Course Title: Professional Practice 1

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Professional Practice 1

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS2207

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2024,
Sem 2 2025

Course Coordinator: Karen Latten

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5615

Course Coordinator Email: karen.latten@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed the following courses before you commence this course.

Required Concurrent Study

You should undertake the following courses at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.
Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

This course is identified by RMIT University as a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which knowledge and skills will be practiced within the university simulated health environment, applied and assessed in a clinical workplace context, as feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your professional experiences.

This course will provide students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge taught in other year 1 nursing and foundation courses at a beginning professional practice level. Students will undertake health assessments, identify normal and abnormal findings in review of health systems and develop clinical reasoning skills in context to the provision of person-centred care. During clinical placement, students will build upon knowledge of health assessment, safe practice, infection control, manual handling and risk mitigation. Students will also observe the roles of other members of the health care team and consider how the values of the family and culture are met within the healthcare setting.

An assessment requirement for this course requires students to complete clinical placement within a healthcare setting. To be eligible to undertake clinical placement, students must meet certain mandated documentation and immunisation requirements. For specific details surrounding Professional Placement Passport requirements, please refer to the Bachelor of Nursing - Professional Placement Passport


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course will contribute to Program Learning Outcomes for BP032P24 Bachelor of Nursing through the following learning outcomes:

  • PLO1. Demonstrate a breadth and depth of nursing knowledge and concepts in a variety of real-world settings using an evidence-based approach
  • PLO2. Apply evidence-based nursing knowledge to conceptualise and deliver safe and effective practice in a variety of contexts, independently and collaboratively, using emerging technological advancements
  • PLO3. Generate and evaluate solutions to all aspects of interprofessional nursing practice while complying with ethical, legal, and regulatory standards
  • PLO4. Communicate to diverse audiences employing integrity, inclusivity, and culturally safe practices to deliver quality patient care.
  • PLO5. Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for professional decisions through critical thinking and reflection to resolve challenges as part of a multidisciplinary and interprofessional team
  • PLO6. Evaluate and critically reflect on the concepts of reconciliation and cultural intelligence considering the experience and perspectives of health and wellbeing for First Nations people
  • PLO7. Demonstrate professionalism through lifelong learning to deliver safe, quality, holistic, and person-centred nursing care
  • PLO8. Examine and evaluate theories fundamental to lifespan development and practices that enhance lifespan transition, disability, and public health advocacy.


On successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

  1. Perform within the scope of practice of a first year nursing student, incorporating behaviours that reflect the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and with reference to Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics and other regulatory frameworks.
  2. Demonstrate foundational level written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, that are culturally intelligent with patients, significant others and all members of the healthcare team.
  3. Perform health assessments including vital signs measurement, obtain health history and documentation using appropriate frameworks.
  4. Outline legislation for nursing practice to ensure quality, safety and ethical standards are upheld.
  5. Recognise the role of the Registered Nurse in clinical care with reference to clinical reasoning and decision making at an introductory level.
  6. Apply reflection and responsiveness to feedback regarding performance and behaviour incorporating resilience, adaptability, self-awareness and self-care at an introductory level.


Overview of Learning Activities

This course is a Work Integrated Learning course that will be conducted in the healthcare setting. Students will be required to undertake a minimum of 80 hours of supervised nursing practice in a designated healthcare setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. As support and preparation for this WIL experience there will be university-based clinical preparation time allocated throughout the semester as a timetabled learning experience.

Students will actively participate in patient care within the university simulated health environments and as part of the health care team during all WIL experiences.

This course will consist of 6 hours of lectorials and 8 hours simulation-based learning.

Independent Learning: In line with the professional responsibility for active life-long learning you are expected to undertake self-directed learning activities during this time to develop and consolidate knowledge.

The activities associated with this course are designed to enable students to build on theoretical learning from preceding and current semesters, consolidate and apply the clinical skills and knowledge in supported university and supervised clinical setting/s.

RMIT has state of the art simulated learning facilities for student learning and practice. You will participate in simulated practice within these facilities in preparation for placement. As a part of participation, you may be filmed for learning, teaching, reflection and assessment and this is considered an inherent part of our learning and teaching program. Recordings will be maintained in accordance with our assessment, document retention and privacy policies.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

All assessments are required to be completed for a pass mark in this course. This clinical course awards a pass or fail mark.

This course contains hurdle requirements. All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

Assessment Task 1: Professional Placement Passport documentation requirements (Hurdle)
This assessment task supports CLO 1

Assessment Task 2: 80 hours of Professional Placement experience and the completion of a formative and summative using Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT) (Hurdle
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Simulated Health Environments learning attendance (Hurdle)
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.