Overview
This is your final unit in the Bachelor of Nursing which must commence and be completed in the final six months of your course. You will apply the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered nurse standards for practice (2016). You will continue to explore the importance of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017) and apply the Patient Safety Competency Framework (PSCF) (Levett-Jones et al., 2017). You will be expected to identify risks and recognise and respond appropriately to the deteriorating patient in the simulated and clinical environment. You will work within your scope of practice using the decision-making framework (NMBA, 2020). You are required to participate in a compulsory four (4) day residential school prior to attending professional experience placement for this unit. This unit includes a 240-hour block professional experience placement to consolidate your knowledge, skills, and experiences prior to being deemed eligible for registration as a nurse (Division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). You must meet specific mandatory health, safety and security requirements to be eligible to attend each professional experience placement. Professional experience placements may be limited in your community, and you may be placed in other locations. Please be prepared financially and personally to cover the costs of relocating for placements. Due to the limited availability of placements, some block placements have start and/or end dates that fall outside standard term dates.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisites: NURS13144 Preparation for Practice as a Registered Nurse OR NURS13135 The Professional Nurse Pre-requisites: 120 credit points within the CL91 Bachelor of Nursing course NURS13142 Professional Experience Placement 4 and NURS13141 Acute Alterations in Health in Complex Care Environments OR NURS12158 Clinical Nursing Practice 3 NURS13139 Building Professional Resilience in Nursing and NURS13140 Law and Ethical Considerations in the Profession of Nursing OR NURS13134 Community Nursing Perspectives NURS12163 Chronic Health and Community Care and NURS12164 Professional Experience Placement 3 OR NURS13133 Clinical Nursing Practice 4 NURS12162 Mental Health Nursing with Professional Experience Placement OR NURS12157 Concepts of Mental Health Nursing BIOH12011 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1 and BIOH12012 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 2 OR BIOH11006 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology, NURS12154 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice and BIOH12008 Human Pathophysiology NURS12160 Alterations in Health OR NURS12155 Medical-Surgical Nursing NURS12165 Evidence to Inform Nursing Practice OR NURS11158 Evidence Informed Nursing Practice This unit must be completed in the final term of CL91 Bachelor of Nursing
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 - 2024
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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
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 Student feedback
I found refreshing the physical assessments excellent because I had not done a lot of these since first year.
Continue to refresh student learning on systematic assessments as previous industry feedback has informed us that student knowledge on basic assessments was limited.
Feedback from Student feedback
More online ZOOM sessions to provide additional support. Maybe every 2 or 4 weeks.
Include either planned ZOOM sessions or ad-hoc ZOOM sessions to provide a platform for the students to discuss concerns or ask questions.
Feedback from Unit coordinators
Include information to consolidate information regarding the first year of practice.
Students have expressed disappointment that no information was provided regarding their first year of practice. Historically this information was discussed at residential school allowing clarification of expectations. This would allow the consolidation of information provided by the sister unit that concurrently runs with this unit.
Feedback from CQU staff running residential schools.
More simulated scenarios are required to facilitate student's critical thinking/clinical reasoning.
Include simulated scenarios involving systematic physical assessments to facilitate critical thinking. Recommendation is for the scenarios to provide opportunities for students to identify normal versus abnormal findings, and the required nursing interventions.
Feedback from Residential school feedback
We really liked being assessed together. It allowed us to communicate our actions and work as a team.
Overall, the student feedback was positive regarding the clinical assessment scenario. They however did not like playing the patient as they find it difficult to respond to a fellow student. They did like working as part of a team and communicating the necessary nursing interventions and sharing the actions. We will continue to offer these sessions based on the recommended feedback.
Feedback from Unit coordinators
It is recommended to include a hospital based simulation with a variety of patient presentations with simulated patients (not students). AM and PM shifts could be designed play throughout the residential school or for one day.
The inclusion of this simulation would allow consolidation of all skills the students have learned throughout their degree. It would also allow them to refresh their knowledge of necessary assessments and interventions along with the applicable paperwork to cover a patient from admission to discharge. This would be removing the usual task focussed approach a student applies to the assessment item. It would allow the assessor to gain a true understanding of the student's theoretical and practical knowledge.
- Apply the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice in the physical and psychosocial assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of people in nursing practice, to your clinical practice.
- Consolidate knowledge, skills and attitudes to demonstrate the professional attributes of a registered nurse
- Recognise, respond and appropriately manage the deteriorating patient
- Demonstrate safe decision making and prioritisation of nursing care
- Recognise risk and implement strategies to ensure safety
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with people, including members of the interdisciplinary health care team, to facilitate positive health outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of safe supply and administration of non-parenteral and parenteral medication.
