HNN112 - Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 1

Unit details

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2022 unit information

Important Update:

Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.

Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), CBD*, Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Elyse Coffey
Cohort rule:

Must be enrolled in course D355, D381, D387, H326, H329

Campus contact:

Waterfront (Geelong): Laura Brooks
Warrnambool: Rachel Russell
CBD/NIKERI Institute: Elijah Marangu

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

HNN120, HBS109

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will spend on average 150 hours over the trimester undertaking synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning activities for this unit.

This will include 36 hours synchronous learning activities and an 80-hour professional experience placement. Students will spend 18 hours undertaking guided asynchronous learning activities.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 2 hour seminar per week
1 x 2 hour simulation session per week and
80 hours of clinical placement

Note:

*CBD refers to the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute; Community Based Delivery

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 clinical 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 clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical 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 the first of two in the Clinical Studies Cluster: Year 1. Aligned with quality and safety principles, opportunities are provided for students to explore and develop essential nursing knowledge and skills necessary for the provision of person-centred care.

Students will develop beginning clinical decision-making skills necessary for the provision of person- centred, quality, and safe care. Essential concepts for nursing practice such as communication, promotion of comfort, management of symptoms, infection prevention and control, and management of risk will be examined and applied.

During a two (2) week professional experience placement (PEP) students will have the opportunity to develop specific mindsets and apply relevant knowledge and skills learned in this and other units.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Apply the nursing process at an introductory level: assessment, problem identification, planning, implementation and evaluation to manage individuals and families’ essential needs.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Perform psychomotor skills and self-management skills to deliver safe and quality nursing care.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Engage in professional and person-centred communication to ensure safe and quality care.

GLO2: Communication
GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)		 Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Care Plan 500 words equivalent 20%
  • Week 5
Assessment 2: Clinical Skills TBC 20%
(Pass/Fail)
  • Weeks 8, 9
Assessment 3: Examination 90 minutes 50%
  • Examination period
Assessment 4: Professional experience placement 80 hours 10%
(Pass/Fail)
  • Information not yet available

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 - Pass/Fail

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN112 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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