Integrating Nursing Concepts 2 (Capstone 1) (10204.1)
| Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
|---|---|---|
| View teaching periods | On-Campus |
UC - Canberra, Bruce |
| EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
| 0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
| Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
| Discipline Of Nursing | Level 1 - Undergraduate Introductory Unit | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Articulate the role comprehensive health assessment plays in providing safe and quality nursing care for individuals, families and communities;
2. Demonstrate foundational skills in effective planning, delivery and evaluation of safe and quality nursing care;
3. Engage, beyond the foundation level, with contemporary evidence to inform nursing practice;
4. Demonstrate foundational skills in effective communication within the interdisciplinary healthcare team;
5. Demonstrate the ability to reflect in and on practice so as to inform further development of safe and quality nursing care;
6. Demonstrate an effective use of knowledge of the healthcare care system;
7. Engage consumers as partners in their own care through effective listening and meaningful communication; and
8. Practice in ways that ensure care is respectful and supportive of people with diverse backgrounds.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
Prerequisites
10203 Integrating Nursing Concepts 1 OR 9045 Learning for Professional Practice 1Corequisites
Must be enrolled in 364JA/885AA Bachelor of Nursing or 365JA Bachelor of Nursing Advanced. Students must also be enrolled in 10191 Foundations for Professional Practice 2 OR 9067 Alterations in Health 1.Incompatible units
- None.
Equivalent units
9060 Learning for Professional Practice 2Assumed knowledge
None.| Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 02 August 2021 | On-Campus | Mrs Vera Kaak |
| 2022 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 01 August 2022 | On-Campus | Mrs Vera Kaak |
Required texts
Required Electronic Resource:
Med+Safe from IntelliLearn's (please see details in Materials and Equipment)
Recommended Text:
Crisp, J., Douglas, C., Rebeiro, G. & Waters, D. (2017). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (5th Ed.). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier Australia.
Estes, M.E.Z., Calleja, P., Theobald, K. & Harvey, Theresa. (2016). Australian and New Zealand (2ndEd.) Health Assessment and Physical Examination. South Melbourne, VIC: Cengage LearningAustralia.
All UC nursing courses use APA 7th edition for referencing.
Recommended reading:
Gillespie, M. & Paterson, B. (2009). Helping novice nurses make effective clinical decisions: The Situated Clinical Decision-Making Framework. Nursing Education Perspectives, 30(3), 164-170.
Students must be familiar with the Nursing student Clinical Placement Guidelines and the Faculty of Health Placement Guidelines.
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
Assessment items must be submitted to the assignment area in the unit's UCLearn site, relating to that piece of assessment. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item, to the right submission section.
To pass this unit, students must:
- Attempt all assessment items, and
- Attend all allocated workshops and
- Achieve a Pass (50% or more) in the OSCE, and
- Achieve a satisfactory assessment for Clinical Placement (INC 1 excluded), and
- Achieve 50% overall.
In line with the University of Canberra Assessment Procedures students who undertake the OSCE declare themselves fit and well to do so. If students are unwell or are experiencing extenuating circumstances they must contact the unit convenor at their earliest convenience with evidence of their extenuating circumstances to arrange a deferred examination. Students will have one attemptat the OSCE, non attendance at the scheduled examination without requesting a deferred examination will result in an NC for the unit. Students must achieve a 50% pass in the OSCE to pass the unit.
Clinical placement within the Bachelor of Nursing program is privileged as a critical nursing development opportunity for students. All Integrating Nursing Concepts (INC) units have discrete theory components and a clinical practice component where student capability is assessed. For INC units where the clinical placement is scheduled after the unit teaching and unit results are known (INC1 and INC2 for 2021), students must be on a passing grade to continue onto their scheduled placement. Students who have achieved <50/100 for the unit or who have failed their OSCE will have any upcoming placement cancelled by the CareersUC Placement Team on the advice of the Unit Convenor.
Special assessment requirements
Integrating Nursing Concepts (INC) Units
Work integrated learning, or Clinical Placement assessments provide opportunities to evaluate the student's ability to assess and derive clinical understandings in practice using their learnt theoretical framework. Students will be assessed for their ability to respond to and care for those around them using professional ethical nursing practice at year level. Students are required to implement skills safely and effectively in a variety of settings and are assessed against the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia registered Nurse Standards of Practice. As such, a satisfactory grade must be obtained in the clinical component to pass this unit.
