Overview
This unit introduces you to the important role of communication in nursing practice and strategies to effectively communicate as a nurse. You will explore types of communication and communication strategies that are relevant to different health contexts, including mental health. Oral, electronic, and written communication skills, including effective listening, therapeutic relationships, and the importance of cultural and diversity awareness when undertaking care, will be explained in this unit. In particular, you will examine your own strengths in communication and how you can utilise these to manage future clinical challenges. Throughout this unit, you will review the relationship between communication and professional conduct, reflecting on key components and considerations in nursing communication within the interdisciplinary health care team.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Must be enrolled in CL91 Bachelor of Nursing or CG41 Start Uni Now.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Staff feedback Student Feedback - Email, SUTE
Increased staff workload due to Moodle error while registering student groups.
This resulted in an increased staff workload. Remove compulsory group work for assignments for term 2.
Feedback from Student feedback - Verbal, Email, SUTE
Students felt group work assisted in deeper learning and understanding on the content.
Students in term 2 will be encouraged to form groups to continue to receive this benefit.
Feedback from Student feedback - SUTE, Verbal, Email
Students felt the portfolio focused on too much reflection.
Portfolio tasks changed from practical activities in groups and individual reflection to theoretical individual activities.