NS5702:03
Perioperative Care 2
| External | HECS Band 1 |
Clinical placement requirement. Semester 2. .
This subject explores the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills required by registered nurses when caring for patients during the perioperative stages. Content includes managing the physical and psychosocial needs for patients with complex health care problems, clinical problem-solving and an introduction to technological interventions specifically relating to interventions in the following areas: ophthalmology; cardiothoracic; vascular; ear, nose and throat; neuroscience. Also information relating to paediatrics will be covered. Competency-based clinical assessment will occur during the clinical practice component of the subject.
Learning Objectives:
- apply knowledge and skills to implement and evaluate contemporary perioperative nursing practice in relation to patient and family-centred care;
- critically assess and monitor patients during the pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative stages within the context of a technological environment who have undergone the following types of surgery: ophthalmology; cardiothoracic; vascular; ear, nose and throat and neuroscience;
- apply a problem-solving approach to plan and implement individualised holistic nursing care for perioperative patients.
Assessment by clinical competencies, assignment, examinations.