To achieve satisfactory progress, you must:
- Attend all rostered clinical placement. If you are unable to attend for any reason, you must notify the placement site as soon as possible (before the scheduled shift) that you are unable to attend and notify your supervising Clinical Liaison Nurse (CLN). Absences must be reported and approved by the CLN or unit convenor.
- Complete all Clinical assessment tasks as stipulated within the INC Canvas site.
Assessment will be moderated by the CLN team and Unit Convenor to ensure that judgments of students' performance are fair and valid. If you require further information on how the assessment tasks of this unit are assessed and moderated please see the unit convener.
Moderation
Moderation will be undertaken for assessment items to ensure that marking is fair and consistent. Moderation will take place in line with the faculty of health guidelines and the University assessment procedures document https://www.canberra.edu.au/Policies/PolicyProcedure/Index/369
Academic integrity
Students have a responsibility to uphold University standards on ethical scholarship. Good scholarship involves building on the work of others and use of others' work must be acknowledged with proper attribution made. Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values. Refer to the University's Student Charter for more information.
To enhance understanding of academic integrity, all students are expected to complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM) at least once during their course of study. You can access this module within UCLearn (Canvas) through the 'Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism' link in the Study Help site.
Use of Text-Matching Software
The University of Canberra uses text-matching software to help students and staff reduce plagiarism and improve understanding of academic integrity. The software matches submitted text in student assignments against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts.
Learner engagement
You will note the student workload guideline above (6a).
All Bachelor of Nursing students are expected to undertake up to 5 hours per week per unit of directed/selfdirected learning (SDL) related to content engagement, assessment preparation, clinical learning or revisionin addition to their timetabled unit contact (ie. lectures, workshops, tutorials).
Inclusion and engagement
Any student with a reasonable adjustment plan (RAP) is asked to contact inclusion@canberra.edu.au if they wish to enact this plan for support with assessments or class room engagement.
Students within 364JA Bachelor of Nursing must ensure that they meet the Inherent Requirements relevant to the profession of nursing – it is each students responsibility to read and understand these UC Nursing Inherent Requirements statements. For support in meeting the inherent requirements, please make a time with inclusion@canberra.edu.au
and your course convenor BNConvenor@canberra.edu.au
Participation requirements
It is expected that students participate in all learning opportunities in this unit. This is inclusive of all scheduled face to face and on-line activities. Assessment items are linked to the unit learning outcomes, the NMBA Registered Nurse standards for practice and professional codes. Therefore, all students are required to attend and actively participate in all learning activities scheduled for this unit. Student can self-select their preferred classes via the Allocate+ system.
INC Units
All INC Units are linked to Clinical Practice and as such, completion of all learning modules, including directed and self directed study, and active participation in face to face workshops is expected. Participating in workshop discussions to clarify concepts and to develop confidence with professional communication and verbally expressing ideas can be helpful for students and also supports the learning of student peers (see NMBA RN Standards for Practice 2016 Standard 2 and related criterion
http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards/registered-nurse-standards-for-practice.aspx )
Practical workshops
Practical workshops attendance is required to enable students to practice the ‘skilful doing' aspects of nursing practice. Practical workshops enable students to translate concepts and theoretical understanding into ‘real world' applications safely while practicing professional communication skills. Absence from practical workshops must be notified to the Unit Convener via email with documentary evidence provided for a make up workshop to be considered. Failure to attend practical workshops (as per above 5b) is grounds for an NC (fail grade) in this unit.
Required IT skills
You are expected to be able to access Canvas, the University of Canberra's online teaching platform. There is a student help site on the Canvas home page that can help students learning to use Canvas. Additionally, students can email learnonline.support@canberra.edu.au or telephone 1300 622 767 (ask for LearnOnline Support).
Help with IT skills is available in person at the Service Counter in the Library Commons by telephone: 02 6201 5500 or by email: servicedesk@canberra.edu.au. For further information, visit: http://www.canberra.edu.au/current-students.
Please note Section 4 B: materials required. You will require computer skills to access the internet and by able to upload to the ‘Canvas' university site written submissions using ‘word' and PowerPoint formats. This unit may involve online meetings in real time using a virtual room. To participate verbally, rather than just typing, you will need a microphone. For best audio quality we recommend a microphone and speaker headset. For more information and to test your computer, please visit the UCLearn Student Help link.
