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HSNS321 Professional Clinical Practice

Updated: 20 December 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
13 August 2012 22 August 2012 Mandatory Students should enrol in both HSNS321 and HSNS322 as these units have integrated intensive schools that run concurrently.
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in BNurs (144cp): 120cp; or candidature in BNurs (96cp): 72cp; or candidature in BNurs (48cp): 24cp; or candidature in MNursPrac (pre-registration)
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HSNS300
Notes

this unit must be undertaken in the final trimester of study unless otherwise approved by the course coordinator of nursing
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Anthea Fagan (afagan2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The aim of this unit is to extend and further develop students' clinical knowledge and skills to the level expected of a beginning Registered Nurse. This unit will particularly examine assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care and administering medications.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. discuss the roles, responsibilities and scope of practice of the Australian Registered Nurse;
  2. explain the legal, ethical, professional, organisational and political contexts of healthcare in Australia in preparation for beginning level clinical practice;
  3. demonstrate effective communication skills related to client contact, working as a member of an interdisciplinary team and accurate documentation of clinical records;
  4. plan, implement, manage and evaluate evidence-based nursing care based on a comprehensive health assessment;
  5. refine skills in interpretation of diagnostic tests; and demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the principles of drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion; and
  6. apply infection control principles and occupational health and safety guidelines to all nursing care with special emphasis on basic wound care and manual handling.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will engage in the learning of knowledge of the discipline of Nursing through participation in online and face-to-face activities. Knowledge of the discipline will be assessed through written assignment; Clinical Skills Assessment and the Medication Calculation Mastery Test. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students will practise communication during participation in online activities, face-to-face activities and during the clinical practice. Assessment of communication will occur in the written assessment and demonstration of competency during the Clinical Skills Assessment. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Students engage in activities where global perspectives will be discussed and debated and assessed through the Clinical Skills Assessment. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be taught how to access and interact with online materials using LMS and also how to use the Library online resources effectively. These will be assessed through the written assignment and the Clinical Skills Assessment. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Students will be encouraged to develop skills to enable them to set learning goals for their current course and for their future professional development in discussion with their peers and their clinical placement supervisor. This will be assessed in the clinical placement. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will participate in a curriculum that is based around a case study/problem-solving approach during learning activities in the online and face-to-face environments. Their ability to solve problems will be assessed across all of the assessment tasks. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will participate in simulations and practise during their clinical placement covering legal, ethical and socially responsible nursing practice. This will be assessed during their clinical placement. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Students participate as a member of a team during their clinical placement and during face-to-face activities and interactions. This will be assessed during their clinical placement. 		True True True
   

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