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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    The Deteriorating Patient
  • Unit Code

    NUR6117
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ulrich STEINWANDEL

Description

Students will detail the role of the nurse in the recognition of the deteriorating adult and child, appraise the associated track and trigger strategies and define their role within the multi-professional team in the escalation of clinical management in a variety of health care settings.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the physiological antecedents to deterioration in adults and children.
  2. Critique a range of contemporary escalation systems in a range of healthcare contexts.
  3. Rationalise the role of multi-disciplinary team members in the management of the deteriorating patient.
  4. Detail the management priorities of the deteriorating patient.
  5. Synthesise the impact of the deteriorating patient initiatives within health care.

Unit Content

  1. Track and trigger/escalation systems.
  2. The physiology of clinical deterioration.
  3. The role of the multi-disciplinary team in management of the deteriorating patient.
  4. Clinical management priorities of the deteriorating patient.
  5. The deteriorating patient in primary and secondary health care settings.
  6. 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 Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, discussion boards

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical review of a clinical situation30%
EssayAnalysis of track and trigger/escalation systems in a variety of health care contexts30%
Literature ReviewCritical review of the literature40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical review of a clinical situation30%
EssayAnalysis of track and trigger/esalation systems in a variety of health care contexts30%
Literature ReviewCritical review of the literature40%

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    The Deteriorating Patient
  • Unit Code

    NUR6117
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ulrich STEINWANDEL

Description

Students will detail the role of the nurse in the recognition of the deteriorating adult and child, appraise the associated track and trigger strategies and define their role within the multi-professional team in the escalation of clinical management in a variety of health care settings.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the physiological antecedents to deterioration in adults and children.
  2. Critique a range of contemporary escalation systems in a range of healthcare contexts.
  3. Rationalise the role of multi-disciplinary team members in the management of the deteriorating patient.
  4. Detail the management priorities of the deteriorating patient.
  5. Synthesise the impact of the deteriorating patient initiatives within health care.

Unit Content

  1. Track and trigger/escalation systems.
  2. The physiology of clinical deterioration.
  3. The role of the multi-disciplinary team in management of the deteriorating patient.
  4. Clinical management priorities of the deteriorating patient.
  5. The deteriorating patient in primary and secondary health care settings.
  6. 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 Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 1 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, discussion boards

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical review of a clinical situation30%
EssayAnalysis of track and trigger/escalation systems in a variety of health care contexts30%
Literature ReviewCritical review of the literature40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical review of a clinical situation30%
EssayAnalysis of track and trigger/esalation systems in a variety of health care contexts30%
Literature ReviewCritical review of the literature40%

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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