NS2214 - Clinical Nursing Practice 4

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Subject chain:	NS2214
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

In this subject students will build on knowledge gained in Clinical Nursing Practice 3. They will continue to learn about pathophysiological processes which may affect patients throughout their lifespan. Related medical-surgical nursing skills and professional development will be addressed. Problem-solving skills are emphasised so that students can appropriately, systematically and expeditiously assess a client's functional health status and assist the client to meet his/her functional health care needs.

Learning Outcomes

• develop assessment skills and institute nursing management to provide safe and effective nursing care to patients with specific dysfunction;
• discuss the clinical aspects of treatment practices for the patient who is experiencing an alteration in functional health status;
• integrate theoretical and practical knowledge into clinical practice;
• identify various methods of managing nursing care (eg team, task and total patient care);
• utilise evidence based information for nursing practice.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:	BM1011 and BM1022 and NS1222 and NS1211 and HS1111 and (NS1012 OR NS1004) and NS1220 and (HS1005 OR NS1003) and NS2022
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NS2213 NS2218

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Helen Wright
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 40 hours workshops/Seminars 120 hours professional experience
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Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Face to face teaching (5 day residential in Townsville)
Coordinator:	Ms Helen Wright
Contact hours:	40 hours - Residential teaching block 120 hours professional experience
Assessment:	.
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Helen Wright
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 40 hours workshops/Seminars 120 hours professional experience
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Mackay, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Helen Wright
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 40 hours workshops/Seminars 120 hours professional experience
Assessment:	.
Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Helen Wright
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 40 hours workshops/Seminars 120 hours professional experience
Assessment:	.
Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Ms Helen Wright
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 40 hours workshops/Seminars 120 hours professional experience
Assessment:	.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.