Integrating Nursing Concepts 2 (11962.1)

In this foundational nursing practice unit students will gain exposure to clinical environments and begin to use frameworks and clinical reasoning to inform decision making. Students will be supported to learn and practice care activities and clinical tasks including comprehensive health assessment, medication administration and a collaborative approach to safe care. With support, students will engage in health assessment and the provision of person centred care in simulated and supervised clinical settings. Students will apply foundational clinical reasoning to assist with person centred care planning and demonstrate safe nursing decision making and action. In applying evidence informed theoretical knowledge and clinical skills, students will identify their personal learning and development needs for nursing practice through critical reflection.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate safety in the clinical environment at a foundational level (environment, person) including documentation, clinical handover and risk assessment and prevention;
2.Communicate professionally and with a therapeutic approach to conduct holistic health assessment using the nursing process and clinical reasoning;
3. Participate in person centred clinical care activities across the lifespan using evidence to inform health assessment, clinical skill development and nursing care planning safely under supervision;
4. Differentiate between expected and unexpected clinical findings at a foundational level, identify signs of deterioration and initiate appropriate care escalation;
5. Undertake safe medication administration practice and explain the principles of quality use of medicines for oral, topical and subcutaneous preparations in the simulated environment;
6. Reflect on and strategise for culturally safe and inclusive healthcare, and
7. Demonstrate expected level of understanding and performance in simulated and professional environments commensurate with the scope of practice for Integrating Nursing Practice 2.

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 - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware

Prerequisites

10203 Integrating Nursing Concepts 1

Corequisites

10202 Concepts in Pharmacology or 11964 Concepts in Pharmacology

Incompatible units

None

Equivalent units

None

Assumed knowledge

None.