CQUniversity Unit Profile
NURS11161 Clinical Nursing Practice 1
Clinical Nursing Practice 1
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General Information

Overview

This unit is aimed at developing and applying fundamental assessment and nursing skills applicable to all settings and age groups. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia standards for practice for the registered nurse are used as a framework to guide you in relation to person-centred care, patient safety, cultural safety, and developing practice. You will have the opportunity to develop effective clinical reasoning skills at a beginning level that enable you to perform an accurate systems-based health assessment for the collection of data in order to plan and review nursing interventions. In this you unit you will also apply principles of asepsis, wound management and safe medication administration in simulated and clinical settings. You will be expected to function within the scope of practice of a nursing student in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice during the compulsory three (3) day residential school or timetabled internal clinical classes in preparation for your 120 hour clinical placement.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites: NURS11160 Fundamentals of Clinical Nursing Practice or NURS11149 Foundations of Nursing Practice 1 NURS11157 Lifespan Approach to Health and Well-Being or NURS11153 Health and Behaviour NURS11158 Evidence Informed Nursing Practice or NHLT12001 NURS11159 Introduction to Nursing or NURS11146 Professional Nursing Identity Co-requisite:BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 3 - 2020

Mixed Mode

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Residential Schools

This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.

Class and Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Class Timetable

Bundaberg, Cairns, Emerald, Gladstone, Mackay, Rockhampton, Townsville
Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney

Assessment Overview

1. Practical and Written Assessment
Weighting: Pass/Fail
2. Online Quiz(zes)
Weighting: Pass/Fail
3. Professional Practice Placement
Weighting: Pass/Fail
4. Online Quiz(zes)
Weighting: Pass/Fail

Assessment Grading

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Have Your Say

Feedback

Sandy was a wonderful teacher who had plenty of knowledge to share. She made lectures very detailed and clinical learning interesting. She clearly set out our required tasks

Recommendation

Continue the same style of Learning and Teaching

Feedback from Have Your say

Feedback

The teachers were all lovely. They responded in a timely manner whenever you had a questions as well for marking the assessment. Res schools went very well and helped prepare me for placement greatly. I was still nervous for placement but res school made me feel confident in what i was doing. The assessment on suture and staple remove i found was a great scenario to do. This has been one of my favourite units so far, due to the teachers attitude and support

Recommendation

Support will continue in res school, on placement and with timely responses to forums, emails and phone calls

Feedback from Have Your Say and student communications

Feedback

Residential School and Placement. I loved the face to face learning, and getting to meet fellow students, and I'm looking forward to placement. Getting to do hands on stuff

Recommendation

Res schools will continue with students encouraged to network with their peers

Feedback from Have Your Say and student communications

Feedback

The information provided throughout this unit was very informative, also broken up with the odd video clips for amusement/amazement, reinforcing information and catchy music was appreciated. Thank you Sandy, your presentation style, lived experience and honesty was awesome, I always looked forward to each Thursdays lecture recording just to hear you speak. The assistance and follow up replies to email inquiries was timely and appreciated. Regards

Recommendation

The content of this unit will continue to be at a high standard with teaching offered in multiple formats to meet learning requirements for students

Feedback from Have Your Say and student communications

Feedback

Maybe a little more discussion on the ANSAT tool used for placement.

Recommendation

Clearer instruction on use of the tool is provided at residentials or during on campus classes, and in lectures.

Feedback from Have Your Say

Feedback

The assessments I feel were a lot to juggle towards the end of term. I feel that either the reflection OR exam aren't necessary for my learning

Recommendation

Both the reflection and the exam remain to suit different learning styles. Both are necessary in an effort to ensure that fundamental learning has occurred

Feedback from Have your say and student communication

Feedback

I find that going on placement during the term is quite difficult on top of everything else and you can feel like you don't have enough knowledge for placement as you haven't covered all the topics in the unit yet. I found on placement, one week with the AINs is plenty enough. A week with the RNs as well would be much more beneficial than only one day.