Content in this unit incorporates a number of professional nursing requirements
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia decision-making framework (DMF) - nursing
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 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 Nursing Code of Conduct
Legal compliance
Person-centred practice
Cultural practice and respectful relationships
Professional behaviour
Teaching, supervising and assessing
Research in health
Health and wellbeing
International Council of Nursing Code of Ethics for Nursing
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
Preventing and Controlling healthcare-associated infection
Medication safety
Comprehensive care
Communicating for safety
Blood management
Recognising and responding to acute deterioration
Patient Safety Competency Framework
Person-centred care
Therapeutic communication
Cultural competence
Teamwork and collaborative practice
Clinical reasoning
Evidence-based practice
Preventing, minimising and responding to adverse events
Infection prevention and control
Medication safety
Aged Care Quality Standards
Consumer dignity and choice
Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers
Personal care and clinical care
Services and supports for daily living
Organisation’s service environment
Feedback and complaints
Human resources
Organisation governance
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 0% | |||||||
| 2 - Professional Practice Placement - 0% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 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
Skills in Clinical Nursing
2nd Australian Edition (2021)
Authors: A. Berman, S. Snyder, T. Levett-Jones, T. Burton, and N. Harvey
Pearson Education
Melbourne Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
ISBN: 9781488620690
Kozier & Erb’s Fundamentals of Nursing
Edition: 5th (2020)
Authors: S. Snyder, T. Levett-Jones, A. Burston, T. Dwyer, M. Hales, N. Harvey, L. Moxham, T. Langtree, K. Reid-Searl, F. Rolf, D. Stanley
Pearson Education
Melbourne Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
ISBN: 9781488626593
LeMone and Burke’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking for Person-Centred Care
Edition: 4th (2020)
Authors: P. LeMone, G. Bauldoff, P. Gubrud-Howe, M. Carno, T. Levett-Jones, T. Dwyer, L. Moxham, K. Reid-Searl, K. Berry, K. Carville, M Hales, N. Knox, D. Stanley
Pearson Education
Melbourne Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
ISBN: 9781488623271
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Sonia Online
- Microsoft Teams
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.
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Module/Topic
- NURS13145 Residential Schools will commence on Monday, 1st of July 2024 (0-Week) and continue until Sunday, 4th of August 2023 (Week 4) across campuses.
- Following your compulsory Residential School, you will complete 240 (and any remaining practicum outstanding) hours of Clinical Placement.
Chapter
- Review the content of NURS13145 Moodle Page prior to the start of term.
- Ensure you complete all Pre-Brief Learning Activities before attending your assigned residential school. These are found under the 'Residential School' tile in the Moodle.
Events and Submissions/Topic
- Assessment Information is included within this Unit eProfile and the NURS13145 Moodle.
- Assessment 1 will occur during your assigned residential school.
- Assessment 2 will occur during your professional experience placement.
- Please refer to Sonia for details about your placement dates and location.
1 In-class Test(s)
Aim
This assessment aims to assess your ability to perform medication calculations safely and establish your knowledge of safe medication practices.
Instructions
This invigilated quiz will be completed during your residential school. The quiz assesses your knowledge and understanding of medication calculations and safety. The quiz consists of 20 questions that assess medication calculations and medication safety. The questions are of various types, including multiple-choice, type-in answer, and drag-and-drop.
You have a maximum of one hour to complete the quiz. You must complete the quiz in one sitting, under the direct supervision of a lecturer. Once you have started the quiz, you cannot log out. Please do not refresh or reload your screen; this may close the quiz and record your result. The quiz will automatically close at the end of one hour, and you will submit your result.
You have a maximum of three attempts to complete the quiz. Each attempt will be held on a different day of residential school. If you require an additional attempt, you must undertake remediation by completing a learning package and practice quiz prior to subsequent attempts. These learning packages are available on the Maths Central platform on Nursing Central. It is your responsibility to complete this between each attempt.
In the assessment, you will type in your answers. Please input only your answer and no other characters or spaces. If the answer has a decimal point at the beginning, please add a 0, for example, if the answer is 0.25, please write 0.25 not .25.
If you have any technical issues during the assessment, please raise your hand, and a lecturer will assist you.
Resources
Medication formulas can be used to assist you in your calculations. You may have your laptop/iPad, calculator, formula sheet, one blank piece of paper, pen, tissues, and water only. Please ensure anything else is packed away. You may not use your mobile phone as a calculator.
