Course Title: Contribute to the complex nursing care of clients
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: NURS5323C
Course Title: Contribute to the complex nursing care of clients
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)
Course Contact: Jaye Keating
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4845
Course Contact Email: jaye.keating@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Program Coordinator: Pamela Maher
Email: Pamela.maher@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +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
This unit must be assessed after successful achievement of pre-requisites:
- HLTIN301C Comply with infection control policies and procedures
- HLTEN507C Administer and monitor medication in the work environment
Course Description
This competency unit describes the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to providing nursing care for clients with complex needs
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: |
HLTEN505C Contribute to the complex nursing care of clients |
Element: |
1. Perform nursing interventions to assist client with complex needs |
Element: |
2. Advocate for clients in health and/or community settings |
Element: |
3. Contribute to the nursing care of clients with common disorders/conditions |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit students should be able to:
• Perform nursing interventions to assist client with complex needs
• Advocate for clients in health and community settings
• Contribute to the nursing care of clients with common disorders/conditions.
Details of Learning Activities
•Lecture
•Small Group Work
•Facilitated Class Discussion
•Self-directed learning
•Presentations
•Formal Classroom
Teaching Schedule
Lesson 1 Introduction & Diagnostic Tests
Lesson 2 Gastrointestinal
Lesson 3 Neurological Disorders
Lesson 4 Lab Theory
Lesson 5 Cardiac Disorders
Lesson 6 LabTheory
Lesson 7 Respiratory Disorders
Lesson 8 Sepsis
Lesson 9 Consolidation
Lesson 10 Lab Theory
Lesson 11 Burns
Lesson 12 Reproduction
Lesson 13 Anaphylaxis
Lesson 14 Special Senses
Lesson 15 Bleeding Disorders
Lesson 16 Skin & Headaches
Lesson 17 Consolidation
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Kozier and Erbs ‘ Fundamentals of Nursing’. (2010). 1st edition. Pearson: Australia. |
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Tollefson,J. (2010). Clinical psychomotor skills: assessment tools for nursing students. (4th edition). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning. |
References
Other Resources
All Powerpoints are posted to student blackboard
Overview of Assessment
Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the follwoing methods:
- Written Examination / Written Assessment
- Practical Assessment
- Online module completion
- Clinical Placement
Assessment Tasks
Laboratory Assessment 20%
Blood Safe LEarning Document 20%
Clinical Placement Assessment 20%
Written Examination 40%
60% on EACH assessment must be achieved
<45% student must re- enrol into course
45 – 50% a resit of the assessment will be considered
Please refer to student Timetable for dates and times of classes.
Assessment Matrix
See assessment matrix on Blackboard
Other Information
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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