic

Commonwealth Supported courses
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Fee paying courses
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International

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