School: Nursing and Midwifery

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  • Unit Title

    Child, Adolescent and Family Nursing Practice
  • Unit Code

    NPP6104
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    4
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Esther ADAMA

Description

This is the fourth workplace integrated learning unit in a series of five clinical practice units. In this unit students will develop knowledge, skills and practice for evidence based nursing care within a legal ethical framework, for the care of children, adolescents and families from culturally diverse backgrounds, in a variety of health care settings within an inter-professional team environment.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Students may undertake practicum hours outside of the standard timetable. Refer to the School of Nursing and Midwifery J46 practicum timetable.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed NPP6106 and NPP6107.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Examine the demographic profile and the health of children and young people in Australia.
  2. Determine growth and development stages and factors that affect children and young people's growth and development.
  3. Examine the impact of an illness experience on children, adolescents and families.
  4. Apply knowledge and skills in evidence based nursing care to develop, deliver and evaluate a family centred plan of care to children, young people and their families in hospital and the community setting.
  5. Demonstrate competence in medication calculation and medication administration in the care of children and young people.
  6. Evaluate health promotion strategies to improve health and well-being of children and young people in Australia.
  7. Collaborate with the inter-professional healthcare team to provide nursing care to children and young people.

Unit Content

  1. Demographic profile of children and young people in Australia.
  2. The well child, young person and principles of growth and development.
  3. Family Centred Care and the impact of hospitalisation.
  4. Holistic health assessment of the child and young person.
  5. Nursing care of common children and young people's conditions.
  6. Medication administration in paediatrics.
  7. Children and young people's safety and injury prevention.
  8. Health promotion of children and young people.

Learning Experience

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

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Practicum85 x 4 hour workshopNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Clinical placement totaling 160 hours. Pre-identified clinical placement periods may change with minimal notice to students due to circumstances outside the control of the School.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for Undifferentiated Pass/Fail units inc. practical units or work-integrated learning

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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescription
Portfolio ^Portfolio (Clinical placement requirements, simulation activity participation, medication calculation test, update pebble pad)
Reflective Practice ^Professional reflection and STAR
Portfolio ^Completed electronic portfolio with evidence throughout the seven NMBA professional standards
Practicum ^Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT)

^ Mandatory to Pass


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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