NRS365 Reflective Professional Nursing Practice (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (NRMIH)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject is designed to prepare the student for practice as a professional nurse, and as such it represents a synthesis of the various themes and perspectives dealt with throughout the course. The major focus is on preparing the student to work within the contemporary nursing contexts at Beginning Registered Nurse level by providing them with opportunities to enhance and test their nursing practice and theoretical knowledge. The subject uses previously learned concepts to consolidate the student's understanding of holistic nursing practice and skills, and it builds on this knowledge to introduce more complex client situations. It aims to assists students to incorporate essential skills such as management strategies, supervisory skills, assessment and evaluative skills, team building and enhancement skills, and other skills expected of the new graduate upon entering the work environment.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2013.Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: NRS365
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
NRS132 or (NRS346 and NRS352 and NRS353 and NRS364 and BMS232 ) or (BMS222 and NRS346 and NRS352 and NRS353 and NRS364 ) or (NRS346 and NRS352 and NRS353 and NRS364 and BMS292 ) or (FPS201 and PHC304 and NRS346 and NRS352 and NRS353 ) or (NRS346 and NRS353 and NRS364 and MID395 and BMS222 ) or (BMS222 and NRS346 and NRS353 and NRS364 and NRS395 ) or (NRS243 and NRS353 and NRS364 and ESS201 and BMS232 ) or (BMS292 and ESS201 and NRS243 and NRS353 and NRS364 )
Enrolment restrictions:
Available to Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Early Childhood Teaching (Birth to 5 Years)/Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) students only and Bachelor of Nursing Science.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to:
* practise professional nursing that is culturally safe, holistic and which maintains personal and client integrity
* demonstrate an awareness of the diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and societies, caucasian and multicultural populations and the health problems particular to this group of people
* demonstrate an ability to integrate knowledge from previous subjects thus ensuring holistic practise
* gain an understanding of complex nursing situations and an in depth understanding of pathophysiology affecting the client and their family
* achieve clinical competence at the ANMC level of a beginning practitioner appropriate to nursing care in a clinical setting
* demonstrate an ability to utilise principles of reflective practise to address self-learning needs
* utilise clinical decision making, analytical and reasoning skills to deal with a range of nursing situations
* utilise the skills of leadership to demonstrate management, supervisory and group forming and maintaining skills
* recognise the importance of their role as responsible, accountable and professional nurse clinicians and leaders
* acquire strategies for managing nursing workload and time
* discuss trends in the Australian society which may impact on their role as health care professionals
* utilise collaborative and leadership skills to function effectively as part of a health care team
* critically evaluate research pertaining to their learning needs within an identified area of nursing practise
* demonstrate and ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for clients
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
* clinical decision making, priority setting and clinical judgement * strategies to manage time and workload * the graduate practice context * preparation for registration and entry into the workforce * evaluating nursing care and professional practice * introduction to high dependency nursing and emergency nursing * venipuncture * management strategies, supervisory skills, team building and enhancement skills, staff allocation * client and staff assessment and the ability to give appropriate feedback * advanced documentation (eg. nursing letters, nursing reports, care planning and incident reports) * pharmacology and the nurses role * nursing skill enhancement and assessment associated with their chosen clinical placement * professional organisations and career development * integration of cultural sensitivity into nursing practice
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 5 day residential school.
Lectures, tutorials and practicals intended to prepare students for 4 week clinical placement. Only students enrolled in the DE mode of the Bachelor of Nursing are required to attend residential schools. Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Nursing Science course are exempt from attending the residential school.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.