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NURS11166 - Fundamentals of Professional Nursing

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit aims to develop fundamental knowledge, values and skills for professional practice as a registered nurse. You will explore the personal skills, inherent requirements and attributes required in the profession and consider what your journey towards becoming a registered nurse will involve. You will learn about reflective practice, critical thinking, clinical decision-making and the nursing process. You will examine factors that impact nursing practice in the contemporary Australian healthcare system. Throughout this unit, you will acquire fundamental knowledge, professionalism and skills, including application of mathematical principles for medication administration, necessary to provide nursing care at entry level. In particular, you will be able to conduct a holistic assessment, assist a person with their activities of daily living, practice infection control measures and recognise the legal and administration process for the safe delivery of medication within the simulated environment. You are required to participate in compulsory on-campus workshops or a residential school (24 hours) for this unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in CL91 Bachelor of Nursing.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2026

Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

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).

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.

Assessment Tasks

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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.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 94.55% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 13.58% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
This unit was very interesting and allowed us to understand different procedures and ways to conduct assessments on the body. The objectives of each week are very clear and easy to understand. The resources collected supported and enriched our studies.
Recommendation
Coordinators will continue to review the unit to enable updates of contemporary resources and evidence to ensure the best student experience.
Action Taken
Coordinators reviewed the unit to enable updates of contemporary resources and evidence to ensure the best student experience.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
This was an amazing unit with a lot of information at first so it was difficult to put it into context with the learning materials at home. However, the 3 days of residential classes helped me cement the information. I did find this unit tremendously informative and well put together. Thank you all for everything.
Recommendation
Coordinators will ensure the unit continues to maintain a strong alignment with the residential school to ensure students can apply theory with practice.
Action Taken
Coordinators ensured that the unit maintains strong alignment with the residential school, allowing students to apply theory to practice.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The teachers were great, very approachable and helpful. More prompts to research evidence would help get the hang of it.
Recommendation
Teachers and coordinators will continue to be approachable, supportive and helpful. Prompts to research evidence will be included in the unit and Zoom sessions.
Action Taken
Teachers and coordinators continued to be approachable, supportive and helpful. Prompts to research evidence were included in the unit and Zoom sessions.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The structuring of the practical assessments in the Res School could have been better. Due to the size of our Res School class, it took over four hours for the instructors to complete all the assessments. We were told we could work on other assignments while we waited to be assessed but for those of us who didn't have anything else to do, it was wasted time.
Recommendation
Within the residential school students are given organised activities to engage in whilst assessments are being undertaken. Teachers will be pre-briefed to ensure these activities are undertaken on each campus.
Action Taken
Within the residential school, students were given organised activities to engage in whilst assessments were being undertaken. Teachers were pre-briefed to ensure these activities were undertaken on each campus.
Source: SUTE data
Feedback
This unit was extremely beneficial in gaining the foundational knowledge of nursing.
Recommendation
Unit coordinators will continue to ensure that this unit maintains the most contemporary foundational knowledge for students related to nursing.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE data
Feedback
The residential school was enjoyable while being interactive. Most definitely the best first-year nursing unit, hands down.
Recommendation
Moving forward, residential schools will continue to be interactive and immerse students in the foundations of nursing.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE data
Feedback
The amount of content in some weeks was heavy. The residential school did not address all of the things it was supposed to, as indicated throughout the weekly Moodle content.
Recommendation
Students are advised to familiarise themselves with the information contained within the residential school tile prior to attending the face-to-face classes. Residential school and Moodle content will continue to be reviewed before the commencement of each term, and Unit Coordinators will ensure that students are aware of how Moodle content clearly links to residential school.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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