Proposed Unit Synopsis In this unit, you will practice nursing care in the complex care environment. You will apply the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered nurse standards for practice (2016). You will continue to explore the importance of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017) and apply the Patient Safety Competency Framework (PSCF) (Levett-Jones et al., 2017). You will be expected to identify risk and recognise and respond appropriately to the deteriorating patient in the simulated and clinical environment. You will work within your scope of practice using the decision-making framework (NMBA, 2020). You are required to participate in a compulsory four (4) day residential school prior to attending professional experience placement for this unit. This unit includes a 160 hour block professional experience placement in a complex care environment. You must meet specific mandatory health, safety and security requirements to be eligible to attend your professional experience placement. Professional experience placements may be limited in your community and you may be placed in other locations. Please be prepared financially and personally to cover the costs to relocate for placements. Due to the limited availability of placements, some block placements have start and/or end dates that fall outside standard term dates.

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 Student evaluation

This unit was educational with constructive feedback and relevant to all aspects of Professional Experience Placement 4.

Continue to focus on delivering content that is current and relevant to contemporary nursing practice.

Feedback from Student evaluation

The Medication Calculations quiz included medication safety questions for the first time this term, and some students felt unprepared to answer these questions.

Student feedback to be used to inform the ongoing development of Math Central learning resources.

Feedback from Student evaluation

The residential school experience seems to vary depending upon who teaches it. I would like for the class to be taught uniformly.

Continue to review and refine teaching and learning resources to support clarity and consistency in teaching delivery.

Feedback from Clinical Facilitator

Weekly telephone calls from Unit Coordinators when students are undertaking placement are helpful and appreciated.

Maintain weekly telephone contact with Clinical Facilitators and industry partners during clinical placements to provide ongoing support and guidance to staff that are supervising students.