HNN227 - Acute Illness and Supportive Care
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
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| 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*, Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 2 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.250 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Chantelle Dowling Trimester 2: Chantelle Dowling |
| Previously: | Quality and Safety: Nursing Practice 3 |
| Cohort rule: | Must be enrolled in course D355, D381, D387, H326, H329 |
| Campus contact: | Trimester 1: Trimester 2: |
| Prerequisite: | HNN114 AND one of HNN122 or HNN124 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: | Nil |
| 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. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour seminar per week |
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 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.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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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 | 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 | 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 - Pass/Fail
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN227 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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