You will undertake your first attempt of this assessment on day two of residential school.
Results for the quiz will be available immediately after the attempt is complete.
This is a Pass/Fail assessment. For this assessment, you must obtain 100% to pass, and you will be provided with 3 attempts to achieve this. Moodle will provide you with your score (out of 100%) at the submission of your quiz.
- Apply the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice in the physical and psychosocial assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of people in nursing practice, to your clinical practice.
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of safe supply and administration of non-parenteral and parenteral medication.
2 Professional Practice Placement
Aim
Your Professional Experience Placement (PEP) is assessed within the Australian Nurse Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT). The aim of the ANSAT is to provide a tool for you and your assessor to record, reflect on and discuss your clinical learning against the Registered Nurse Standards of Practice (NMBA).
Instructions
You are required:
- To complete 240 hours of Clinical Placement and any practicum outstanding.
- On Day 1 of Clinical Placement - Complete the Facilitator/Preceptor Notification Form and submit it on SONIA.
- Record your clinical hours at the end of each shift on your CQU Attendance Record (available in Moodle). This needs to be verified/countersigned by the RN you have worked with each shift. The Record of Attendance must be uploaded to the NURS13145 Moodle site no later than 3 days after completing placement. Your grade cannot be finalised until you have uploaded your Record of Attendance.
- If you have used an online timesheet in SONIA, please print this when you have completed your placement for upload to NURS13145 Moodle site.
- You will be assessed against the Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT).
- Complete a formative ANSAT when nearing the mid-way point of your placement. This requires you to undertake the following steps:
a. Complete the Student formative self-assessment form found in SONIA and submit it to your assessor.
b. Engage in discussion with your assessor after they have completed their feedback in the Formative Assessment in SONIA.
c. The Unit Coordinator will review your ANSAT assessment, add comments and sign it. If you score below 3, a learning support plan may be implemented, providing you with clear performance expectations and goals to work towards.
d. Review the Unit Coordinator’s comments and complete the student declaration and signature section at the end of your formative ANSAT. You will receive an email notification when this is available. (Completing these steps will trigger the release of the summative ANSAT). - Complete a Summative Assessment before the last week of Clinical Placement. This requires you to undertake the following steps:
a. Complete your student summative self-assessment in SONIA and submit this to your assessor.
b. Your assessor will complete your Summative Assessment in SONIA and discuss your assessment and feedback with you.
c. You will be notified by email to complete the student declaration and signature section on your summative ANSAT.
d. A score of 3 or higher for each ANSAT criterion on the summative ANSAT assessment is required to pass the summative assessment. You may receive a fail grade for the unit if you do not meet each ANSAT criterion at a 3 or above on your summative assessment. - The Unit Coordinator will review your summative assessment, check the hours recorded on your Record of Attendance, and assign a grade.
You will be assessed against the Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT). The Record of Attendance must be uploaded to the NURS13145 Moodle site no later than 3 days after completing placement.
Seven days after submission of the Record of Attendance and completion of Summative ANSAT.
Requirements
- The required hours of clinical practice (240 hours and any practicum outstanding) must be completed in entirety and with a satisfactory ANSAT summative to be eligible for a Pass grade for this unit of study. Please see the CQUniversity Clinical Placement Attendance policy for further information.
- As a nursing student representing CQUniversity, you are required to comply with CQUniversity’s Student Nurse Uniform Requirements and the Student Charter during your professional experience placement.
- Any unsatisfactory performance that jeopardises the safety of people in your care or which does not adhere to the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice, both Code of Professional Conduct, Code of Ethics, and/or Social Media Policy criteria may result in you being removed from Clinical Placement. Please refer to The Work-Integrated Learning Policy and Procedure that can be found on the WIL Moodle site.
Submission
- Your Record of Attendance must be uploaded to the NURS13145 Moodle site no later than 3 days after completing placement. Your grade cannot be finalised until you have uploaded your Record of Attendance.
- Apply the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) registered nurse standards for practice in the physical and psychosocial assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of people in nursing practice, to your clinical practice.
- Consolidate knowledge, skills and attitudes to demonstrate the professional attributes of a registered nurse
- Recognise, respond and appropriately manage the deteriorating patient
- Demonstrate safe decision making and prioritisation of nursing care
- Recognise risk and implement strategies to ensure safety
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with people, including members of the interdisciplinary health care team, to facilitate positive health outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of safe supply and administration of non-parenteral and parenteral medication.
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?
