Key facts
UNE unit code: HSNS372
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- Trimester 1 - On Campus
- Trimester 1 - Online
- Trimester 3 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- 0
Unit information
This unit enhances your ability to recognise and respond to the deteriorating patient, utilising contemporary technological and clinical innovation to deliver safe, quality care. Focusing on patient advocacy, you will explore the knowledge and skills necessary for recognising and responding to the acutely deteriorating patient.
You will have opportunities to reflect and consolidate your professional practice with 160 hours of professional experience placement (PEP), and demonstrate attributes that are in demand in the workplace, including self-directed learning, delegation, teamwork and communication, management and leadership.
Offerings
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Teaching period | Mode/location |
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Trimester 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
Trimester 1 | Online |
Trimester 3 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
Start | Finish | Duration | Attendance | Offerings | Notes |
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TBA | TBA | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | Trimester 3, Online | Mandatory on campus intensive school. Dates to be advised. |
TBA | TBA | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | Trimester 1, Online | Mandatory on campus intensive school. Dates to be advised. |
Enrolment rules
Notes
This unit includes 160 hours of professional experience placement.
Professional experience placements will only proceed for students who meet pre-clinical requirements in the first eight weeks of their enrolment in the course and maintain the currency of these requirements throughout the duration of the course.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- advocate for safe and effective nursing care including the integration of digital technologies with effective communication and documentation;
- plan, implement and evaluate nursing care associated with recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient with a person-centred and coordinated approach;
- critically analyse the nurse's legal and ethical role in relation to caring for, and responding to, people/clients with acute and complex care needs across diverse healthcare settings;
- demonstrate proficient and safe application of person-centred competent care and professional practice in the clinical setting; and
- reflect on professional practice as a beginning Registered Nurse using the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice as an integrated framework for assessing competence and determining future development needs within theoretical and clinical environments.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
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Assessment 1 | Yes | 5% | All offerings | Participation for learning Assessment Notes: Attendance at a minimum of eight (8) of the weekly 2-hour workshops and eight (8) of the weekly scheduled laboratories/tutorials over the trimester OR 100% attendance at the intensive school is required to pass the unit. Students will receive a mark of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory against this assessment. *Any breech of 100% attendance will require documented evidence and make-up activities. Must pass this assessment item to pass the unit. |
Assessment 2 | Yes | 35% | All offerings | Clinical Competence Assessment (CCA) Complex patient assessment Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory: Compulsory satisfactory to pass the unit. Must pass to progress to PEP |
Assessment 3 | Yes | All offerings | Professional Experience Placement (PEP) Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory: compulsory satisfactory to pass the unit Successful completion of 160 hours of professional experience placement. Must pass this assessment item to pass the unit. | |
Assessment 4 | Yes | 60% | All offerings | Professional Practice Project No. Words: 2000 equivalent Must pass this assessment item to pass the unit. |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
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