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NURS13144 - Preparation for Practice as a Registered Nurse

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Transitioning from university to a graduate position may be challenging. This unit will assist you to prepare for the transition as a newly registered nurse. You will have the opportunity to examine types of leadership and integrate these with practices associated with clinical supervision, preceptorship, collaboration, delegation, and management. You will also examine the tension between professional practice, advocacy, and systems. Preparation for role transition including developing teamwork skills, strategies for workload management and prioritisation of care are explored.

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

Pre-requisites:

NURS13142 Professional Experience Placement 4


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 No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2021

Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online
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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 10%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Written Assessment 50%

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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 40.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 10.82% 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: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students found the workload challenging, particularly having to complete three written assessments.
Recommendation
Unit coordinators will review assessment numbers and types. Weekly 'milestones' are provided on Moodle to encourage students to work on assessment items regularly throughout the term.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Students asked for Q&A sessions to be recorded.
Recommendation
Consider recording Q&A sessions.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Assessment criteria was confusing and unclear.
Recommendation
Assessment criteria will be peer-reviewed and checked for clarity and understanding.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
The lecturers were approachable and helpful.
Recommendation
Continue to provide proactive support for students.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Reflect on your journey to become a registered nurse. Consider future challenges and strategies to effectively manage these challenges
  2. Explain the scope of practice of the registered nurse and the process of delegation
  3. Analyse models of leadership and evaluate their applicability to practice as a new graduate particularly within clinical supervision, preceptorship and management
  4. Analyse the integral nature of professional governing bodies in relation to professional nursing practice, patient safety, and governance
  5. Explain the integral nature of reflection in collaboration and teamwork in the workplace.

Content in this unit incorporates a number of professional nursing requirements

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Registered Nurse Standards for Practice

Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice

Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships

Maintains the capability for practice

Develops a plan for nursing practice

Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Nursing Code of Conduct

Legal compliance

Person-centred practice

Cultural practice and respectful relationships

Professional behaviour

Teaching, supervising and assessing

Research in health

Health and wellbeing

International Council of Nursing Code of Ethics for Nursing

Nurses and People

Nurses and Practice

Nurses and the Profession

Nurses and co-workers

National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

Clinical governance

Partnering with consumers

Comprehensive care

Communicating for safety

Patient Safety Competency Framework

Person-centred care

Therapeutic communication

Cultural competence

Teamwork and collaborative practice

Clinical reasoning

Evidence-based practice

Preventing, minimising and responding to adverse events

Infection prevention and control

Medication safety

Aged Care Quality Standards

Consumer dignity and choice

Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers

Personal care and clinical care

Services and supports for daily living

Organisation’s service environment

Feedback and complaints

Human resources

Organisation governance

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Portfolio • •
2 - Written Assessment • •
3 - Written Assessment • • •
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 • • • •
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 - Portfolio • • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • • •