Required texts

Required texts

Students may choose to either purchase the texts or access a copy from the library to support their learning throughout the semester.

Bauldoff, G., Gubrud, P., Carno, M., Levett-Jones, T., & Dwyer, T. (2020). LeMone and Burke's medical-surgical nursing: Critical thinking
for person-centred care (4th ed.). Pearson Australia.

American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). American
Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000

Students must be familiar with the Nursing student Clinical Placement Guidelines and the Faculty of Health Placement Guidelines.

Students must have access to Med safe www.medsafe.com.au.

Other essential reading

Gillespie, M., & Paterson, B. (2009). Helping novice nurses make effective clinical decisions: The SituatedClinical Decision-Making Framework.
Nursing Education Perspectives, 30(3), 164-170.

McCormack, B., & McCance, B. (2006). Development of a framework for person-centred nursing.
Journal ofAdvanced Nursing,56(5), 472-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04042.x

Recommended text:

Crisp, J., Douglas, C., Rebeiro, G., & Waters, D. (6 Eds). (2020). Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing (the ed). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier Australia. 

American Psychology Association (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association : the official guide to APA style (7th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Calleja, P., Theobald, K. & Harvey, T. (2020). Estes Health Assessment & Physical Examination: Australian & New Zealand edition. (3^rd ed.) Melbourne, VIC: Cengage Learning Australia.

• All units in the Bachelor of Nursing program require the use of APA style referencing for assessments. This is the style most commonly used in healthcare professions and hence this referencing manual is a sound investment that can be used each semester when preparing assessments. You can find the UC referencing guide based on APA style here, as a quick reference: http://canberra.libguides.com/referencing

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

All assessment items will be submited online via the Canvas teaching site, unless specifically instructed by the unit convenor.

The first page of each assessment item should include the following information:

• Student ID number
• Assessment Name
• Word Count (if applicable)

Student's names are not to be included on any assessment tasks/submissions. Only Student ID numbers should be included (as per the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures).

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.

Students are strongly encouraged to submit their assessment during business hours to ensure access to Student Support Services including IT Service Desk and the Library. It is important to note that personal network/computer/technical problems are generally not considered acceptable grounds or reasons for an extension to the due date. Students who are experiencing difficulty uploading a submission are strongly encouraged to take a screenshot of any error messages, including the date and time, and contact Service Desk for technical support.

Students must submit their own original work that has not been previously submitted for assessment at the Univerity of Canberra. Self plagiarism is grounds for referral for academic misconduct.

To pass this unit, students must:

• Submit all assessment items as instructed, and
• Attend all allocated workshops and seminars ,and
• Achieve a Pass (50% or more) in the OSCA, and
• Achieve satisfactory completion of Pre-PEP hurdle where applicable, and
• Meet attendence requirements of the scheduled PEP, and
• Achieve a satisfactory assessment for PEP, and
• Achieve 50% overall.

PEP 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 PEP is scheduled after the unit teaching and unit results are known, students must be on a passing grade to continue onto their scheduled PEP.

Students who have achieved <50/100 for the unit or who have failed their OSCA (and/or Pre-PEP hurdle if applicable), will have any upcoming PEP cancelled by the CareersUC Placement Team on the advice of the Unit Convenor.

Failure to satisfactorily complete Pre-PEP and/or PEP requirements will result in a fail grade for the unit.

Students who receive a fail grade for this unit offering will be required to re-enrol in the next available offering and successfully complete all assessment items including theory and practical components, as per the unit outline.

Special assessment requirements

Integrating Nursing Concepts (INC) Units

PEP 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 PEP.
  • If you are unable to attend for any reason, you must notify the PEP site as soon as possible (before the scheduled shift) that you are unable to attend and notify your supervising Clinical Liaison Nurse (CLN)/Clinical Facilitator (CF).
  • Absences must be reported and approved by the CLN, CF 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 processes are in line with the Faculty of Health guidelines and the University Assessment Procedures https://www.canberra.edu.au/Policies/PolicyProcedure/Index/369

Late submissions

Late submissions will only be accepted for a limited period. If more than one late submission is made within that period, only the first late submission will be accepted for marking and may be subject to penalties as detailed in the the Assessment Procedures.

OSCA

In line with the University of Canberra Assessment Procedures students who undertake the OSCA 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 attempt at the OSCA, 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 OSCA to pass the unit.

Supplementary Assessment

In the event of an unsatisfactory unit grade, in the semester 2 2022 offering of this unit, supplementary assessment may be offered.  

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

In order to get the most out of your studies, it is strongly recommended that you plan your time commitments, actively engage in class discussions (online or face-to-face) and work with your peers as part of your study. The amount of time you will need to spend on study in this unit will depend on a number of factors including your prior knowledge, learning skill level and learning style.

Please note that as per UC guidelines, for each 3 Credit Point unit of study students should expect to spend approximately 150 hours per teaching period on both directed and self directed activities in order to engage meaningfully in the unit content and to develop assessments for learning.

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.

All Bachelor of Nursing students are expected to undertake up to 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).

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@canberra.edu.au and your course convenor BNConvenor@canberra.edu.au

Inclusion and engagement

It is strongly recommended that students who need assistance in undertaking the unit because of disability or an ongoing health condition register with the Inclusion and Engagement Office as soon as possible so that reasonable adjustment arrangements can be made.

Any student with a reasonable adjustment plan (RAP) is asked to contact the Unit convenor if they wish to enact this plan for support with assessments or classroom engagement or Online 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 clinical placement.

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 will participate in all learning opportunities in this unit. This is inclusive of all timetabled 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. Students can self-select their preferred classes via the Allocate+ system.

The theoretical underpinning of caring science is fundamental to ensure safe nursing practice. Completion of all learning modules, including directed and self-directed study, and active participation in 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 https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-Guidelines-Statements/Professional-standards/registered-nurse-standards-for-practice.aspx

INC Units

All INC Units are linked to Clinical Practice (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 also 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 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-PEP requirements

Pre-PEP Requirements must be attended to and submitted via InPlace. Please consult with the Placement Team if your criminal record check or immunisation schedule will become out-of-date while on PEP for 2022.

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 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.

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

The following costs are expected with this unit:

• Textbooks
• Med+Safe®
• Self printing of any electronic material provided
• Potential costs associated with remote learning activities (e.g. reliable computer and internet connection).

Work placement, internships or practicums

Work Integrated Learning (WIL)

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 PEP for the required number of hours over the course is mandatory. Therefore, attendance is compulsory for PEP.

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 https://www.canberra.edu.au/current-students/canberra-students/conduct

PEP is organised by the CareersUC Placement Team and are scheduled throughout the calendar year including during class free periods. Once allocated to a PEP, students are expected to be available to attend that PEP in the roster given by the PEP site. There are a range of important learning opportunities available throughout the shift and students are expected to avail themselves of these opportunities.

Students are required to be punctual for placement and should receive their rostered shifts from the CareersUC Placement Team. Shift times commonly start between:

• Mornings: 6-9 am (0600-0900hrs)
• Evenings: 1-3 pm (1300-1500hrs)
• Night shift: 8-11 pm (2000-2300hrs)

Required PEP Documents and Assessments

Each Integrating Nursing Concepts (INC) canvas unit contains activities within the online Professional Experience Placement (PEP) Module that students are required to successfully complete prior to and during PEP. Documentation associated with each of the activities is provided within the module.

In units where the platform SmartaBase is used students will be provided information and education on using the system and associated PEP requirements.

Prior to commencing PEP all students are required to:

• Review the PEP Module and SmartaBase instructions (where applicable)
  • This includes all associated due dates for each of the required activities.
• Accept the conditions and upload a signed copy of the UC Student Agreement.

During PEP all students are required to:

• Complete and submit their mid-placement assessment.

After PEP all students are required to:

• Complete and upload a copy of their timesheets
  • This must be completed within seven (7) days of completion of PEP.  

Students who do not complete above activities, within the required timeframes, will not be able to commence/continue or finalise their PEP, resulting in a fail (NC) grade.

Additional mandated pre-PEP requirements:

Students are advised to review InPlace regularly to check the status of their pre-PEP 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 PEP 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 PEP.

Students are required to be familiar with the Pre-Placement requirements and Placement checks and clearances pages.

Industry mandatory requirements:

Students will be advised of any mandatory eLearning which must be completed for specific PEP sites via email or InPlace notification. Students are required to complete all eLearning as directed in this correspondence in order to participate in their PEP as scheduled.

Failure to complete required eLearning, or pre-PEP requirements, within the advised timeframes will result in the cancellation of PEP and a fail (NC) 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-PEP 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 PEP.

Failure to complete the required Manual Handling training, within the advised timeframes, will result in the cancellation of PEP and a fail (NC) grade for the unit.

Make up time

Students are strongly encouraged to self-audit their clinical hours regularly and compare these to the hours recorded on their InPlace profile to ensure accuracy.

Unless they have evidence of extenuating circumstances, students are expected to complete all rostered PEP days, to satisfactorily meet the requirements of the Integrating Nursing Concepts unit. The Bachelor of Nursing 364JA is accredited to include 880 hours of supervised practice for course completion.

Students who are approved to complete make-up days as a result of absence due to extenuating circumstances, will have this arranged by the CareersUC PEP Team and will be notified via InPlace.

Removal from PEP

Students who demonstrate unsatisfactory progress towards the expected standard of practice for their enrolled Integrating Nursing Concepts unit at any point throughout their PEP will be commenced on an Individual Support Plan (ISP) with specific learning strategies and goals. If the strategies and goals are not met, students will receive an unsatisfactory Clinical Assessment, which will result in removal from PEP and a fail grade (NC) for the unit. If the students conduct or practice constitutes  a significant risk to public safety, as assessed by the clinical site, CLN, or CF a student's PEP may be suspended or terminated immediately  without an ISP in place. The student will meet with the unit convenor and discuss their progress in the unit, and alternate arrangements may be made depending on the outcome of the meeting and any investigations or inquiries.

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