HNN743 - Principles of Complex Intraoperative Nursing Care
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Semester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Semester 2: Dianne Buttigieg |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in one of the following courses: H572, H672, H568, H668, H771. |
| Prerequisite: | Student enrolled in H568, H572, H668, H672 and H771: HNN740 |
| Corequisite: | Students enrolled in H572, H672, H771: HNN742 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Theoretical component 10-13 hours per week - a combination online seminars (3 hours) and self-guided modules (7-10 hours). Students are also required to complete a minimum of 24 hours a week in specialty clinical practice in their employing hospital. |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including up to 10 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Content
This unit focuses on further developing the speciality knowledge, skills and professional behaviours required for intraoperative nursing practice. There is a focus on the student’s ability to manage complex and special populations and to identify risk and inform decisions that deliver safe, high quality nursing care in order to promote optimal patient outcomes.
This unit covers the role of specialist intraoperative nurse in comprehensively managing patients across the life cycle undergoing surgery in relation to the concepts and principles of intraoperative techniques in complex and specialty populations; assessment and management of elective and emergency patients undergoing complex and specialty surgical procedures; and applying core principles of intraoperative practice in a range of novel, ill-structured, complex time critical surgical cases.
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 advanced principles and practices of intraoperative nursing to provide safe person-centred care during specialist surgery. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply surgical anatomy relevant to specialist surgical procedures and the role of the intraoperative nurse. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Integrate specialist surgical knowledge and skills to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe person-centred care according to professional standards. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Apply advanced clinical judgment, planning and problem-solving skills to provide safe person-centred intraoperative nursing care. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Digital presentation/ ePoster / Infographic | 1500 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Clinical Assessment | Clinical performance 600 words | Hurdle 15% Ungraded Pass / Ungraded Fail |
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| Assessment 3: End-of-Unit Assessment | 2 hours | 45% |
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Both the theoretical and clinical components of the assessment must be passed in order to successfully gain an overall pass in this unit. Clinical assessments form part of the assessment of this unit. Recognition of the importance of clinical assessments is calculated in the overall student workload.
Note: Failure of a compulsory practicum component in a unit will normally lead to exclusion.
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
- Assessment 2: Clinical assessments Pass/Fail
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HNN743 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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