Course Title: Work in the nursing profession
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: NURS5269C
Course Title: Work in the nursing profession
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: Bundoora 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
Contact: Erica O’Donoghue
Phone: 9925 7573
Email: Erica.odonoghue@rmit.edu.au
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
Class time -Power points
Class activities
Group Work
On line work
Teaching Schedule
Class 1 Professional Nursing
Class 2 History of Nursing
Class 3 Decision making framework
Class 4. Critical reflection
Class 5 Philosophies of care
Class 6 Loss, grieving, death
Class 7 Professional development
Class 8 Nursing jobs
Class 9 The Australian healthcare System
Class 10 AHCS continues
Class 11 Management of healthcare
Classroom Lab 1 Activity sheet
Classroom Lab 2 Case Scenarios
Classroom Lab 3 Job Presentation
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Kozier and Erbs ‘Fundamentals of Nursing’. (2012) 1st Edition. Pearson: Australia |
References
Other Resources
Library, Power Points, eLearning, Blackboard
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
Assessments in this course is conducted in conjunction with, HLTEN516B Apply understanding of the Australian Healthcare System and includes online tests and practical class activity sheets, and presentation.
Re-submission of Assessment
Re-submission for students who have attempted to undertake assessment and attended all lab sessions will be given a further opportunity to demonstrate competence.
Re-submission may be granted on the recommendation of the teacher to the program coordinator.
Please refer to the RMIT assessment policies for special consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessments adjustments: www.rmit.edu.au/browes:ID=ad)oagg9uc111
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.edu.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
Assessment Matrix
See assessment matrix on Blackboard
Other Information
Assessments in this course is conducted in conjunction with, HLTEN516B Apply understanding of the Australian Healthcare System and includes online tests and practical class activity sheets, and presentation.
Re-submission of Assessment
Re-submission for students who have attempted to undertake assessment and attended all lab sessions will be given a further opportunity to demonstrate competence.
Re-submission may be granted on the recommendation of the teacher to the program coordinator.
Please refer to the RMIT assessment policies for special consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessments adjustments: www.rmit.edu.au/browes:ID=ad)oagg9uc111
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.edu.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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