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NURS5054: Emergency Nursing Practice
2024 unit information
Emergency nursing practice is characterised by a diversity of clinical presentations which range from those requiring minimal care to those with complex or life-threatening clinical presentations or injury. This variation in clinical presentation requires emergency nurses to have a strong foundation in patient assessment and associated physiological knowledge, both which are key components of this unit of study. Acknowledging the diversity of clinical presentations, in this unit of study we will specifically examine the assessment and management of the most common illness or injuries seen in the emergency department, including those requiring resuscitation. Management of patients with these clinical conditions will be explored, specifically focusing on the evidence-base of interventions and their influence on patient outcome.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Nursing and Midwifery
| Code | NURS5054 |
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| Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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NURS5059 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. build on knowledge of physiological and pathophysiological changes in illness, and apply such knowledge to the assessment and management of common emergency presentations
- LO2. adopt an evidenced-based approach to rationalise a patient management plan and evaluate improvements in patient clinical status
- LO3. (critically) analyse the plausibility of original research as a source of information on which to base clinical practice and decisions relevant to emergency nursing practice
- LO4. critique original critical care research and compilations of this research by examining the authority, corroboration, plausibility, and presentation of these as sources of information
- LO5. integrate individual clinical experience with relevant evidence to produce information that can be used to inform the clinical practice of others.
Unit availability
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Semester 2 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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