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NURS20172 - Nursing and Professional Practice 2

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit continues from Nursing and Professional Practice 1 and extends your nursing knowledge and skills to consolidate your professional nursing confidence and competence in managing complex patient problems. You will be able to validate your nursing judgements and clinical decisions through professional reflection and critical thinking. You will also be able to support others in the management of technologies in a variety of clinical contexts and advocate for the patient and their family in the interprofessional context. This unit will be undertaken in the hospital health service where you are employed.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite: NURS20171 Nursing and Professional Practice 1

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 1 - 2021

Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online

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 Postgraduate 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. Practical Assessment 0%
2. 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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20.00% 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 requested more meaningful assessment feedback.
Recommendation
Feedback will be provided using both written and oral formats. Teachers will provide instructions for learners on how to access recorded feedback during tutorials.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit evaluation.
Feedback
Clarity of course resources.
Recommendation
Course resources will be reviewed.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Demonstrate advanced clinical skills within a health context
  2. Advocate for patients and families within the interprofessional context
  3. Initiate clinical evaluations and interventions in clinical settings
  4. Support others in the management of treatment technologies
  5. Use evidence based practices to improve patient outcomes
  6. Role model professional attributes
  7. Apply reflection-in-action to ensure person centered care and the necessity of self-care.

NA

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Practical Assessment
2 - Portfolio
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 - Knowledge
2 - Communication
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills
4 - Research
5 - Self-management
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility
7 - Leadership
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Practical Assessment
2 - Portfolio