Integrating Nursing Concepts 3 (10205.2)
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-campus |
Bruce, Canberra UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Nursing | Level 2 - Undergraduate Intermediate Unit | Band 1 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 1 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
This unit includes the development of technical and non-technical nursing skills and collaborative approaches to safe nursing care across the lifespan. The focus of this unit is physical, social and emotional wellbeing and care of a person undergoing surgery including medication management. Informed by assessment and integration of multiple knowledges, students will begin to identify actual and potential health needs and nursing interventions and engage safely in the provision of person-centred care in simulated and supervised clinical settings. In applying evidence informed theoretical knowledge and clinical skills, students will identify their personal learning and development needs through reflective practice.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Communicate effectively with interprofessional colleagues and healthcare teams, and advocate, with support, for people and families to ensure safe care;
2. Integrate culturally appropriate psychosocial and emotional wellbeing assessments into the holistic care of people and their families;
3. Describe the interconnectedness of mental and physical health and integrate evidence informed strategies, policies and guidelines to promote wellbeing;
4. Participate in person centred nursing care activities safely under supervision for people across the lifespan, using evidence to identify health needs and develop rationales for care;
5. Model safety in the simulated environment including documentation, clinical handover, risk assessment and prevention, parenteral medication administration and nursing care for a person undergoing surgery;
6. Assess deterioration in health status and initiate care escalation, accurately communicate nursing assessment and actions verbally and in writing; and
7. Demonstrate expected level of understanding and performance in simulated and professional environments commensurate with the scope of practice for Integrating Nursing Concepts 3.
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
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
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
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
Prerequisites
10204 Integrating Nursing Concepts 2 (Capstone 1) OR 11962 Integrating Nursing Concepts 2 AND11835 Person-Centred Practice in Nursing OR 10194 Therapeutic Use of Self 1 AND
10202 Concepts in Pharmacology OR 11964 Concepts in Pharmacology
Corequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2024 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-campus | Mr Brad Leeson |
2024 | UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW | Semester 1 | 05 February 2024 | On-campus | Mr Brad Leeson |
2025 | Bruce, Canberra | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Mr Brad Leeson |
2025 | UC Sydney Hills, Castle Hill, NSW | Semester 1 | 03 February 2025 | On-campus | Mr Brad Leeson |
Required texts
Essential Resources:
Bauldoff, G., Gubrud, P. & Carno, M. (2020). Lemone and Burke's medical surgical nursing: Critical thinking for person-centred care. (4th ed.). Pearson.
Crisp, J., Douglas, C., Rebeiro, G. & Waters, D. (2021). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (6th Aust. ed.). Elsevier.
Levett-Jones, T. (2023). Clinical reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse. (3rd ed.). Pearson.
McCormack, B., McCance, T., Bulley, C., Brown, D., McMillan, A., & Martin, S. (Eds.). (2021). Fundamentals of person-centred healthcare practice. Wiley-Blackwell.
Med+Safe (IntelliLearn). Med+Safe is an online dose calculation programme that is used throughout the curriculum in multiple units. All INC units use Med+Safe®. Students will be provided access to this resource during the teaching periods they are enrolled in an INC unit.
All students must be familiar with the Nursing Student Clinical Placement Guidelines and the Faculty of Health Placement Guidelines.
Recommended Resources:
American Psychological Association.(2020). Publication manual of the American Psychology Association (7th ed.). APA.
Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN). Standards for perioperative nursing in Australia (16th ed.). Australian College of Perioperative Nurses Ltd.
Brotto, V. & Rafferty, K. (2020). Clinical dosage calculations (3rd ed.). Cengage Learning Australia.
Clendon, J. & Munns, A. (2019). Community Health and Wellness: Principles of primary health care (6th ed.). Elsevier.
Harris, P,. Nagy, S., & Vardaxis, N. (2018). Mosby's medical dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions. (3rd ANZ Ed). Elsevier.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2016). Registered Nurse standards for practice. NMBA. Available from: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards/registered-nurse-standards-forpractice.aspx
International Council of Nurses. (2021). ICN code of ethics for nurses. ICN. Available from: https://www.icn.ch/system/files/2021-10/ICN_Code-of-Ethics_EN_Web_0.pdf
Submission of assessment items
Extensions & Late submissions
Special assessment requirements
Information on extensions and special considerations for assessments can be found in the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures.
Supplementary assessment
Supplementary assessment is NOT offered for this unit.
Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.
Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.
UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).
UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.
Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.
Learner engagement
All Bachelor of Nursing students are expected to undertake a minimum of five (5) hours per week per unit of directed/self-directed learning (SDL), related to content engagement, assessment preparation, clinical learning, or revision, in addition to their timetabled unit contact (i.e., lectures, workshops, tutorials).
In nursing where PEP is a requirement for professional registration, hours expected for engagement and to meet the unit requirements are necessarily adjusted and may fluctuate during the teaching period.
Inclusion and engagement
Any student with a reasonable adjustment plan (RAP) is asked to contact inclusion@canberra.edu.au to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be required for PEP.
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 and your Course Convenor
Participation requirements
INC Units
All INC Units are linked to PEP 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 supports the learning of student peers (see NMBA RN standards for practice 2016 Standard 2 and related criterion https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards/registered-nurse-standards-for-practice.aspx
Practical workshops attendance and active participation 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) will prevent students from progressing to a PEP, hence failure to attend practical workshops is grounds for an NC (fail grade) in this unit.
Pre-Placement requirements
Pre-Placement Requirements must be attended to and submitted via InPlace. Please consult with the Placement Team if your criminal record check, manual handling and/or immunisation schedule will become out-of-date while on placement for 2023.
Failure to complete the pre-placement requirements will result in the student's scheduled placement to be cancelled and an NC grade will be awarded. For more information regarding pre-placement requirements please review the work integrated learning (WIL) section of this unit outline.
Required IT skills
Please note the materials required for this unit section.
You will require computer skills to access the internet upload to the Canvas university site submissions in various formats. This unit may involve online meetings or class sessions in real time using a virtual room. To participate verbally and visually, rather than just typing, you will need a microphone and camera. This is an expectation of all students in the online environment. 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.
Students undertaking units where there are assessment items conducted online are strongly encouraged to test their setup during the semester. Where support for troubleshooting technical issues is identified by students, students are encouraged to seek support from Service Desk.
In-unit costs
Clinical uniform is required for both clinical practical intensives and clinical placement and can be purchased from the UC shop on campus. For requirements please see the Clinical Placement Guidelines booklet available on the BN Clinical Placement Canvas site. Pre-clinical requirements sometimes incur a cost such as National Police check/Crime check, and vaccination completion. See 6g for list of requirements for placement.
Costs
The following costs are expected with this unit:
- Textbooks
- Self printing of any electronic material provided
- Potential costs associated with remote learning activities and/or assessments (e.g. reliable computer and internet connection).