Integrating Nursing Concepts 4 (10206.2)

In this unit students practice person-centred care, integrating prior knowledge and experiences from the clinical and simulated learning environments. Students will actively participate in nursing care activities and clinical tasks to further develop their problem solving, clinical reasoning and nursing practice including holistic health assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
This unit has a focus on the development of technical and non-technical nursing skills including care co-ordination, working with complexity and diversity, and end of life care. Informed by assessment and integration of multiple knowledges and perspectives, students will identify actual and potential health needs and goal orientated nursing interventions. Students will engage safely in the provision of person-centred care in simulated and supervised clinical settings across different care contexts. In applying evidence informed theoretical knowledge and clinical skills, students will reflect on and identify their personal learning and development for their upcoming transition period.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Model inclusivity and working in partnership with people and families who have varied health literacy levels and communication needs to problem solve, provide health education and achieve co-created care goals;
2. Create co-ordinated plans of care for people experiencing complex multimorbidity in non-acute settings, understanding quality use of medicines relating to polypharmacy, recognising health deterioration and escalation of care;
3. Model safety in the simulated environment for people with complex nursing care needs including documentation, clinical handover, risk assessment and prevention, time management, medication administration, teamwork and care co-ordination;
4. Apply palliative care principles for people and families at the end of life demonstrating culturally safe after death care;
5. Utilise health assessment skills, health data, clinical reasoning and previous learning to identify health needs, articulate rationales for care and implement person-centred nursing practice under supervision;
6. Use reflective and evidence based approaches to create a professional development and learning plan which supports readiness for the transition to practice year; and
7. Demonstrate expected level of understanding and performance in simulated and professional environments commensurate with the scope of practice for Integrating Nursing Concepts 4.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. 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

Prerequisites

10205 Integrating Nursing Concepts 3 AND
10202 Concepts in Pharmacology OR 11964 Concepts in Pharmacology AND
11835 Person-Centered Practice in Nursing OR 10194 Therapeutic Use of Self 1

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None

Equivalent units

Learning for Professional Practice 4, 9061.

Assumed knowledge

None.