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NURS12146 - Chronic Disease Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course builds on foundational nursing skills to enhance and enable students to develop the knowledge, skills and attributes required when providing nursing management for clients with chronic diseases. Students should be able to demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and accurately document nursing management for the client with chronic diseases, through assessment and the application of critical thinking incorporating evidence base practice. Students should be able to critique the nursing management of individuals requiring palliation and suffering from chronic disorders of mobility, circulation, respiration, digestion, endocrine, neurology and integument. The relationship between physical, mental and social health in the acute client is explored. Participation in compulsory clinical placement should provide students with a suitable learning environment to meet the course objectives. Participation in the clinical laboratory sessions is compulsory for internal students and participation in the residential school is compulsory for flex students.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

NURS12147 Acute Nursing Management or NURS12142 Nursing in a Surgical Environment and NURS12151 Pharmacology for Nurses or NURS12140 Disease Mgmt & Control and BIOH12008 Human Pathophysiology

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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Residential School Compulsory Residential School
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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2010

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 1 - 2010

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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. On-campus Activity 0%
2. Examination 50%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 50%
4. Off-campus Activity 0%
5. Portfolio 0%

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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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: Email from student enrolled in course
Feedback
Glo, I am asking for a clarification of my mark for Assessment 1. I was given a mark of C and had no numerical score.
Recommendation
Clear guidelines for marking , this has been achieved at a school level and in consultation with colleagues about appropriate practice.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the knowledge and clinical skills necessary to engage in competent nursing practice for sufferers of chronic diseases at the novice level in providing nursing.
  2. Demonstrate an ability to assess, plan and implement evidenced based nursing care of individuals suffering from chronic diseases that incorporates respect and understanding of the physical, mental, and social domains.
  3. Critique the nursing management of individuals suffering from chronic disorders of mobility, circulation, respiration, digestion, endocrine, neurology and integument.
  4. Critique the nursing managment of palliative clients.
  5. Critically examine the relationship between physical, mental and social health and chronic disease management.
  6. Demonstrate effective communication and collaboration with patients, families and other members of the multidisciplinary health care team.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - On-campus Activity
2 - Examination
3 - Online Quiz(zes)
4 - Off-campus Activity
5 - Portfolio
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6
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
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - On-campus Activity
3 - Online Quiz(zes)
4 - Off-campus Activity
5 - Portfolio
2 - Examination