School: Nursing and Midwifery

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  • Unit Title

    Nursing Adults 2
  • Unit Code

    NSI2409
  • Year

    2025
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Carol CREVACORE

Description

This unit will continue using a case-based learning body systems approach to identify clinical symptoms and appropriate nursing care for conditions experienced by the adult patient. Concepts will be applied to the management and treatment of haematological, gastrointestinal, neurological, musculoskeletal and reproductive disorders. The focus will be on the use of clinical health assessments to identify pathophysiology, pharmacology and care implications for these conditions in the acute and chronic care settings, with particular relevance to the national health priorities of the country where this unit is being delivered. Care will include the physiological, psychological, emotional and social health of the adult patient.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Classes may be scheduled for the weekend.

Prerequisite Rule

Only students studying courses Y61 can enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

NUM2409 - Adult Health Care 2

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the care of the adult patient with specific conditions, including physiological, psychological, emotional and social aspects of care.
  2. Discuss the strengths of research evidence in relation to care of the adult patient with specific conditions.
  3. Evaluate the diagnostic investigations, pharmacology and nursing care related to common conditions affecting the haematological, immunological, gastrointestinal, neurological, musculoskeletal and reproductive systems.
  4. Interpret the collaborative care of a patient with the above conditions using the appropriate technological management systems.
  5. Discuss clinical issues of poly-pharmacology in patients with comorbidities.

Unit Content

  1. Evidence base for care of the adult patient.
  2. Collaborative care of the patient with gastrointestinal, neurological, reproductive and musculoskeletal disorders.
  3. Care of the patient with haematological disorders.
  4. Pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of thrombo-embolic disorders.
  5. Care of the patient experiencing shock.
  6. Management of poly-pharmacology in patients with comorbidities.
  7. Use of technology systems in collaborative health care relevant to the country where this unit is being delivered.

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
TestOnline quiz20%
Case StudyCase presentation40%
Examination ^End of semester exam40%

^ 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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