NRS532 Health Assessment for Advancing Nursing Practice (8)

This subject consolidates students previous experience to develop advanced knowledge and skills in health and physical assessment across the lifespan, with a focus on factors impacting health assessment in the rural and remote setting. Students will further develop skills in clinical reasoning to integrate assessment data, knowledge of relevant anatomy and physiology, and evidence-informed practice, as they work in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to develop patient-focused solutions in a range of clinical situations. In addition to physical assessment, students will also develop their knowledge and skills in health assessment as they evaluate social and cultural considerations to determine care priorities in the context of culturally safe assessment. Students will negotiate mentoring from a suitably qualified health professional to develop and complete a collaborative, competency-based learning contract in their workplace.

Availability

Session 1 (30)
Online
Bathurst Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: NRS532. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to apply advanced health assessment and clinical examination techniques to collate information from health consumers across the lifespan;
  • be able to integrate clinical reasoning processes with knowledge of relevant anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology to interpret a range of health and physical assessment data across the lifespan and identify priorities of care;
  • be able to analyse changing assessment priorities, techniques and findings for specific populations across the lifespan, including infants, children and older adults;
  • be able to apply advanced communication skills to obtain health information and effectively communicate assessment findings and/or care priorities to health consumers and members of the interprofessional team;
  • be able to analyse the impact of the rural and remote environment on the health of the consumer and care provision;
  • be able to evaluate social and cultural considerations to implement person-centered and culturally safe assessment; and
  • be able to apply relevant legal and ethical frameworks in the conduct of health and physical assessment in advanced nursing practice.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Module 1: Clinical Reasoning in Advanced Nursing Assessment;
  • Module 2: Communication Skills in Advanced Nursing Assessment;
  • Module 3: Advanced Skills in Physical Assessment Across the Lifespan;
  • Module 4: Mental Health Assessment;
  • Module 5: Advanced Assessment of Infants, Children and Adolescents; and
  • Module 6: Advanced Assessment of the Older Person.

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of NRS532 in Session 2 2020. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Case study
50
2
learning contract
0
3
Reflective report
50

Special Resources

This subject has a workplace learning component that the student will undertake in their own work environment.
 

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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