Course Title: Work in the nursing profession
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: NURS5243C
Course Title: Work in the nursing profession
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)
Course Contact: Leeanne Mond
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837
Course Contact Email: leeanne.mond@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Pam Maher
+ 61 3 9925 4299
Nominal Hours: 90
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
NIL PRE REQUISITES
This course is delivered in collaboration with the Australian Health Care System.
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to practice as a nursing professional with clients across the lifespan in a range of health care environments, such as acute care, community care, mental health, aged care, medical / surgical
The knowledge and skills described in this competency unit are to be applied within jurisdictional nursing and midwifery regulatory authority legislative requirements. Enrolled/Division 2 nursing work is to be carried out in consultation/collaboration with registered nurses and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements in line with jurisdictional regulatory requirements
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTEN401B Work in the nursing profession |
Element: |
1. Apply the principles of primary health care delivery |
Learning Outcomes
The knowledge and skills described in this competency unit are to be applied within jurisdictional nursing and midwifery regulatory authority legislative requirements.
Enrolled/Division 2 nursing work is to be carried out in consultation/collaboration with registered nurses and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements in line with jurisdictional regulatory requirements.
Details of Learning Activities
On Line learning
Class work
Group work
Teaching Schedule
As per student timetable matrix located on blackboard
Lesson 1 Professional Nursing
Lesson 2 History of Nursing
Lesson 3 Decision making framework
Lesson 4 Critical Reflections
Lesson 5 Philosophies of care -Disability
Lesson 6 Loss. Grieving & Death
Lesson 7 Professional Development
Lesson 8 Nursing Jobs
Lesson 9 The Australian Healthcare System
Lesson 10 The Australian Health care System
Lesson 11 Management of Healthcare
Classroom Labs X 3 sessions
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Kozier & Erb's (2014) 3rd ed., Vols 1, 2, 3. Fundamentals of Nursing. Pearson. Australia |
References
Other Resources
Library
Blackboard
Power points
Overview of Assessment
Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via teh following methods:
- Class group presentation
- Written Assessment
- Clinical Placement
Assessment Tasks
Assessment 1 Poster Presentation - Group work
Assessment 2: Workbook - AHCS
Assessment 3: Class Activities
Assessment 4: Clinical Placement
* HLTEN401B and HLTEN516B delivered and assessed as one subject.
*All assessments must gain a Satisfactory, to achieve an overall Competent grade.
Assessment Matrix
See assessment schedule matrix on Blackboard
Other Information
Assessment Information
Please refer to RMIT assessment policy for, Special Consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessment adjustments. www.rmit.edu.au/browse:ID=ad)oa9uc111
Additional Information
Re-submission of written work, or other assessments, (once only, Excluding exams) can be granted on recommendation from the teacher and approval coordinator
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment and may occur in oral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own:http://rmit.edy\u.au/students/academic-integrity
Turnitin
Is an online service, in to which teachers and students submit student assignments into a large database, via Blackboard, refer Turnitin website.
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