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. This topic … For more content click the Read More button below.

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Aims

This topic aims to

  • Allow students to examine how anatomy, physiology and microbiology knowledge informs patient centred care within a Fundamentals of Care Framework
  • Provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate appropriate clinical skills (including therapeutic and professional communication, assessment and medication administration) and expected knowledge in clinical practice

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:
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Demonstrate skills, knowledge and attitudes required to meet the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Registered Nurse Standards for Practice at the expected level for a first year first semester student
2.
Apply the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the person-centred care needed to support activities of daily living within the fundamentals of care framework
3.
Apply 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 chronic conditions
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Demonstrate medication safety and management skills to safely administer medications, medical gasses, and fluids by a variety of methods and routes
5.
Prepare for and engage in professional behaviours including, but not limited to, pre-placement clinical preparation at the expected level for a first year first semester student

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