Overview
This is your final unit in the Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) 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 280-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). This must be undertaken in a fulltime capacity. 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. You must be physically and mentally well and meet the inherent requirements of the course to undertake this unit in the simulated and clinical environment. To be successful in this unit you must pass both assessment items.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Co-requisites: NURS29007: Embodying Legal and Ethical Nursing PracticePre-requisites: Students must have successfully completed 72 credit points within the CM73 Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) comprising the following units: NURS28008 Nursing FoundationsNURS28006 Evidence to Underpin Nursing PracticeNURS28005 First Nations History and HealthNURS28007 Mental Healthcare in NursingNURS29004 Practice Experience 1NURS29003 Nursing Practice in Contexts 1BIOH28001 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurses 1NURS29009 Nursing Practice in Contexts 2BIOH28002 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nurses 2NURS29005 Practice Experience 2 This unit must be completed in the final term of the CM73 Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry).
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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Postgraduate 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.
- 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 - Online Test - 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 - Knowledge | |||||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||||
| 4 - Research | |||||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||||
| 8 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Textbooks
Nursing Student's Clinical Survival Guide
- Edition: 4 (2018)
- Authors: Trudy Dwyer
- Pearson Education Australia
- ISBN: 9781488622731
Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing - AUS Version - E-Book
- Edition: 4 (2012)
- Authors: Geraldine Rebeiro, Jackie Crisp, Clint Douglas, and Geraldine Rebeiro
- Elsevier Australia
- ISBN: 9780729581103
Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing - AUS Version - E-Book
Skills in Clinical Nursing
- Edition: 2 (2020)
- Authors: Shirlee J. Snyder, Audrey Berman, Trish Burton, Tracy Levett-Jones, and Nichole Harvey
- Pearson Education Australia
- ISBN: 9780655700548
Additional Textbook Information
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cqu/detail.action?docID=6977035
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cqu/detail.action?docID=1724206
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/cqu/detail.action?docID=5573864
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Academic Learning Centre services
- CQUniversity library literature search tools
- Access to eMIMs and AMH through the university library Paramedic Science Resource Guide
- Endnote bibliographic software. This is optional for formatting references.
- Students must have necessary equipment/accessories to attend online lectures via Zoom or Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams (both microphone and webcam capability)
- Access to Microsoft software such as Word, PowerPoint, MS Project and Visio
- CQUniversity Library search engines for research articles
- CQUniversity Library Nursing/Midwifery/Social Work Resources
- Australian Standards (through CQU library)
- CQ University Library resources
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.jose@cqu.edu.au
Residential School (Revision Block)
Begin Date: 29 Jun 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Revision and consolidation of core clinical skills
Simulation‑based practice
Chapter
Review the following contents.
- Clinical reasoning and prioritisation
- Managing the deteriorating patient
- Communication and escalation
- Professional behaviour and readiness for placement
- Review Maths Central and practice medication calculation exam.
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 module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential School Dates: 2–5 July
Welcome and Unit Introduction.
Activity: Access the General Channel on Teams page and introduce yourself to your colleagues by providing your name and maybe why you are studying this unit and course.
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Assessments: Review the assessment tasks and make a study plan.
Foundations of Academic Integrity Program: Complete your annual program.
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 1 – Professional Practice Foundations
Begin Date: 13 Jul 2026Module/Topic
Focus
NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
Clinical Reasoning Cycle
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 2 – Nursing Assessment and Clinical Communication
Begin Date: 20 Jul 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Core nursing process and communication
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 3 – Patient Safety and Quality Care
Begin Date: 27 Jul 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Safety systems in Australian healthcare
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Census date is next week. If you are struggling, please contact your Unit Coordinator for help
Activity : Patient safety online module – Patient Safety for Nursing Students https://patientsafetyfornursingstudents.org/patient-safety-online-module/
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 4 – Medication Safety
Begin Date: 03 Aug 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Safe medication practice
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Census Date T2 2026
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Activity: Quality use of medicine (QUM) Learning https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/elearning/qum-learning
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 5 – Workforce Readiness and Deteriorating Patient
Begin Date: 10 Aug 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Transition toward registered nurse practice
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 6 – Risk Assessment and Management
Begin Date: 17 Aug 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Managing risk in nursing practice
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 24 Aug 2026Module/Topic
Enjoy your Vacation
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.
