Overview
In this unit you will focus on person-centred care delivery, communication and working in partnership with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to manage care for the person experiencing clinical deterioration in a complex care environment. You will be introduced to organisation-wide systems such as rapid response systems, that are used for recognising and responding to acute deterioration. You will recognise the significant impact of monitoring, documenting and tracking clinical observations in detecting early clinical deterioration. In this unit you will be challenged to employ higher-order thinking when recognising and responding to clinical deterioration.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: NURS12164
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 1 - 2027
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
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- 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 Student email, SUTE
Students reported appreciation for improved clarity of assessment instructions and expectations.
Continue to ensure alignment between assessments, content, and strong rubrics.
Feedback from Student email, phone calls, SUTE
Students commented that assessments were clinically relevant and closely aligned with nursing practice.
Ensure clinically relevant case studies and real-world scenarios are utilised.
Feedback from Student email, SUTE
Feedback in 2025 indicated appreciation for more constructive and actionable feedback on assessments. There is continued opportunity to improve constructive feedback.
Continue to provide timely, constructive, and actionable feedback that helps students understand their performance and identify areas for improvement
Feedback from Student email, phone calls, SUTE
The unit was consistently described as highly relevant to the Bachelor of Nursing program and professional preparation.
Continue to ensure clinical relevance and alignment with clinical practice units.
Feedback from SUTE
Assessments were very helpful for building knowledge required for graduate years.
Continue to align assessment tasks to real-world and clinically applicable scenarios.
Feedback from SUTE
Oral presentation submission process was reported as difficult for some students. Further, Moodle struggled with high submission load with delays experienced by students when uploading.
Continued efforts will be made to improve the submission experience for oral presentations. Students are encouraged to submit early where possible to avoid potential technical delays during peak submission periods.