Work placement, internships or practicums
INC Units
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) has accredited the UC Bachelor of Nursing program. For UC graduates to be eligible for registration as a nurse in Australia, attendance on clinical placement for the required number of hours over the course is mandatory. Therefore, attendance is compulsory for clinical placements.
To meet the requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing degree, students must successfully complete the set number of clinical hours within a variety of clinical settings. The University of Canberra has developed relationships with a range of public and private health service providers to achieve this requirement. Students are representing the University and are expected to meet the University student conduct requirements http://www.canberra.edu.au/current-students/canberra-students/conduct
Clinical Placements are organised by the CareersUC Placement Team and are scheduled throughout the calendar year including during class free periods. Once allocated to a clinical placement, students are expected to be available to attend that placement in the roster given by the placement site. There are a range of important learning opportunities available throughout the shift and students are expected to avail themselves of these opportunities. Permission to leave early will only be supported with consultation with the Clinical Liaison Nurse (CLN) and/or Unit Convener.
Students are required to be punctual for placement and should receive their rostered shifts from the CareersUC Placement Team. Shift times commonly start between:
- Morning - 6-9 am (0600-0900)
- Evening - 1-3 pm (1300-1500)
- Night shift - 8-11 pm (2000-2300)
Pre-placement requirements:
Students are advised to review InPlace regularly to check the status of their pre-placement requirements and to ensure that all contact details are up-to-date. This information must include an emergency point of contact or next of kin.
The CareersUC Placement Team requires evidence of the following before a placement can be organised:
- Immunisations
- TB Screening
- NSW Health Forms
- National Criminal History Check
- Working with Vulnerable People Card
- Manual Handling Training Assessment
The student needs to upload this information to InPlace and ensure it is verified (green status) a minimum of four weeks prior to commencing placement.
Further information about Pre-Placement requirements are outlined on the Clinical Placement website http://www.canberra.edu.au/future-students/apply-now/before-you-apply/placement-requirements
The university requires that students complete the UC Student placement / internship agreement form and upload it to Canvas by the first day of clinical placement. Students who do not do so wil lhave their clinical placement cancelled.
Industry mandatory requirements:
Some industry partners will expect students to complete certain learning packages prior to commencing placement at that site. For example, ACT Health requires students to complete e-learning modules on Manual Handling, Infection Prevention, Fire and Emergency, Child protection and Aseptic Technique as well as requiring students to upload their Hand Hygiene Certificate and Acknowledgement Form to the ACT Health website.
Details of what is required and how to submit evidence of completion will be emailed to you by ACT or NSW Health when your placement is confirmed. Students must meet all mandatory pre-placement requirements and submit any requested documentation four weeks before placement is due to start.
Failure to complete mandatory industry partner or pre-placement requirements by the due dates will result in cancellation of your clinical placement and a fail (NX) grade for the unit. Please see the BN Clinical Placement Canvas site and the Clinical Placement website (www.canberra.edu.au/placement) for further detailed information.
Manual Handling
Students should check InPlace to ensure their Manual Handling training is current. Annual manual handling training is a pre-placement requirement for all nursing students in any health care facility. This may be in addition to any other e-learning required by a Health Service. Training information can be found on the Faculty of Health Canvas site. Students must complete all of the online Manual Handling training modules and the quiz. Evidence of successful completion of the quiz is then uploaded to InPlace to show proof of completion of manual handling training. Sometimes a practical training session will be needed - you will be advised of this via unit convenor.
Students should ensure that enough time is allowed to complete the online modules (1-2 hours), leaving this until the last moment will result in the student not being able to complete Manual Handling training and subsequent cancellation of their placement.
Canvas Clinical Placement Module Requirements
The Clinical Placement Module within each INC unit contains the activities required to successfully complete clinical placement. Documentation associated with each of the module activities is provided within each activity.
Activities are due prior to, during and after clinical placement. Students should review this module fully, and all associated due dates for activities prior to commencing clinical placement.
All activities must be completed within seven (7) days of completion of clinical placement.
Make up time
Students who need to complete make-up days as a result of missed days on clinical placement will have this arranged by the CareersUC Placement Team. Students are strongly encouraged to self audit their clinical days regularly comparing their clinical attendance records to their InPlace profile. Unless they have evidence of extenuating circumstances, students are expected to complete all rostered clinical practice days to satisfactorily meet the requirements of the Integrating Nursing Concepts unit. The Bachelor of Nursing 364JA requires 880 hours of supervised practice for course completion.