Recommendation

Placement dates rely on facility availability so outside of CQUniversity control. As the majority of placements are in Aged Care Facilities, the availability of RNs on duty does not allow more time for one on one with students. A registered nurse facilitator is available on site and students are able to contact their unit coordinators if they have any questions during their placement.

Unit Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
  1. Apply principles of person-centred care in the provision of basic nursing care across the lifespan
  2. Perform an accurate systems-based health assessment
  3. Identify, plan and review nursing interventions utilising patient assessment data
  4. Demonstrate application of principles of asepsis, wound management and safe medication administration
  5. Function within the scope of practice of a beginning nursing student in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice.

The learning outcomes are linked to the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) Standards for registered nurses and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia registered nurse standards for practice.

Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes
N/A Level
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Professional Level
Advanced Level

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes

Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 0%
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 0%
3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0%
4 - Online Quiz(zes) - 0%

Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes

Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
7 - Cross Cultural Competence
8 - Ethical practice
9 - Social Innovation
10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes

Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 0%
2 - Practical and Written Assessment - 0%
3 - Professional Practice Placement - 0%
4 - Online Quiz(zes) - 0%
Textbooks and Resources

Textbooks

Prescribed

Fundamentals of Nursing

Edition: 4th (2018)
Authors: Berman, Snyder, Levett-Jones, Dwyer, Hales, Harvey, Langtree, Moxam, Parker, Reid-Searl, Stanley
Pearson
Melbourne Melbourne , Vic , Australia
ISBN: 978-1-4886-1741-6
Binding: Paperback
Prescribed

Portfolios for Health Professionals

Edition: 3rd (2017)
Authors: Andre, Heartfield, Cusak
Elsevier
Chatswood Chatswood , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 978-0-7295-4202-9
Binding: Paperback
Prescribed

Skills in Clinical Nursing

Edition: 1st (2017)
Authors: Berman, Snyder, Levett-Jones, Burton, Harvey
Pearson
Melbourne Melbourne , Vic , Australia
ISBN: 13:978-1-4860-1197-1
Binding: Paperback
Supplementary

Legal Issues for Nursing Students

Edition: 3rd (2015)
Authors: Savage
Pearson
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 978-1-4886-1118-6
Binding: Paperback

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:
  • CQUniversity Student Email
  • Internet
  • Unit Website (Moodle)
Referencing Style

All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)

For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.

Teaching Contacts
Tracey Simes Unit Coordinator
t.simes@cqu.edu.au
Marina Cousins Unit Coordinator
m.cousins@cqu.edu.au
Sandy Mclellan Unit Coordinator
s.j.mclellan@cqu.edu.au
Abi Ford Unit Coordinator
a.ford@cqu.edu.au
Chanchal Kurup Unit Coordinator
c.kurup@cqu.edu.au
Lisa Wirihana Unit Coordinator
l.wirihana@cqu.edu.au
Schedule
Week 1 Begin Date: 09 Nov 2020

Module/Topic

Introduction to the Unit, preparing for clinical placement, professionalism, clinical reasoning, critical thinking and review of patient interview. Preparing a professional portfolio

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 2 Begin Date: 16 Nov 2020

Module/Topic

Legal and Ethical Considerations

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 3 Begin Date: 23 Nov 2020

Module/Topic

Prevention of falls and pressure injuries

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 4 Begin Date: 30 Nov 2020

Module/Topic

Introduction to physical assessment

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Vacation Week Begin Date: 07 Dec 2020

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 5 Begin Date: 14 Dec 2020

Module/Topic

Respiratory assessment

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 6 Begin Date: 21 Dec 2020

Module/Topic

Cardiovascular assessment

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Vacation Week Begin Date: 28 Dec 2020

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 7 Begin Date: 04 Jan 2021

Module/Topic

Neurological assessment

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 8 Begin Date: 11 Jan 2021

Module/Topic

Abdominal assessment

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 9 Begin Date: 18 Jan 2021

Module/Topic

Musculoskeletal Assessment

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 10 Begin Date: 25 Jan 2021

Module/Topic

Pain assessment and management

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 11 Begin Date: 01 Feb 2021

Module/Topic

Management of dying and deceased patient, their family, self care and care of peers

