Overview
The 21st-century nursing profession is a product of historical and contemporary, socio-political and cultural influences. You will explore these while considering legal and ethical frameworks, the role of professional governing bodies and governance while beginning to investigate the profession of nursing. You will explore the personal skills, inherent requirements and attributes required in the profession and consider what your personal journey towards becoming a registered nurse will require.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: 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 - 2025
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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 Students (email, anonymous feedback, and face to face feedback).
We have gathered feedback from students expressing a desire for a more engaging and interactive learning experience, as opposed to the conventional lecture-based format. This valuable insight underscores the need for us to explore and implement more dynamic and participatory educational materials to enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
In response to the identified challenges, we have implemented a novel teaching strategy for this term’s Unit, aptly named “Learning on the Run”. This innovative approach encompasses a series of concise “snapshot” videos, each lasting no more than 15 minutes. This method is designed to deliver key information in manageable segments, facilitating efficient learning and comprehension for our students.
Feedback from Students (email, anonymous feedback, and face to face feedback).
At the onset of the term, some students expressed confusion regarding the unavailability of certain readings in the e-reading list. It appears that they were unaware of the prescribed textbook for the course despite its mention in the Unit Profile. This highlights the need for clearer communication about course materials and requirements to ensure students are fully informed and prepared.
The unit coordinators addressed the issue throughout the term through various channels. They communicated with students via email, held discussions during workshops, and made announcements to all students.
Feedback from Students (email, anonymous feedback, and face to face feedback).
Students have expressed that they encountered difficulties in writing assessments and citing credible references for this Unit. This challenge is compounded by the fact that the subject designed to teach them these skills is scheduled for their second year. This feedback underscores the need to reconsider the curriculum structure or provide additional support in these areas earlier in the program. This could help ensure students are adequately equipped with the necessary skills from the outset of their academic journey.
The Unit Coordinators have proactively offered advice and guidance on writing techniques. Additionally, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) has provided crucial support concerning assessments. Plans are in place to engage in discussions with the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Sciences to further address this matter. This collaborative approach aims to enhance our students' learning experience and academic success.
- Analyse historical and contemporary factors that continue to influence the image, status and nature of nursing practice.
- Investigate the role of professional governing bodies in relation to professional nursing practice, patient safety and governance.
- Assess the four major bioethical principles and how they are applied in health care.
Content in this unit incorporates a number of professional nursing requirements
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
Maintains the capability for practice
Comprehensively conducts assessments
Develops a plan for nursing practice
Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Code of Conduct
Legal compliance
Person-centred practice
Cultural practice and respectful relationships
Professional behaviour
Research in health
Health and wellbeing
International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics for Nurses
Nurses and People
Nurses and Practice
Nurses and the Profession
Nurses and Co-workers
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
Clinical governance
Partnering with consumers
Communicating for safety
Patient Safety Competency Framework
Person-centred care
Therapeutic communication
Cultural competence
Teamwork and collaborative practice
Evidence-based practice
Preventing, minimising and responding to adverse events
Aged Care Quality Standards
Consumer dignity and choice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | |||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 60% | |||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||
| 5 - Team Work | |||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
Additional Textbook Information
No
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Academic Learning Centre services
- Zoom account (Free)
- Zoom app on your smart phone or access to Zoom on your laptop
- Microsoft Windows on CQU Lab computer and/or personal computer
- Computer - ability to access study materials, access Zoom application for meetings and view instructional videos.
- CQU Library hosted Literature Databases
- CQU library search
- Australian Standards (through CQU library)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
l.brown2@cqu.edu.au
s.walker@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Histories that inform the image, status and nature of contemporary nursing
Chapter
Review the Moodle site and click on all the links.
Find out what is in Student Support?
Find out how to find the Library?
Click on the link and learn what is in the Academic Learning Centre.
Readings and activities as outlined in the module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Recorded presentations:
Welcome and Unit Introduction.
Weekly lecture/tutorial.
Activity: Access the General Discussion page and introduce yourself to your colleagues by providing your name and maybe why you are studying this unit and course.
Assessments: Review the assessment tasks and make a study plan.
Foundations of Academic Integrity Program: Complete your annual program.
Announcements and Discussion Forums: Check for posts and updates.
Module/Topic
Theories that inform professional identity and practice in nursing.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 1 – Review your module content and the practice quizzes, preparing for assessment one.
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications
Module/Topic
Professional governing bodies and documents that shape nursing in Australia.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom: Tutorial/workshops, unit content and assessments.
Assessment 1: Keep reviewing the module content and do the practice quizzes.
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications
Module/Topic
Bioethics and person-centered care
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz A
Quiz opens: 00:01 hour (AEST) Monday 4th August 2025 (Week 4)
Quiz closes: 23:59 hours (AEST) Sunday 10th April 2025 (Week 4)
Zoom – Tutorial and workshops, unit content and assessments
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications
Module/Topic
Acting like a nurse
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom: Tutorial and workshop, review the unit content and assessments
Assessment 1 –Keep reviewing all module content for the quiz and do the practice quizzes
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Please use this mid-term break as an opportunity to rest and recover. Enjoy your break!
Events and Submissions/Topic
No timetabled learning activities. Please use this week to progress your assessments.
Module/Topic
Finding Information For My Assignments - Library Skills
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in the module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quiz B
Quiz opens: 00:01 hour (AEST) Monday 25th August 2025 (Week 6) Quiz closes: 23:59 hour (AEST) Sunday 31st August 2025 (Week 6)
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 2 –
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 1 – Start your literature searching and preparing for assessment 2
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communication
.
