Course Title: Paediatric Nursing
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Paediatric Nursing
Credit Points: 12.00
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
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NURS2099 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
150H Health Sciences |
Face-to-Face | Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011, Sem 2 2012, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016 |
|
NURS2099 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
173H School of Health and Biomed |
Face-to-Face | Sem 1 2017 |
|
NURS2109 |
Sale Campus |
Undergraduate |
150H Health Sciences |
Face-to-Face | Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011 |
|
NURS2110 |
Hamilton Campus |
Undergraduate |
150H Health Sciences |
Face-to-Face | Sem 2 2006, Sem 2 2007, Sem 2 2008, Sem 2 2009, Sem 2 2010, Sem 2 2011 |
Course Coordinator: Linda Jones
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7417
Course Coordinator Email: linda.jones@rmit.edu.au
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
To be eligible to enrol in this course you need to have successfully completed
- NURS2149 A Nursing Approach to Lifespan Development
You also need to be enrolled in or have successfully completed
- NURS1131 Complex Nursing Care
Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. For further information go to:
www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he
- Complex Nursing Care
Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning. For further information go to:
www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit/he
Course Description
This course will introduce you to the specialty nursing practice of acute paediatric care. You will discuss the care of the acutely ill child within the context of the family and identify the legal parameters for paediatric nursing practice. This course is designed to provide an insight into this speciality area of practice, especially if you are considering a career in paediatric nursing.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the Bachelor of Nursing Program BP032 in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse:
2: Practices within a professional and ethical nursing framework
3: Practices within an evidence-based framework
7: Provides comprehensive, safe and effective evidence based nursing care to achieve identified individual / group outcomes
8: Evaluates progress towards expected individual / group health outcomes in consultation with individuals / groups, significant others and interdisciplinary team
9: Establishes, maintains and appropriately concludes therapeutic relationships
(Reference : Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse)
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Discuss the legal framework for providing care for the paediatric patient
- Identify the context of care for the acute and chronically ill child
- Demonstrate the ability to assess and communicate with the ill child and their family in an appropriate manner.
- Apply pharmacological knowledge and management (including medication calculations) of paediatric medication
- Apply theoretical aspects of Paediatric nursing to support safe and evidenced-based practice in caring for simulated paediatric patients
- Review the context of terminal illness as it applies to the paediatric patient
Overview of Learning Activities
This course will use a range of learning activities including lectures, clinical laboratory and simulation sessions and self-directed learning. Throughout the course you will be able to work both independently and in groups to aid development of your theoretical knowledge and its application to paediatric clinical practice. You will undertake Paediatric clinical simulation in the simulation learning environment.
Self-Directed Learning: You are expected to undertake self-directed learning activities to develop and consolidate knowledge throughout this learning experience. The activities associated with this course are designed to enable you to better develop independent learning skills to support your commitment to lifelong learning as a nursing professional and a university graduate. The self-directed learning activities will also support your knowledge of the material covered in the formal learning program and enhance the consolidation and application of that knowledge.
Teacher Guided Hours: 48 per semester which will include face to face lectures, online activities and clinical laboratory /simulation sessions
Learner Directed Hours: 96 per semester to practice and refine your clinical skills and complete assessment requirements
Overview of Learning Resources
The learning resources associated with this course will include targeted readings taken from a range of both primary and secondary sources. Where possible all selected material will be digitally available to you. Lecture material may be delivered using a variety of flexible learning modes such as Lectopia/Echo360, Discussion Board or workshops and group work. These modes will be utilised at the discretion of your lecturer. RMIT will provide you with additional resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems accessed via your myRMIT site.
Overview of Assessment
This course has no hurdle requirements.
Early Assessment : Online Multiple choice and short answer including paediatric medication calculation questions test
This test is designed to model the types of questions that will be used in the final exam
Weighting 10%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1,2,5
Assessment 2: Assignment Case Based critical analysis essay (including review of literature)
2000 to 2500 words
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLO 1,2-5,6
Evaluation of this assessment will be criterion referenced - Full marking Matrix available on the Course Blackboard site Assessment Guide 2016.
Assessment 3: Final Exam- MCQ and Short Answer test including paediatric medication calculation questions
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-6
Practical
Record 80% attendance for timetabled clinical laboratories. Attendance at skills laboratory sessions is compulsory for students and a class roll will be kept. A medical certificate or equivalent must be provided to the course coordinator if any session is missed. Negotiation will then occur as to whether the course coordinator will permit a makeup session.