HNN776 - Emergency Care Nursing 2
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 2: Cloud (online) with significant campus requirements |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Nicky Hewitt |
| Cohort rule: | Must be enrolled in H771 |
| Prerequisite: | HNN751, HNN752 |
| Corequisite: | HNN766 |
| Incompatible with: | HNN764, HNN774, HNN765, HNN775, HNN767, HNN777 |
| 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 - cloud: | Theoretical component: students will be expected to undertake 150 hours comprised of directed and self-directed study in a combination of cloud (online) modules, and on-campus classes and seminars. |
| In-person attendance requirements: | Students are also normally required to complete a minimum of 24 hours a week in specialty clinical practice in their employing hospital. |
Note:This unit is part of the Emergency Care, Specialty course nested in the Master of Advanced Nursing for students who are also employed in a suitable clinical area in partnership with Deakin University. ^Students enrol as Cloud (online) students, however there are significant campus requirement. Classes are conducted at Burwood (Melbourne) and are video-conferenced live to other venues. | |
Content
This unit is one of two in this trimester focusing on further developing the speciality knowledge, skills and professional behaviours required for advanced emergency care nursing practice. There is a focus on refining the student’s ability to identify, synthesise, analyse and critically evaluate complex data from patient and technologically-derived sources to identify risk and inform decisions that deliver safe, high quality nursing care and promote optimal patient outcomes. The nurse’s role in being a high performing member of the multidisciplinary health team with strong communication skills is emphasised. Through engagement with the unit material, clinical practice and personal reflection, students will develop greater decision making autonomy, critical thinking and leadership skills, advanced clinical judgement, and enhanced professionalism.
The unit is designed to prepare nurses for specialty emergency care practice of ill and injured patients and covers principles, concepts and therapeutic nursing and collaborative management of: sepsis and multi-organ failure; complex cardiac conditions; endocrine and abdominal disorders; triage, trauma, assault and burns.
| 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 | Demonstrate progressive acquisition of clinical skills in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for the critically ill patient commensurate with the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia practice standards. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Provide evidence-based and/or physiological rationales for clinical decisions and demonstrate application of research evidence in clinical practice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO3 | Rationalise the nursing and collaborative assessment and advanced management of patients including triage responsibilities for a variety of multiple organ dysfunctions including trauma, assault, abdominal, neurology and vascular presentations, burns, and toxicology. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Critically reflect on the role of the emergency nurse in relation to clinical governance and quality and safety of care issues specific to the emergency department. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Apply leadership skills during professional practice; and communicate in a professional and confidential manner with patients, their significant others and multidisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Engage in life-long learning through critical reflective practice and actively seek learning opportunities to keep abreast of digital and non-digital advances in health care and engagement. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
In addition to developing the Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes discussed above, this unit aims to prepare specialist critical care nurses for practice. Practice Standards for Specialist Emergency Care Nurses developed by the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia (CENA) detail the discipline specific graduate learning outcomes relevant to this unit. The statements clearly articulate the expected knowledge, skills and attitudes desired by employers of specialist emergency care nurses in Australia.
The domains of practice in CENA’s Practice Standards for Specialist Emergency Care Nurses include: Clinical expertise, Communication, Teamwork, Resources and the environment, Professional development, Leadership, Lawful practice, Professional ethics, Research and quality improvement.
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Assignment | Equivalent to 1500 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: End of unit assessment | 90 minutes | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Tests | 3 tests | 20% |
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| Assessment 4: Clinical assessment | Satisfactory completion of clinical competency hurdles and assessment. | Pass/Fail |
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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.
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
- Compulsory clinical hurdles 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.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN776 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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