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Week 12 Begin Date: 08 Feb 2021

Module/Topic

Dealing with unwanted patient behaviours

Chapter

Prescribed texts and articles

Events and Submissions/Topic

Summative Quiz Due: Week 12 Monday (8 Feb 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Begin Date: 15 Feb 2021

Module/Topic

Chapter

Events and Submissions/Topic

Assessment Tasks

1 Practical and Written Assessment

Assessment Title
Practical Skills Assessment

Task Description

You will be assessed on a clinical skill in the CLC with the criteria taken from your Clinical Skills text. You will be instructed to complete a clinical skill. You have 20 minutes to complete this skill. You will be required to document your findings on the relevant clinical form and provide a clinical handover to your lecturer. The assessment criteria for the range of tasks which you may be called to undertake is available from your Clinical Skills text. While the clinical skill assessment marking tool is provided to students prior to their clinical learning session to assist in learning the marking tool cannot be taken into the assessment. All assessments in this unit are assessed as per the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).




Assessment Due Date

Completed during on campus clinical learning sessions


Return Date to Students

You will be notified of your result following practical assessment and medication quiz


Weighting
Pass/Fail

Minimum mark or grade
Pass/Fail

Assessment Criteria

No Assessment Criteria


Referencing Style

Submission

No submission method provided.


Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Apply principles of person-centred care in the provision of basic nursing care across the lifespan
  • Perform an accurate systems-based health assessment
  • Identify, plan and review nursing interventions utilising patient assessment data
  • Demonstrate application of principles of asepsis, wound management and safe medication administration
  • Function within the scope of practice of a beginning nursing student in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice.


Graduate Attributes
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy
  • Team Work
  • Information Technology Competence
  • Cross Cultural Competence
  • Ethical practice

2 Online Quiz(zes)

Assessment Title
Online Quiz

Task Description

You are to complete the drug calculation quiz using the Medsafe program during the last session in the CLC. 100% is required to achieve a pass grade

This assessment will be completed on the final day of residential school in a computer lab. You will be told your results on completion of the quiz


Number of Quizzes


Frequency of Quizzes


Assessment Due Date

Completed during on campus clinical learning sessions


Return Date to Students

You will be notified of your result following practical assessment and medication quiz


Weighting
Pass/Fail

Minimum mark or grade
100%

Assessment Criteria

No Assessment Criteria


Referencing Style

Submission

No submission method provided.


Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Identify, plan and review nursing interventions utilising patient assessment data
  • Function within the scope of practice of a beginning nursing student in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice.


Graduate Attributes
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Cross Cultural Competence
  • Ethical practice

3 Professional Practice Placement

Assessment Title
Professional Practice Placement

Task Description

Task Description Assessment Item 2.

Due date: 7 working days after completing placement This assessment has two (2) parts. Both parts are to be uploaded within 7 working days of completing clinical placement. You must pass this assessment to pass the Unit. to pass the assessment you must pass part 1 (the ANSAT Tool) and part 2 (the reflection).

Part 1 Clinical Nursing Practice 1 involves 120 hours clinical placement.

You are required to complete the ANSAT and time sheet during placement. Upload the completed ANSAT to Moodle within 7 working days of completing placement.

Part 2 1500+/-10% word reflection ·

To pass part 2 you must receive a pass in at least 3 of the 6 sections of the assessment rubric

Complete a reflection on a learning opportunity that you experienced on clinical placement. ·

Using Gibb’s reflective cycle, reflect on one event or several depending on your preference and your clinical experience. ·

You may write in first person and referencing is not required as it is your thoughts and feelings that are being discussed.

If you use a direct quote or wish to support your knowledge with literature a reference, or references, will be required. 1500 +/- 10% words is the limit for your reflection. Marking criteria is below:


Assessment Due Date

Portfolio, timesheet and reflection must be uploaded within seven (7) working days of completion of clinical placement.


