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NURS3017: Frameworks for Practice
2026 unit information
Due to the complexity and ever-changing nature of our healthcare systems, errors can and do occur. As such, nursing is a highly regulated profession that is bound by laws, codes, rules, policies, guidelines and standards. This unit of study is designed to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of how nursing practice is regulated through clinical governance and quality and safety frameworks, to deliver safe, high quality care to people. The important role of leadership in nursing practice for delivering safe, high quality health care is examined.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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48 credit points of 1000 level units and 36 credit points of 2000 level units |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Discuss the key legal, ethical and professional frameworks governing nursing practice including responsibility and accountability boundaries.
- LO2. Examine, in depth, clinical governance, quality and safety frameworks and their role in improving patient care, including the role of emerging digital health technologies.
- LO3. Critically analyse theoretical frameworks underpinning leadership and team working, particularly in relation to leadership and team behaviours and their impact on establishing and maintaining healthy organisation cultures and the delivery of safe, high quality patient care.
- LO4. Evaluate the vital role of Registered Nurses as clinical leaders in the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- LO5. Demonstrate an understanding of what it means to be a clinical leader as a new graduate nurse.
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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