School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Processes 5
  • Unit Code

    HPU3505
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ulrich STEINWANDEL

Description

This unit will use a case-scenario based body systems approach to the identification of clinical symptoms and nursing and midwifery care of the adult patient/client, in relation to the management and treatment of the musculoskeletal and neurological systems and the deteriorating patient. Students will detail the role of the nurse and/or midwife in the recognition of the physical and mental deterioration of the person across the lifespan. Students will appraise the associated evidence which underpins track and trigger strategies and define their role within the inter-professional team in the escalation of clinical management in a variety of health care settings.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass the unit Human Processes 4 (HPU2404)

Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or Bachelor of Science (Nursing)/Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) can enrol in this unit

Equivalent Rule

NUM2410

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Detail the care of the adult patient for specific conditions, including physiological, psychological, emotional, and social aspects of care.
  2. Evaluate the diagnostic investigations, pharmacology and nursing or midwifery care related to common conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and neurological systems.
  3. Apply evidence-based practice principles to provide culturally safe care for the deteriorating/critically ill patient.
  4. Evaluate the role of the registered nurse/registered midwife within the interprofessional team in the management of the physically and mentally deteriorating patient.
  5. Critically review the impact of the deteriorating patient initiatives within health care.

Unit Content

  1. Conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and neurological systems.
  2. Life threatening cardiac arrythmias.
  3. The physiology of clinical deterioration across the lifespan.
  4. The importance of understanding body systems, disorders, and management priorities of the deteriorating/critically ill patient, to the application of effective nursing and midwifery care.
  5. The role of the interprofessional team in the management of the deteriorating patient.
  6. Clinical management priorities of the deteriorating patient including track and trigger/escalation systems.
  7. The deteriorating patient in acute, primary rural and remote healthcare settings.
  8. Pharmacotherapeutics and relevant medications.
  9. National and international initiatives pertaining to the deteriorating patient.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study of the deteriorating patient30%
PresentationClinical scenario30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study of the deteriorating patient30%
PresentationClinical scenario30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Human Processes 5
  • Unit Code

    HPU3505
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ulrich STEINWANDEL

Description

This unit will use a case-scenario based body systems approach to the identification of clinical symptoms and nursing and midwifery care of the adult patient/client, in relation to the management and treatment of the musculoskeletal and neurological systems and the deteriorating patient. Students will detail the role of the nurse and/or midwife in the recognition of the physical and mental deterioration of the person across the lifespan. Students will appraise the associated evidence which underpins track and trigger strategies and define their role within the inter-professional team in the escalation of clinical management in a variety of health care settings.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass the unit Human Processes 4 (HPU2404)

Only students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or Bachelor of Science (Nursing)/Bachelor of Science (Midwifery) can enrol in this unit

Equivalent Rule

NUM2410

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Detail the care of the adult patient for specific conditions, including physiological, psychological, emotional, and social aspects of care.
  2. Evaluate the diagnostic investigations, pharmacology and nursing or midwifery care related to common conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and neurological systems.
  3. Apply evidence-based practice principles to provide culturally safe care for the deteriorating/critically ill patient.
  4. Evaluate the role of the registered nurse/registered midwife within the interprofessional team in the management of the physically and mentally deteriorating patient.
  5. Critically review the impact of the deteriorating patient initiatives within health care.

Unit Content

  1. Conditions affecting the musculoskeletal and neurological systems.
  2. Life threatening cardiac arrythmias.
  3. The physiology of clinical deterioration across the lifespan.
  4. The importance of understanding body systems, disorders, and management priorities of the deteriorating/critically ill patient, to the application of effective nursing and midwifery care.
  5. The role of the interprofessional team in the management of the deteriorating patient.
  6. Clinical management priorities of the deteriorating patient including track and trigger/escalation systems.
  7. The deteriorating patient in acute, primary rural and remote healthcare settings.
  8. Pharmacotherapeutics and relevant medications.
  9. National and international initiatives pertaining to the deteriorating patient.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study of the deteriorating patient30%
PresentationClinical scenario30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCase study of the deteriorating patient30%
PresentationClinical scenario30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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