Course Title: Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5365 Diploma of Nursing

Course Title: Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice

Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 30

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.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
NURS5385C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2018, Term1 2019, Term2 2019, Term1 2020, Term1 2021
NURS5386C	Bundoora Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2018, Term1 2019, Term2 2019, Term1 2020, Term2 2020, Term1 2021

Course Contact: Rosemarie Russell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 7478

Course Contact Email: rosemarie.russell@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This course describes the skills and knowledge required to within work legal and ethical parameters in professional nursing practice, including supporting rights and meeting duty of care requirements.

 

This course applies to enrolled nursing work carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia regulatory authority legislative requirements.

 

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

This course includes clinical placement.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this unit of competency.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	HLTENN008 Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice
Elements:	1. Perform within scope of professional nursing practice. 2. Apply knowledge of the legal framework to nursing practice. 3. Apply ethical concepts to clinical practice. 4. Support the rights, interests and needs of the person and their family. 5. Apply open disclosure processes.

Learning Outcomes

The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT laboratories.

You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and role-play. Skills development is supported by lectures on theory and underpinning knowledge, classroom discussions, group work, research and reflective practice.

Overview of Assessment

 This assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.

 

You will be asked to personally demonstrate to your teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals

Students must pass each of the assessment tasks to demonstrate competence.