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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

    Professional Nursing Practice 2

  • Unit Code

    NPP2201

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This is the fourth workplace integrated learning unit in a series of six clinical practice units. This unit focuses on developing skills related to problem solving, decision making and care delivery for clients who are experiencing a range of health problems, including mental health problems. Students will build on the general knowledge and skills that were gained during first year units through the application of concepts and principles to particular client problems, and the implementation of more complex nursing interventions. In working alongside registered nurses in various health care facilities the student will develop a greater appreciation of the role of registered nurses in the provision of health care. Students will demonstrate professionalism as a Stage Four student in the workplace setting in accordance with School of Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Practice Guidelines and follow the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Competencies.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 6 units from NCS2101, NPP1101, NPP1201, NPP2101, NSC1103, SCN1111

For COURSE_CODE NOT IN C33, K45, K65, Y19, Y76, Y79 Do Permission required Otherwise true

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NSP2206, NSP2209, NSP2404

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assume management of 30-60% of the Registered Nurse Workload appropriate to setting.
  2. Deliver care and management in gastrointestinal intubation and special nutritional modalities in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  3. Deliver respiratory therapies in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  4. Demonstrate professional competency in the workplace setting in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Competencies for the Registered Nurse relevant to the stage four scope of practice.
  5. Safely prepare and administer a bolus administration of intravenous antibiotics/drugs in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  6. Utilise a developing competency with medication calculations in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  7. Utilise correct management of elimination modalities in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.

Unit Content

  1. Perform Physical examination and health assessment of thorax and lungs
  2. Staff resilience, fitness for practice, development of work-life balance.
  3. Care and management in chest drainages
  4. Respiratory therapies: airway management.
  5. Intravenous antibiotic/drug administration.
  6. Care and management in administration of blood transfusions
  7. Nutritional requirements: care and insertion of nasogastric tubes, documentation requirements.
  8. Elimination requirements: care and insertion of Indwelling catheters, bladder irrigations, continence management, documentation requirements.
  9. Complex level medication calculations competency.
  10. Management of skin integrity with colostomies and ileostomies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, simulation workshops and clinical practicum (160 hours)

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Examination ^Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Test ^Medication Calculations Assessment
Practicum ^Successful completion of the clinical rotation
Reflective Practice ^Clinical workbook

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Tollefson, J. (2012). Clinical Psychomotor Skills: assessment skills for nurses (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
  • ^ Brotto, K., & Rafferty, K. ( 2012). Clinical Dosage Calculations. Melbourne, VIC: Cengage.
  • Farrell, M., & Dempsey, J. (2011). Schmeltzer and Bare's textbook of medical surgical nursing (2nd ed.). Broadway, NSW: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
  • Brown, D. & Edwards, H. (2014). Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. (4th ed.). Chatsworth, NSW: Mosby Elsevier.
  • Levett-Jones, T., & Bourgeois, S. (2015). The clinical placement: An essential guide for nursing students. (3rd ed.). Chatsworth, NSW: Elsevier Australia.
  • Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas, C., & Rebeiro, G. (2013). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (4th Australian ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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

    Professional Nursing Practice 2

  • Unit Code

    NPP2201

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This is the fourth workplace integrated learning unit in a series of six clinical practice units. This unit focuses on developing skills related to problem solving, decision making and care delivery for clients who are experiencing a range of health problems, including mental health problems. Students will build on the general knowledge and skills that were gained during first year units through the application of concepts and principles to particular client problems, and the implementation of more complex nursing interventions. In working alongside registered nurses in various health care facilities the student will develop a greater appreciation of the role of registered nurses in the provision of health care. Students will demonstrate professionalism as a Stage Four student in the workplace setting in accordance with School of Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Practice Guidelines and follow the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Competencies.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 6 units from NCS2101, NPP1101, NPP1201, NPP2101, NSC1103, SCN1111

For COURSE_CODE NOT IN C33, K45, K65, Y19, Y76, Y79 Do Permission required Otherwise true

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NSP2206, NSP2209, NSP2404

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Assume management of 30-60% of the Registered Nurse Workload appropriate to setting.
  2. Deliver care and management in gastrointestinal intubation and special nutritional modalities in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  3. Deliver respiratory therapies in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  4. Demonstrate professional competency in the workplace setting in accordance with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council Competencies for the Registered Nurse relevant to the stage four scope of practice.
  5. Safely prepare and administer a bolus administration of intravenous antibiotics/drugs in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  6. Utilise a developing competency with medication calculations in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.
  7. Utilise correct management of elimination modalities in either the simulated environment and/or the clinical practice setting.

Unit Content

  1. Perform Physical examination and health assessment of thorax and lungs
  2. Staff resilience, fitness for practice, development of work-life balance.
  3. Cardiovascular assessment - 12 lead electrocardiogram
  4. Respiratory therapies: airway management.
  5. Intravenous antibiotic/drug administration.
  6. Care and management in administration of blood transfusions
  7. Nutritional requirements: care and insertion of nasogastric tubes and documentation.
  8. Elimination requirements: care and insertion of Indwelling catheters, and documentation.
  9. Complex level medication calculations competency.
  10. Management of skin integrity with colostomies and ileostomies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, simulation workshops and clinical practicum (160 hours)

Assessment

GS4 GRADING SCHEMA 4 Used for undifferentiated pass/fail 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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Examination ^Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Test ^Medication Calculations Assessment
Practicum ^Successful completion of the clinical rotation
Reflective Practice ^Clinical workbook

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Tollefson, J. (2012). Clinical Psychomotor Skills: assessment skills for nurses (5th ed.). South Melbourne, Australia: Cengage Learning.
  • ^ Brotto, K., & Rafferty, K. ( 2012). Clinical Dosage Calculations. Melbourne, VIC: Cengage.
  • Farrell, M., & Dempsey, J. (2011). Schmeltzer and Bare's textbook of medical surgical nursing (2nd ed.). Broadway, NSW: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
  • Brown, D. & Edwards, H. (2014). Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. (4th ed.). Chatsworth, NSW: Mosby Elsevier.
  • Levett-Jones, T., & Bourgeois, S. (2015). The clinical placement: An essential guide for nursing students. (3rd ed.). Chatsworth, NSW: Elsevier Australia.
  • Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas, C., & Rebeiro, G. (2013). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (4th Australian ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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