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C5417 - Diploma of Nursing
Plan: C5417BU - Diploma of Nursing
Campus: Bundoora Campus
Program delivery and structure
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Classes are taught in a combination of classroom sessions, tutorials, online learning, practical sessions in the simulation laboratory and placement in an approved clinical setting. Some courses are linked into clinical competencies.
Assessment is ongoing throughout the program, and may include written knowledge, online quizzes, case studies, written assignments, class presentations, practical assignments and clinical assessments.
During the Diploma of Nursing (HLT54121), you will complete a total of 400 hours across four unpaid clinical placements: three at 80 hours (two weeks) and one at 160 hours (four weeks). You must meet all the unit/course requirements before being eligible for clinical placement; this includes immunisations, NDIS check, Working with children and Police check
If you have a long term medical condition, disability and/or other form of disadvantage it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Program Specific Information:
Within each semester of the HLT54121 Diploma of Nursing students consolidate their learning through a clinical placement experience that is specific to that semester’s learning.
Semester 1 focuses on nursing care of the older person and how students can effectively communicate and work within the Australian health care sector. The units linked to this clinical placement experience are: HLTENN035, HLTENN036, HLTENN038, HLTENN041, HLTENN045 and HLTINF006. Students must successfully complete all semester 1 courses and their placement before progressing to semester 2 of the program.
Semester 2 focuses on patient assessment and nursing care as well as mental health nursing. The placement will allow students to consolidate patient assessment to formulate plans of care. The units linked to this clinical placement experience are: HLTENN038 and HLTENN042 . Students must successfully complete all semester 2 courses and their placement before progressing to semester 3 of the program.
Semester 3 focuses on chronic health patient management to ensure student understand the disease processes to inform nursing care and patient education. Students also commence medication administration within this semester. The clinical placement focuses on bringing patient assessment knowledge into more complex patient scenarios. The units linked to this placement are: HLTENN039, HLTENN040, HLTENN044, HLTENN047 and HLTENN068. Students must successfully complete all semester 3 courses and their placement experience before progressing to semester 4 of the program.
Semester 4 focuses on acute and complex patient management, including IV medication management and interventions. This placement focuses on bringing all skills and knowledge together to manage patients with complex needs. The units linked to this placement are: HLTENN040, HLTENN043 and HLTENN057. Students must successfully complete all semester 4 courses and their placement successfully, with total placement hours over the program duration being 400 hours or greater, to be eligible for program completion.
In order to successfully acquire the required knowledge and skills you are expected to attend all of the timetabled teaching sessions and complete any online activities required. You are required to attend a 100% of the clinical practical component as there is a requirement from ANMAC for students to complete all of the required hours.
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RMIT University is committed to providing you with an education that strongly links formal learning with workplace experience.
As a student enrolled in this program you will be assessed on structured activities that allow you to learn, apply and demonstrate vocational competency within the real-world clinical environment. All clinical placements are organised and allocated to students by the Clinical placement team at RMIT.
Students will be provided feedback during the placement allocation and assessed along the way.
Students who are not meeting the minimum level expected will be identified as an at-risk student and placed on a learning plan. This plan will be put together with the clinical nurse educator and student to identify specific learning goals and timelines. The clinical educator and student will meet together to review the learning plan at a determined date. All clinical placements have a specific clinical logbook which must be completed and an electronic copy submitted at the end of each placement.
Feedback from the clinical placement supervisor(s) and others in the workplace, including consumers of healthcare and their visiting family members can be used as evidence of how a student is progressing.
The clinical placement educator/facilitator may be an RMIT University assessor, or from the educational staff employed within the education department of the facility.
At times a member of the RMIT nursing program may be the clinical facilitator for the duration of the placement and/or visit your workplace to observe your work practice. All students will undertake clinical placements as part of their program and will be required to attend at least two rural clinical placements.
They will work alongside qualified staff and will be instructed by a clinical supervisor who will also gather evidence for assessment in these workplaces.
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Program transition plan
To ensure training packages are responsive to industry priorities for new and updated skills, they are monitored and reviewed during their endorsement period. Sometimes the outcome of a review is that a qualification is superseded by a new version of the qualification, or a new qualification altogether. The school will endeavour to the best of their abilities to ensure that students are not disadvantaged in this process
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