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NRSG265: PRINCIPLES OF NURSING

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UNIT RATIONALE, DESCRIPTION and AIM

The Registered Nurse plays a central role in the provision of health care and education for people who experience both short- and long-term health alterations. Health alterations occur across a range of settings and it is a requirement that the nurse is able to provide care for people experiencing these alterations. This unit is required by students to assist their ongoing development of theoretical knowledge, specifically in relation to medical nursing practice and assisting clients who manage their longer-term illness.

The principles of medical nursing that underpin best practice will be demonstrated by the use of evidence-based case studies. Roles of the medical nurse across a variety of health settings, and within the context of multi-disciplinary care, will be explored across patient journeys. The content contained within this unit will inform nursing students future clinical practice across a variety of settings.

The aim of this unit is to support students in development of knowledge and skills for person centered, evidence-based nursing care of individuals experiencing acute medical health alterations.

Mode: This unit is offered in a mixed-mode format. This means the content will be delivered both face to-face and online through on-campus tutorials, online lectures and guided activities, and self-directed study.

Attendance pattern: Face-to-face on-campus tutorials, online lecture recordings, guided and self directed online activities via weekly modules.

Duration: This unit will be taught over 10 weeks; 8 weeks face-to-face attendance, and 2 weeks self directed fully online. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including class attendance, readings and assignment preparation.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

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

LO1 demonstrate knowledge of pathophysiology to manage common health alterations in medical nursing; (GA4, GA5)

LO2 outline the biopsychosocial, spiritual and cultural factors that impact on the person with a medical health alteration; (GA1, GA4, GA5)

LO3 apply the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model of Nursing across the lifespan, to the principles of medical nursing; (GA1, GA4, GA5, GA9)

LO4 implement the Levett-Jones Clinical Reasoning Cycle across a range of settings, to plan safe, evidence-based, culturally sensitive, person-centred nursing care for common medical health alterations; (GA3, GA4, GA5, GA8, GA9)

LO5 apply quality use of medicines, non-pharmacological therapeutic interventions and complementary therapies in medical nursing; (GA1, GA3, GA4, GA5, GA7, GA8)

LO6 apply legal and ethical principles related to medical nursing. (GA3)

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES

On successful completion of this unit, students should have developed their ability to: GA1 demonstrate respect for the dignity of each individual and for human diversity GA3 apply ethical perspectives in informed decision making

GA4 think critically and reflectively

GA5 demonstrate values, knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or profession

GA7 work both autonomously and collaboratively

GA8 locate, organize, analyze, synthesize and evaluate information

GA9 demonstrate effective communication in oral and written English language and visual media

NMBA REGISTERED NURSE STANDARDS FOR PRACTICE

The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australias Registered Nurse Standards for Practice developed in this unit are:

CONTENT

Topics will include:

Medical nursing care

  • Principles
    • Alterations to health resulting from a medical condition
    • Diagnostic procedures
    • Risk factors and comorbidities
    • Biopsychosocial, spiritual and cultural considerations
    • Promoting independence and working collaboratively
      • Rehabilitation and habilitation
    • Safety and risk assessments
    • Assessing for and managing deterioration
    • Patient education
    • Quality use of medicines
    • Continuity of care
    • Discharge planning
    • Tools for planning care (e.g. care pathways)
    • Legal and ethical issues
  • Nursing the patient with common medical conditions
    • Endocrine disorders
      • Type 1 Diabetes
    • Respiratory disorders
      • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
      • Community acquired pneumonia
    • Cardiac disorders
      • Ischaemic heart disease
      • Acute coronary syndromes
    • Sepsis
    • Neurological
      • Stroke
      • Chronic neurological problems
    • Renal
      • Renal and urological problems
      • Acute kidney disease and chronic kidney disease

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STUDENT FEEDBACK

This unit has been evaluated through the Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching (SELT) online surveys. Student feedback from NRSG265 (2021) has been used to directly inform this unit offering; including unit content, teaching sessions, teaching modes and assessment tasks.

SELT surveys are usually conducted at the end of the teaching period. Your practical and constructive feedback is valuable to improve the quality of the unit. Please ensure you complete the SELT survey for the unit. You can also provide feedback at other times to the unit lecturers, course coordinators and/or through student representatives.

LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY AND RATIONALE

Modes of delivery in this unit include lectures, tutorials, online activities and self-directed study. Consistent with adult learning principles, the teaching and learning strategies used within these modes of delivery will provide students with foundational knowledge and skills relevant to professional nursing practice. These strategies will also support students in meeting the aim, learning outcomes and graduate attributes of the unit and the broader course learning outcomes. Learning and teaching strategies will reflect respect for the individual as an independent learner. Students will be expected

to take responsibility for their learning and to participate actively with peers.

Students at university need to operate effectively as self-sufficient learners who drive their own learning and access the learning supports they require. To guide students in their learning, feedback is required to identify what is being done well, what requires additional work and to identify progress toward required learning outcomes. Located in the second year of the programme, this theory unit includes moderate face-to-face teaching hours and an increasing online component of learning to build life-long learning skills. Lectures are utilised to convey content and central principles while tutorials deliver interactive and student-driven learning sessions which require an increasing reliance on students to extend their community of learners and increase self-reliance. Online materials provide students with the opportunity to undertake directed, self-motivated study and continue to transition to independent study and life-long learning.

Weekly formative online quizzes for this unit will be made available to students to provide feedback on their progress and guide their unit learning. The formative quiz follows the same format as the online quizzes used in first year, however, will not contribute to the students grade for this unit. First year quizzes were summative and consequently contributed to students grades; second year quizzes are predominantly formative, do not contribute to the final unit grade and are thus optional. The formative quizzes are designed to assist students to reinforce sound study patterns and their transition toward independent study and life-long learning.

This unit may also be offered on or off campus in intensive mode for sponsored / special cohorts, with the learning and teaching strategies being equitable with on campus mode offerings as endorsed by the Discipline Curriculum Implementation Committee.

LECTURE CAPTURE

Lectures for this unit will be pre-recorded and made available to students via the LEO learning management system. There will also be Zoom sessions in the lead-up to the first assessment task and in the last week of classes to help students prepare for the second assessment task. Students will be notified with details of when these sessions will be held and where to find recordings of the sessions.

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SCHEDULE

For the most up-to-date information, please check your LEO unit and also note advice from your lecturing and tutoring staff for changes to this schedule.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

You should refer to information on the LEO campus tile as to how replacement learning will be offered for students who have a public holiday fall on the day of their scheduled tutorial.

Public Holidays falling in Semester 2, 2022

VIC: Friday 30th September (AFL Grand Final) ?

NSW:?Monday 3rd October (Labour Day)?

ACT:?Monday 3rd October (Labour Day)?

QLD:? Wednesday 10th August (Ekka Wednesday), Monday 3rd October (Queens Birthday)?

ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS UNIT

Attendance at all lectures, practical classes and simulations is expected. Attendance records of all practical and tutorial classes are maintained with a minimum of 80% attendance expected.

Reasons why attendance is required

In class, you will be interacting with other students and developing skills which you will use in your professional/clinical experience. Working within a group or team is an essential skill for all healthcare workers. Additionally, contributing to and learning from interactions in tutorials has been shown to increase students understanding and improve student success. Lecturers monitor attendance and your use of LEO so that we can support your learning. You are required to attend a minimum of 80% of classes in this unit. These are your responsibilities as an adult learner.

To ensure that you benefit from the ACU learning experience and continue to achieve, you are encouraged to plan your week carefully and prioritize time to engage in learning activities. These may include face-to-face tutorials, virtual tutorials and online learning activities, as scheduled. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including class attendance, readings and assignment preparation.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND RATIONALE

A range of assessment items consistent with University assessment requirements and policy will be used to ensure students achieve the unit learning outcomes and attain the graduate attributes.

In this unit, there are two 50% assessment items, therefore the importance of each item is higher in terms of achievement of unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes. Students transition from three lower weighted assessments to two more heavily weighted assessments is supported by mixed assessment styles. The oral assessment broadens students communication strategies. It engages students with the application of theory to practice and is designed to facilitate an understanding of the impact of long-term illness. The examination enables students to demonstrate a sound knowledge base in addressing content questions and an evolving understanding of this content to address the process related questions.

These assessments are required to build student knowledge and skills which, by the conclusion of this programme, will enable the student to graduate as a safe and effective nurse.

In order to pass this unit, you are required to achieve an aggregate score of 50% or more for the assessment tasks in the unit.

The assessment tasks for this unit are designed for you to demonstrate your achievement of each learning outcome.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION, MARKING AND RETURN

Electronic submission, marking and return is being used for this unit. Assessment Task 1 will be submitted and marked via Turnitin.

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