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NURS13124 - Critical Care Nursing

General Information

Unit Synopsis

The course will introduce the student to concepts and knowledge needed to effectively care for clients experiencing complex alterations in health. The student will be encouraged to apply knowledge of human science to the pathophysiological, biopsychological, and psychosocial responses occurring with individuals and families experiencing complex alterations in health. Students will be asked to critically analysis the care provided to clients, including strategies to assist individuals and their family cope with crisis situations. In addition the student will need to demonstrate understanding of the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe nursing care in various complex health care settings. Knowledge of ethico-legal issues and collaborative care processes including the use of pharmacological agents, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures related to a range of complex health alterations will also be examined. Participation in the residential school is compulsory for all students.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
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 NURS12146 Chronic Disease Management or NURS12141 Nursing in a Medical Environment.

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 3 - 2025

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2025

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. Written Assessment 60%
2. Examination 40%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2012 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 89.44% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50.79% 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: Student feedback (end-of-course evaluations and residential school feedback)
Feedback
Students attending the Residential School at Noosa expressed concern that their didn’t have the same learning opportunities as students at other campuses due to staffing issues
Recommendation
Dean and Noosa staff have been advised of student concerns and will explore options to ensure more equitable learning opportunities are available.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback (end-of-course evaluations)
Feedback
A small number of students were critical of the quality of some of the YouTube videos selected for 2012.
Recommendation
Better quality YouTube videos will be sourced to support student learning.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback (end-of-course evaluations)
Feedback
The learning resources for this course have been designed to cater to a variety of learning styles. There are no formal lectures for this course as a detailed study guide has been provided along with PowerPoint summaries available for download from the course moodle site. These PowerPoint summaries contain lecture information for NURS13124 Critical Care Nursing. Nevertheless a small number of students are requesting formal lectures in addition to the numerous study resources already provided in the course.
Recommendation
To cater to those students wishing to view lectures, YouTube video lectures relevant to the course material will be made available on the course moodle site. The YouTube videos offer variety and are just like having guest lecturers deliver the course content. Should students have any questions or comments about the content of the YouTube videos they will be able to post these to the Study Resources Discussion Board available on the course Moodle site, email the lecturer directly or raise their questions at residential school. This information will also be made available in the Study Guide.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Display knowledge of human science to the pathophysiological, biopsychological, and psychosocial responses occurring with individuals and families experiencing complex alterations in health
  2. Critically analysis the care provided to clients experiencing complex alterations in health including strategies to assist individuals and their family cope with crisis situations
  3. Demonstrate understanding of the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of safe nursing care for clients experiencing complex alterations in health care
  4. Display knowledge of the legal and ethical frameworks needed when caring for clients experiencing complex alterations in health
  5. Discuss the rationale and nursing implications for collaborative care including the use of pharmacological agents, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures related to a range of complex health alterations

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Written Assessment • • • • •
2 - Examination • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
5 - Team Work • • •
6 - Information Technology 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 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
2 - Examination • • • • •