NS3224 - Integrated Nursing 2
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition |
Available only to level 3 nursing science students.
This subject extends the process and knowledge begun in the previous nursing practice subjects by continuing to foster the students ability to exercise clinical judgement. Emphasis is placed on advanced assessment and implementation skills and techniques as the students learn to deal with patients who have increasingly complex health problems.
Learning Outcomes
- apply ethical and legal principles to clinical situations where issues such as termination of life support, euthanasia, organ transplant arise;
- demonstrate clinical skills and techniques for caring for a patient with complex health problems;
- integrate principles of management and time management strategies into clinical situations;
- refine assessment and planning skills in order to provide optimum care for a patient in a complex situation.
| Prerequisites: | NS2022 and (NS2213 OR NS2214) and NS2112 and NS2015 and PP2131 and PP2231 and HS2000 and HS2101 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | NS3114 and NS3225 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karyn Bentley |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); observed structured clinical examination; documentation (30%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Satisfactory completion of Clinical Placement; 100% Medication Calculation Mastery |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 14-Sep-2009 to 18-Sep-2009 (5-day residential in Townsville) | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karyn Bentley |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); observed structured clinical examination; documentation (30%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Satisfactory completion of Clinical Placement; 100% Medication Calculation Mastery |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karyn Bentley |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); observed structured clinical examination; documentation (30%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Satisfactory completion of Clinical Placement; 100% Medication Calculation Mastery |
| Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karyn Bentley |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); observed structured clinical examination; documentation (30%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Satisfactory completion of Clinical Placement; 100% Medication Calculation Mastery |
| Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Ms Karyn Bentley |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (70%); observed structured clinical examination; documentation (30%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Satisfactory completion of Clinical Placement; 100% Medication Calculation Mastery |
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