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2025 unit information
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Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 x 1 hour online seminars (recordings provided)
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
The aim of this unit is to combine the different components of advanced practice including clinician responsibility, accountability and patient-client advocacy. Students will be prepared to integrate advanced patient assessment skills, diagnostic reasoning, mental health, cultural issues and pathophysiology and pharmacology knowledge in the development of a patient management plan for those with complex care requirements. To inform accurate diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, advanced health assessment requires the registered nurse to use information accessed through clinical technologies, patient monitoring systems, digital image storage and transfer systems and patient information systems.
Students will gain skills in moderating the interface between patients/clients and clinical technologies, the safe and accurate storage and transfer of clinical information, and advanced digital literacy skills. The student will identify abnormal variations from normal physiological health states and critically analyse treatment plans that encompass evidence-based practice and the role and responsibilities of the registered nurse, according to their practice area/clinical domain. The student will further develop their skills in sourcing, accessing, and verifying reliable sources of evidence for practice within the multidisciplinary team.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Develop a structured approach to advanced health assessment to inform clinical decision making.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO3: Digital literacyGLO4: Critical thinkingGLO5: Problem solving
ULO2
Apply clinical and diagnostic reasoning to promote quality patient/client/consumer outcomes and develop a plan of care.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving
ULO3
Identify the normal physiological processes and critically analyse abnormal deviations in the patient/client’s health status.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving
ULO4
Assess the complex and/or unstable health care needs and acts to prevent and/or diagnose urgent or life threatening problems.
GLO4: Critical thinkingGLO6: Self-management
ULO5
Select and evaluate appropriate communication strategies to ensure safe nursing practice and quality patient outcomes.
GLO2: CommunicationGLO5: Problem solving
ULO6
Monitor own practice through reflection and peer review processes to create effective working collaborations including those within multidisciplinary teams and partnerships.
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.
The texts and reading list for HNN730 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.
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