NURS11166 - Health and Assessment in Nursing

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Throughout this unit, you will acquire fundamental knowledge and skills to provide basic nursing care at at beginning level. In particular, you will be able to conduct a holistic assessment and assist a person with their activities of daily living in the simulated environment. You will be introduced to the significance of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016) and other policies, codes, and guidelines relevant to professional nursing practice. You will explore the importance of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017) to all nursing practice in Australia and commence using the Patient Safety Competency Framework (PSCF) (Levett-Jones et al., 2017) in your practice as a nursing student. You will become familiar with scope of practice using the decision-making framework (DMF) (NMBA, 2020). You are required to participate in compulsory on-campus workshops or a residential school for this unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 1
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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).

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Residential School Compulsory Residential School
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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. In-class Test(s) 0%
2. Practical Assessment 0%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 0%

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.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 94.16% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 37.13% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
The residential schools were great and the staff were awesome.
Recommendation
Continue to review and manage residential schools to ensure a great student experience.
Action Taken
Continued to review and manage residential schools to ensure a great student experience.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Unit coordinators have amazing knowledge and expert clinical skills which make them invaluable to learn from.
Recommendation
Unit coordinators will remain abreast of the most recent contemporary clinical skills applicable to the industry.
Action Taken
Unit coordinators reviewed the unit ensuring recent contemporary clinical skills applied to the industry.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
This unit is well paced and full of contemporary and industry specific modules.
Recommendation
After each iteration, the unit will be reviewed to maintain contemporary and industry-specific modules.
Action Taken
The unit was reviewed and updated before each iteration.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
More time needs to be taken in the writing/proofreading of subject materials that are uploaded to moodle. There were significant spelling and grammatical errors throughout the unit, as well as in the assessment quizzes.
Recommendation
Unit coordinators and the Dean of Learning and Teaching (DDLT) will continue to proofread content, materials and assessment quizzes.
Action Taken
Unit coordinators and the Dean of Learning and Teaching (DDLT) proofread content, materials and assessment quizzes.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The maths component of the unit should be completed at home before attending residential school. Issues with clarity.
Recommendation
The maths exam is invigilated and therefore requires lecturers to oversee it as it is in progress. The exam questions are reviewed by the Head of Course (HoC), Head of College (HoC) and the Dean of Learning and Teaching (DDLT). This process will continue every term.
Action Taken
The maths exam was, as always invigilated and lecturers oversaw this whilst in progress. The exam questions were reviewed by the Head of Course (HoC), Head of College (HoC) and the Dean of Learning and Teaching (DDLT). This process continues every term.
Source: Student Teams message
Feedback
Thanks for all your feedback and encouragement for this term. Had a really great time studying this unit. We wouldn’t have done it without your support & encouragement. A massive credit to you three who made it easy for us. I look forward to studying with you again. Much appreciated for everything you did for us.
Recommendation
Unit coordinators will continue to support and encourage students to ensure an enjoyable learning experience.
Action Taken
Unit coordinators continue to support and encourage students to ensure an enjoyable learning experience.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Their online tutorials are well planned and thought out making them enjoying creating a comfortable and relaxed learning environment.
Recommendation
The online tutorials will continue.
Action Taken
Weekly tutorials continue online.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
This unit was very interesting and allowed us to understand different procedures and ways to conduct assessments on the body. The objectives of each week are very clear and easy to understand. The resources collected supported and enriched our studies.
Recommendation
Coordinators will continue to review the unit to enable updates of contemporary resources and evidence to ensure the best student experience.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
This was an amazing unit with a lot of information at first so it was difficult to put it into context with the learning materials at home. However, the 3 days of residential classes helped me cement the information. I did find this unit tremendously informative and well put together. Thank you all for everything.
Recommendation
Coordinators will ensure the unit continues to maintain a strong alignment with the residential school to ensure students can apply theory with practice.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The teachers were great, very approachable and helpful. More prompts to research evidence would help get the hang of it.
Recommendation
Teachers and coordinators will continue to be approachable, supportive and helpful. Prompts to research evidence will be included in the unit and Zoom sessions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The structuring of the practical assessments in the Res School could have been better. Due to the size of our Res School class, it took over four hours for the instructors to complete all the assessments. We were told we could work on other assignments while we waited to be assessed but for those of us who didn't have anything else to do, it was wasted time.
Recommendation
Within the residential school students are given organised activities to engage in whilst assessments are being undertaken. Teachers will be pre-briefed to ensure these activities are undertaken on each campus.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate and explain safe practice while assisting a person with their activities of daily living, using simulated modalities.
  2. Perform a holistic assessment of a person including the completion of appropriate documentation, using simulated modalities.
  3. Demonstrate the principles of the nursing process and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) decision-making framework (DMF) (2020), using simulated modalities.
  4. Apply the NMBA registered nurse standards for practice (2016) in the provision of evidence based nursing care, using simulated modalities.
  5. Recognise unsafe environments and implement strategies to ensure safety.

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

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

Partnering with consumers

Preventing and Controlling healthcare-associated infection

Medication safety

Comprehensive care

Communicating for safety

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

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - In-class Test(s) • •
2 - Practical Assessment • • • • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Problem Solving • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work • •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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