Integrating Nursing Concepts 5 (11963.1)

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 person centred care activities and clinical tasks to further develop their problem solving, prioritising, clinical reasoning and nursing practice including holistic health assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
This unit has a focus on the development of technical and non-technical nursing capabilities, high acuity nursing care across life stages (including pregnancy), healthcare technologies and interprofessional teamwork. Informed by thorough health assessment and integration of multiple knowledges and perspectives, students will identify actual and potential health needs in situations when goals of care may evolve. Students will engage safely in the provision of person-centred care in simulated and supervised clinical settings across different care contexts.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Model safety in the simulated environment including documentation, clinical handover, risk assessment and prevention, time management, problem solving, teamwork and advocacy for people and families;
2. Perform primary and secondary health survey on children and adults (including during pregnancy) in the simulated environment, analyse findings to identify health status and deterioration, determine care priorities and nursing actions and inform care escalation;
3. Administer blood products and medicines safely and demonstrate the principles of quality use of medicines in the simulated environment;
4. Actively participate in person centred nursing activities safely under supervision using evidence to identify health needs and inform clinical decision making and nursing care for positive patient outcomes;
5. Reflect on cultural safety, inclusive approaches, ethics and situational awareness to partner effectively with people their primary carers and families to make informed decisions when goals of care evolve;
6. Work with interprofessional team members to undertake nursing roles in a medical emergency situation, reflect on how these nursing roles may differ across clinical contexts; and
7. Demonstrate expected level of understanding and performance in simulated and professional environments commensurate with the scope of practice for Integrating Nursing Concepts 5 and, reflect on clinical feedback and theory knowledge gaps to set learning goals ahead of the final consolidating nursing practice unit.

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

10206 Integrating Nursing Concepts 4 AND
11848 Integrating Pathophysiology AND
10202 Concepts in Pharmacology OR 11964 Concepts in Pharmacology AND
11858 Comprehensive health assessment and learning for nursing practice OR 10191 Foundations of Professional Planning

Corequisites

11857 Health Across the Lifespan: High acuity care needs OR
10198 Health Across the Lifespan: Adult Acute Health Issues.

Incompatible units

None

Equivalent units

None

Assumed knowledge

None.