Course Title: Preparation for Practice and Leadership

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Preparation for Practice and Leadership

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

 

 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS2155

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016

NURS2155

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: A/Prof Karen Livesay

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7070

Course Coordinator Email: karen.livesay@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 201.07.011


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of:

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

This capstone course will prepare you for your transition into professional practice as a Registered Nurse. You will explore the many facets of working within a contemporary health care organisation. Using a systems theory approach, you will consider clinical governance, and health organisations. You will consider the notion of risk management and quality improvement as applied to nursing practice. Workplace issues such as change, conflict management, self-care in relation to stress and responsibilities associated with delegation will also be addressed. You will be required to integrate your prior and concurrent nursing knowledge, skills and their application to transition-to-practice


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 Nursing and Midwifery Council of Australia, Registered Nurse Standards for Practice:

  • PLO 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
  • PLO 2: Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
  • PLO 3: Maintains the capability for practice

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2016) Registered nurse standards for practice. Melbourne, Australia


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Identify the requirements to be met for entry into the professional practice role, including knowledge of the documentation required to support the graduate application process.
  2. Review the processes and structures that support the role of the Graduate Nurse in transition.
  3. Predict potential challenges and considerations you may meet as you embrace your career choice, identify relevant management strategies and explain the potential impact of stress, reality shock and burn out on the individual and the team.
  4. Discuss the notion of the “team” and identify the barriers and facilitators that influence team cohesiveness and performance.
  5. Elaborate on the role of the nurse in Lifelong Learning, Continuing Quality Improvement and Risk Management.
  6. Examine the responsibility of the professional nurse to maintain continuing competence throughout their career as a requirement of registration.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment Tasks

Early Assessment Task: Microcredentials x 2 (Online)
Microcredentials have a pass mark of 80% and students are limited to two attempts to achieve this. In the event that the microcredetial is not achieved students will have the opportunity to submit a written reflection of what they learned in the microcred and proof of their attempts for a supplementary score in these tasks
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Written Paper
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3, 4 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Assignment
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.