HNM323 - Challenges in Infant Care
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester. Last updated: 2 June 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Dolores Dooley |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in D355 Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery to enrol in this unit |
| Campus contact: | Burwood (Melbourne): Anna O'Connell Warrnambool: Andrea Waddington |
| Prerequisite: | HNM202 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Contact hours: 6 Cloud (online) hours, 16 hours of face-to-face contact in tutorials, 6 hours of experiential learning in structured simulation activities |
Note:Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children Check In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, 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 clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical placement and this will impede progress in the course. Students may also be 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
In this unit, the first of two Year 3 units within the Clinical Studies Cluster, students will examine the physiological changes of infants at birth including the challenges of care for the pre-term, small for gestational age and term infants who develop complex health issues; and care delivered in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of health professionals. Aims of this unit include developing the student’s knowledge, skills and competencies to care for the neonate and family where a newborn requires admission to a Special Care Nursery.
| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit At the completion of this Unit successful students can: | ||
| ULO1 | Explain the underlying pathophysiology of common health challenges for the newborn | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO2 | Relate the pathophysiology associated with clinical deterioration in an infant to clinical assessment findings | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO3 | Design and evaluate evidence-based care for vulnerable infants experiencing complex health changes | GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork GLO8: Global citizenship |
| ULO4 | Critically examine the impact of the separation of mother and newborn. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO7: Teamwork GLO8: Global citizenship |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Group Presentation | Equivalent to 500 words | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Written Assignment | Equivalent to 1000 words | 30% |
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| Assessment 3: Examination | 1.5 hours | 50% |
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| Assessment 4: Unit Clinical | Equivalent to 1000 words | 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.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNM323 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.
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