Key facts
UNE unit code: HSNS295
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- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- Yes
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
In this unit you will consolidate your knowledge of comprehensive care, with a focus on the nursing care of individuals with musculoskeletal, neurological and gastrointestinal health issues.
During 80 hours of professional education practice (PEP), you will apply your knowledge, skills, and clinical reasoning in a practical setting, engaging in reflective practice. You will focus on concepts of comprehensive care, underpinned by key ethical and legal principles for person-centred, evidence-based care.
This unit also explores intraprofessional and interprofessional communication, digital technologies and health-promotion strategies within diverse healthcare contexts.
Offerings
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| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
| Start | Finish | Duration | Attendance | Offerings | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | TBA | 3 days | Mandatory Intensive School | Trimester 2, Online | Mandatory on campus intensive school in Armidale for all online students. Intensive schools to be held 22-24 June, 29 June - 1 July and 6-8 July 2026. Details for the intensive school, including intensive offering allocation, can be found in the unit myLearn site. Due to early intensive schools, unit enrolments will close approximately 2 weeks prior to commencement of the intensive school. |
Enrolment rules
Notes
This unit includes 80 hours of professional education practice.
Professional education practice will only proceed for students who meet pre-clinical requirements in the first eight weeks of their enrolment in the course and maintain the currency of these requirements throughout the duration of the course.
Please note, the ability to enrol in this unit will close early due to an early intensive school. Please see the intensive school note for further information.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- conduct a health assessment of a person with conditions of the neurological, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal systems and interpret health information in order to plan and implement safe person-centred nursing care across the life span;
- implement and evaluate evidence-based clinical reasoning and the application of the NMBA Registered nurse standards for practice during professional education practice (PEP) to develop and consolidate skills in nursing practice, including recognising and responding to patient deterioration across diverse health contexts;
- integrate and apply principles of reflective practice, effective communication, and ethical and legal practice within a team approach to person-centred care;
- develop and apply knowledge and skills in pharmacotherapeutics and quality use of medications in relation to the neurological, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal systems; and
- interpret and apply preventative and health promotion strategies to neurological, musculoskeletal and gastrointestinal conditions.
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Fundamentals of Nursing Clinical Skills Workbook
ISBN: 9780729544863
Rebeiro, G., Wilson, D., & Fuller, S., Elsevier 5th ed. 2025
Text refers to: All offerings
Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
ISBN: 9780729544801
Brown, D., Buckley, T., Aitken, R., & Edwards , H., Elsevier 6th ed. 2023
Text refers to: All offerings
Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing
ISBN: 9780729544870
Crisp, J., Douglas, C., Rebeiro, G., & Waters, D., Elsevier 7th ed. 2025
Text refers to: All offerings
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