Return Date to Students

Weighting
Pass/Fail

Minimum mark or grade
Pass/Fail

Assessment Criteria

Pass Fail
De-identified facility and patient or staff involved in the learning activity Does not de-identify facility and patient or staff involved in the learning activity
Describes a learning opportunity that was completed on placement Does not describe a learning opportunity that was completed on placement
Describes knowledge and skills utilised while completing the learning activity Does not describe knowledge and skills utilised while completing the learning activity
States what worked well and where any deficits lie Does not state what worked well and where any deficits lie
Each step of the Gibb's reflective cycle has been clearly identified and applied in the reflection.
Is within 1500 +/- 10% word count

Does not clearly use the steps of Gibb's reflective cycle


Is not within 1500 +/- 10% word count


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
Portfolio, timesheet and reflection must be uploaded within seven (7) working days of completion of clinical placement to the assessment block on Moodle

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Apply principles of person-centred care in the provision of basic nursing care across the lifespan
  • Perform an accurate systems-based health assessment
  • Identify, plan and review nursing interventions utilising patient assessment data
  • Demonstrate application of principles of asepsis, wound management and safe medication administration
  • Function within the scope of practice of a beginning nursing student in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice.


Graduate Attributes
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy
  • Team Work
  • Cross Cultural Competence
  • Ethical practice

4 Online Quiz(zes)

Assessment Title
Summative Quiz

Task Description

Task Description

You will have two hours to complete the quiz. The 2 hour time limit commences from the point you click on the "Attempt the quiz now" button.

The summative quiz has 60 multi-choice questions that you will need to complete in Moodle within a two-hour timeframe. The questions come from a large bank of questions that are randomly selected for each student. The quiz covers content from weeks 1 -10 that you have completed during term.

The quiz will open for students to access on Monday 8th - Friday 12 February. Note: The quiz opens at 0800hrs  Monday 8 February AEST on closes at 1600 hrs on Friday 12 February.

The quiz will be open for a 5 (five) day  period only but once you commence the quiz you will have two hours to complete it.

You must allow two hours prior to the quiz closing to start the quiz, for example, if you start the quiz at 1500 hrs Friday you  will be locked out at 15.59 hrs regardless of whether you have finished or not. If you commence the quiz but do not complete it within two hours you will be automatically locked out and your attempt will be submitted for your grade.

The following quiz must be completed without assistance from another person and without the use of mobile phones or other devices. Non-adherence to this is considered academic misconduct and cheating. Nursing textbooks and unit study materials can be sourced.

Please use the internet connection of Chrome or Firefox.If you experience any difficulties with your internet connection, please notify the unit coordinator as soon as possible.



Number of Quizzes


Frequency of Quizzes


Assessment Due Date

Week 12 Monday (8 Feb 2021) 11:45 pm AEST

The quiz is open from Monday 8 February 0800 hrs and closes at 1600 hrs on Friday 12 February. You have 2 hours to complete the quiz once you commence


Return Date to Students

Results will be available after Monday 15 February


Weighting
Pass/Fail

Minimum mark or grade
50%

Assessment Criteria

No Assessment Criteria


Referencing Style

Submission
Online

Submission Instructions
Complete the on-line quiz between 0800 hrs on 8- 1600 hrs on12 February. You have 2 hours to complete the quiz after commencement

Learning Outcomes Assessed
  • Identify, plan and review nursing interventions utilising patient assessment data
  • Function within the scope of practice of a beginning nursing student in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice.


Graduate Attributes
  • Communication
  • Problem Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Information Literacy
  • Team Work
  • Information Technology Competence
  • Cross Cultural Competence
  • Ethical practice

Academic Integrity Statement

As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.

Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.

When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.

Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.

As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.

What is a breach of academic integrity?

A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.

Why is academic integrity important?

A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.

Where can I get assistance?

For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.

What can you do to act with integrity?