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communication
Module/Topic
Nursing Philosophy and Portfolios
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 2 – Read the literature to identify the credibility of the evidence and continue preparing your assessment.
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communication
Module/Topic
Drop-in session - Academic writing, referencing and library searching. Academic writing Skills -Literacy skills.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 2 – Read the literature to identify the credibility of the evidence and continue preparing your assessment.
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 2 – Read the literature to identify the credibility of the evidence and continue preparing your assessment. You might wish to seek assessment preparation help from the Academic Learning Centre and/or Studiosity.
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communication
Module/Topic
Thinking like a nurse
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 2 – Read the literature to identify the credibility of the evidence and continue preparing your assessment.
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Assessment 2 – Read the literature to identify the credibility of the evidence and continue preparing your assessment. You might wish to seek assessment preparation help from the Academic Learning Centre and/or Studiosity. Check the originality of your assessment through Turnitin and make relevant changes to your assessment after reviewing your originality report
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communication
Module/Topic
Cultivating a Professional Identity
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment 2 is due this Wednesday, September 24th, at 1600 AEST. The 72-hour grace period applies to this assessment.
Zoom – Tutorial/workshop. Engage with the unit content and prepare for assessments.
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communication
Assessment Two - Written Assignment Due: Week 10 Wednesday (24 Sept 2025) 4:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Civility and diversity in nursing.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications
Module/Topic
Self-care and resilience in nursing.
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Announcement and Discussion Forums – Check for posts and updates.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
As this unit is offered online (or face-to-face or hybrid or blended [specific to your unit]), students are asked to prepare their own individual study plan to undertake self-led and self-directed study throughout the term. A key to your success is a strategic self-directed approach to learning and regular contact with your Unit Coordinator/s. Please check the Announcements and Discussion forums at least twice a week – there will be regular announcements about assessments and unit resources throughout the term and reviewing this information is essential to unit knowledge and your success. CQUniversity communicates with students through CQUniversity email. We recommend that you access your CQUniversity email at least twice a week so that you do not miss vital information about your studies
1 Reflective Practice Assignment
Type: Written Assignment
Due date: 1600 hour (AEST) Wednesday 25th September 2025 (Week 10)
Extensions: Available as per policy. The 72-hour grace period applies to this assessment.
Return date: Results for this assessment will be made available on Wednesday 15th October 2025
Weighting: 60%
Length: 1200 words +/- 10% (excluding reference list)
Unit Coordinators: Lucinda Brown and Dr Sandra Walker
Week 10 Wednesday (24 Sept 2025) 4:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Wednesday (15 Oct 2025)
Aim
The aim of this assessment is to demonstrate your knowledge and reflections on how your understanding of what it means to be a nurse has been influenced by what you have learnt in this unit. You will engage in the critical reflection of a podcast and analyse how this shaped your understanding of nursing’s image, status, and nature, as well as your perception of bioethical principles in healthcare. By integrating key concepts from your learning, you will develop a personal philosophy statement and discuss how it will guide you in your first year of learning and practice as a nurse.
Instructions
Instructions for this assessment can be accessed on the unit Moodle site.
Academic Integrity
You must abide by the principles of academic integrity (see Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure). Completion of this assessment with another party or sharing of responses is not permitted at any time.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 2: You may use Al for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.
Minimum Pass Criteria
· You must achieve a cumulative grade of at least 49.5% across all assessments to pass this unit.
· In order for a supplementary assessment to be considered, all assessment tasks must be reasonably attempted in this unit.
Weighting
60%
Assessment Criteria
Refer to the marking rubric on the Moodle site for more details on how marks will be assigned.
- Analyse historical and contemporary factors that continue to influence the image, status and nature of nursing practice.
- Assess the four major bioethical principles and how they are applied in health care.
2 Online Quiz(zes)
Type: Online Quiz A
- Quiz opens: 00:01 hour (AEST) Monday 4th August 2025 (Week 4)
- Quiz closes: 23:59 hours (AEST) Sunday 10th August 2025 (Week 4)
Permitted attempts: Two
Weighting: 10%
Length: 20 multiple choice, drop and drag, mix and match, and more than one answer questions.
Completion time: 30 minutes
Type: Online Quiz B
- Quiz opens: 00:01 hour (AEST) Monday 25th August 2025 (Week 6)
- Quiz closes: 23:59 hours (AEST) Sunday 31st August 2025 (Week 6)
Permitted attempts: Two
Weighting: 30%
Length: 60 multiple choice, drop and drag, mix and match, and more than one answer. questions
Completion time: 80 minutes
Extensions: Not available for Quiz A and Quiz B, as per policy. The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
2
Other
Please see information in task description
Results for the quizzes will be available immediately after the attempt is complete. Assessment re-attempt is not available for this Assessment task
Aim
The aim of this assessment is for you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the content introduced in weeks 1-5 of NURS11165.
Instructions
Please refer to the assessment task instructions on the unit's Moodle site.
Academic Integrity
You must abide by the principles of academic integrity (see Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure). Completing this assessment with another party or sharing of responses is not permitted at any time.
Level of GenAI use allowed:
The use of any generative artificial intelligence is not permitted as per Level 1 (No AI) in the AI Assessment scale tool indicators.
- Analyse historical and contemporary factors that continue to influence the image, status and nature of nursing practice.
- Investigate the role of professional governing bodies in relation to professional nursing practice, patient safety and governance.
- Assess the four major bioethical principles and how they are applied in health care.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
