NURS2026A Nursing Practice and Professional Placement 3

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Overview

This topic focuses on preparation for placement where nursing skills, attitudes and attributes support safe provision of patient-centred care utilising the Fundamentals of Care Framework. Students will utilise the clinical reasoning process to apply understandings of disease and injury to plan nursing care for a range of clients. The focus … For more content click the Read More button below.

This topic focuses on preparation for placement where nursing skills, attitudes and attributes support safe provision of patient-centred care utilising the Fundamentals of Care Framework. Students will utilise the clinical reasoning process to apply understandings of disease and injury to plan nursing care for a range of clients. The focus for this topic is communicating for safety and working with an interprofessional team. This topic includes 160 hours of placement.

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Aims

This topic aims to

Analyse how anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and microbiology knowledge informs patient centred care
Provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate appropriate clinical skills (including recognising deterioration and interprofessional communication) and expected knowledge in clinical practice

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Demonstrate skills, knowledge and attitudes required by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Registered Nurse Standards for Practice at the expected level for a second year, second semester student

Construct clinical reasoning to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needed to safely manage the fundamentals of care for clients experiencing a range of conditions

Construct critical thinking, clinical reasoning and medication safety and management skills to safely administer a variety of medications and fluids

Prepare for and engage in professional behaviours including, but not limited to, pre-placement clinical preparation

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Nursing Practice and Professional Placement 3

NURS2026A