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NURS3020: Transition to Practice (BN(AS))
2024 unit information
This unit of study provides students with an opportunity to focus on a clinical area of interest, consolidate prior learning, and develop their knowledge and nursing practice expertise. Students will have the opportunity to choose from a range of clinical specialties such as aged care, palliative care, mental health, perioperative, high acuity, and paediatrics, in which undertake a professional experience placement. A patient as partner approach will be used to guide the teaching and learning strategies. Focusing on a different speciality of nursing practice, each tutorial will utilise patient-based scenarios to enable students to apply their knowledge required to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the comprehensive care and management of a deteriorating patient. Application of theoretical content will then be practiced in the clinical simulation laboratories. The unit will also address students' preparation for making the transition into the workforce by examining issues including codes of professional conduct and ethics; standards for registered nurses, enrolled nurses, midwives and nurse practitioners, professional boundaries, legal frameworks for practice and decision- making frameworks. Other issues such as time management, prioritisation and delegation of care and effective management of self within teams and in the workplace will also be explored.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Nursing and Midwifery
| Code | NURS3020 |
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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 including (NURS2011 or NURS3010) and (NURS2010 or NURS2007) and (NURS3018 or NURS2002) |
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Corequisites:
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NURS3007 |
| Prohibitions:
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NURS3016 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. conduct a comprehensive patient assessment in a range of specialty practice areas.
- LO2. understand, in depth the impact of selected health problems on individuals and their families recognising patients as partners in their care.
- LO3. demonstrate appropriate nursing interventions and clinical skills relevant to patient care in the selected area of practice.
- LO4. discuss relevant trends in nursing practice in a selected clinical specialty environment.
- LO5. effectively apply the clinical reasoning cycle to recognise and appropriately manage the care of deteriorating patients across different contexts of nursing practice.
- LO6. explore in-depth relevant legislation and codes of professional conduct & ethics that regulate nurses and other healthcare professionals.
- LO7. critically explore issues such as time management, prioritisation and delegation of care and the importance of continuing professional development and life-long learning for safe practice.
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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