Week 7 – Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Teamwork
Begin Date: 31 Aug 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Working effectively within healthcare teams
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 8 – Medical and Surgical Nursing
Begin Date: 07 Sep 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Adult acute care contexts
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 9 – Speciality Areas: Paediatrics, Critical Care & Emergency
Begin Date: 14 Sep 2026Module/Topic
Focus
High‑acuity and specialist populations
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 10 – End of Life Care and Ethical Practice
Begin Date: 21 Sep 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Quality of life and ethical decision‑making
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Week 11 – Career Preparation
Begin Date: 28 Sep 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Employment readiness
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Interview preparation
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation survey – We encourage you to provide feedback about your unit and teaching experiences in this unit. The survey opens Week 11 and closes one week before release of grades.
Week 12 – Consolidation and Reflection
Begin Date: 05 Oct 2026Module/Topic
Focus
Readiness for Registered Nurse practice
Chapter
Readings and activities as outlined in module.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Preparation for completion of practice experience and final assessment
Activity: Access the Weekly Channel on Teams page and review contents and complete activities as per Moodle
Student email – Check your student email at least twice per week for important communications.
Student Unit and Teaching Evaluation survey – Please complete the unit evaluation survey.
Congratulations on completing this unit.
Exam Week
Begin Date: 12 Oct 2026Module/Topic
Nil
Chapter
Nil
Events and Submissions/Topic
Nil
Vacation/Exam Week
Begin Date: 19 Oct 2026Module/Topic
Nil
Chapter
Nil
Events and Submissions/Topic
Nil
NURS29006 includes a mandatory four-day Residential School from 2 July to 5 July 2026, designed to consolidate clinical reasoning, practical skills, and professional judgement through immersive and applied learning experiences.
The Residential School provides an opportunity to translate your prior learning into practice within a Simulation Laboratory environment, with a strong focus on integration, performance, and structured feedback to support your development.
As this unit is delivered online with a Residential School component, you are expected to take responsibility for your own learning by developing and following an individual study plan. This includes engaging in self-directed and self-regulated learning throughout the term.
As this unit is offered Mixed Mode, 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 Online Test
You will complete an in-class, invigilated medication calculation quiz to demonstrate your ability to perform basic mathematical calculations, accurately complete medication dosage calculations, and apply your understanding of safe medication practices.
Instructions
Please refer to the assessment task instructions 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. This assessment requires students to adhere to the guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence tools as specified in the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS). Any misuse or lack of disclosure regarding the use of AI tools will be considered a breach of academic integrity. No Generative AI use is permitted in the completion of this assignment. You must not use AI tools or technology to produce substantive content. You are permitted to use technology or tools that assist with spelling, grammar or formatting.
Level of GenAI Use Allowed: Level 1: You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
Extensions
Extensions are not available as per policy for this assessment, and the 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
Minimum Pass Criteria
- You must achieve 100% to pass this assessment.
- You must pass this assessment to progress to professional experience placement.
- To pass this unit, you are required to achieve a pass grade in both assessments.
- Supplementary assessment is not available as per policy for Work Integrated Learning Units.
Day 1 of the compulsory residential School (re-attempts may be offered on day 2 and/or day 3 of residential school)
Results for the quiz will be available immediately after the attempt is complete
Assessment criteria will be available on the Moodle site.
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of safe supply and administration of non-parenteral and parenteral medication.
2 Professional Practice Placement
You will complete a Professional Experience Placement (280 hours) to demonstrate your advanced ability to integrate and apply both fundamental and complex nursing care within clinical settings. This assessment requires you to embed and translate your learning into practice as a final semester Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) student, in alignment with the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016), NSQHS Standards (2017), and the Patient Safety Competency Framework (2017).
Instructions
Please refer to the assessment task instructions 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. This assessment requires students to adhere to the guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence tools as specified in the Artificial Intelligence Assessment Scale (AIAS). Any misuse or lack of disclosure regarding the use of AI tools will be considered a breach of academic integrity. No Generative AI use is permitted in the completion of this assignment. You must not use AI tools or technology to produce substantive content. You are permitted to use technology or tools that assist with spelling, grammar or formatting.
Level of GenAI Use Allowed: Level 1: You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
Extensions:
Extensions to this assessment are not available as per policy. The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
Minimum Pass Criteria
- You must achieve a minimum grade of 3 for all ANSAT criteria to pass this assessment.
- To pass this unit, you are required to achieve a pass grade in all assessments.
- Supplementary assessment is not available as per policy for Work Integrated Learning Units.
Assessment’s due: Formative ANSAT assessment due: During week two (after 80 hours) and week four (after 160 hours) of your clinical placement. Summative ANSAT due: Final day of placement.
Assessment criteria will be available on the Moodle site.
- 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?
