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NS1222:03
Foundations of Nursing 2
Townsville, Cairns, Mount Isa, Thursday Island
30 hours lectures, 10 hours tutorials, 30 hours nursing science laboratories, 90 hours clinical placement Semester 2 (Townsville, Cairns, Mount Isa, Thursday Island); Limited Attendance with 90 hours clinical placement and a five-day residential school (Townsville campus) Semester 2.
Available only to level 1 nursing science students.
This subject explores the concept of illness and examines the experience of hospitalisation on individuals. The skills of decision making and reflective practice are again emphasised, with students being given the opportunity to analyse and interpret data in the preparation of nursing care plans. Students will continue to utilise a problem solving process introduced in Foundations of Nursing 1 and will apply this within the clinical setting.
describe the effects of hospitalisation on individuals and suggest strategies to resolve any problems which may occur;
demonstrate a knowledge of community support services available in North Queensland, with particular reference to the elderly individual and their family;
develop and apply the clinical skills needed for assessment and intervention in low dependency adult nursing and care of the elderly;