HNN227 - Acute Illness and Supportive Care
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Jess Compton Trimester 2: Jess Compton |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D355, D381, D387, H326, H329 |
| Previously: | Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 3 |
| Campus contact: | Trimester 1: Trimester 2: |
| Prerequisite: | HNN114 and one of [HNN124 or HNN122] Note: Enrolled and/or Internationally qualified nurses may have altered prerequisite requirements. If required, course advice can be sought from health-enquire@deakin.edu.au |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HNN205 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour seminar in weeks 1 - 7 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will spend on average 300 hours over the trimester undertaking synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning activities for this unit. This will include 28 hours synchronous learning activities and a 160 hour professional experience placement. Students will spend 14 hours undertaking guided asynchronous learning activities. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only. Department of Health – Safety Screening Requirements - Police Record Check, Working With Children Check and Immunisation Status In accordance with the Department of Health policy, all students are required to undertake a Police Record Check prior to professional experience placements in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Worker Screening Act 2020, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of professional experience placement will not be able to undertake professional experience placement and this will impede progress in the course. Students are required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation. | |
Content
This unit is one of two units within the Clinical Studies Cluster: Year 2. The unit aims to provide opportunities for students to develop knowledge and skills related specifically to the assessment and management of patients experiencing acute episodic illness in acute care.
Students will apply an understanding of pathophysiology to select acute illnesses related to hospitalisation. Using the nursing process students will implement strategies to optimise outcomes and minimise the impact of hospitalisation on patients’ functional abilities.
During a four (4) week professional experience placement students will develop mindsets and apply knowledge and skills learned in this unit and previous units.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Apply the nursing process: assessment, problem identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation to manage individuals experiencing acute episodic illness. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the pathophysiology of selected acute episodic illnesses to inform quality evidence-based nursing care. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Perform psychomotor skills and self-management skills to deliver safe and quality nursing care in the acute care setting. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Engage in professional and therapeutic person-centred communication to ensure safe and quality care. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
Trimester 1 and Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Care Plan | Individual written report (1500 word equivalent) | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Clinical Skills - Hurdle | Individual practical skill demonstration (1500 word equivalent) | 10% (Pass/Fail) |
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| Assessment 3: Examination | 2 hours | 50% |
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| Assessment 4: Professional Experience Placement (PEP) - Hurdle | 160 hours | 20% (Pass/Fail) |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
- Clinical skills - Pass/Fail
- Professional Experience Placement (PEP) - Pass/Fail
Failure of the clinical component will lead to a Fail in this unit and may lead to exclusion.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HNN227 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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