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<h1>NS5500 - Care of the Acutely Ill and Deteriorating Adult</h1>
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<td class="labelheading">Credit points:</td>
<td>03</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Year:</td>
<td>2016</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Student Contribution Band:</td>
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								Band 1</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Administered by:</td>
<td>College of Healthcare Sciences</td>
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<p>Recognition and clinical management of a person whose clinical condition is deteriorating is a key priority of The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. This subject provides a framework through which registered nurses working in acute care areas are able to identify and respond to a person's current or impending clinical deterioration. Topics within this subject enable registered nurses to understand the physiological processes responsible for maintaining homeostasis and then prioritise their nursing assessment and clinical management of an acutely ill adult. Nursing responses are prioritised based on a synthesis of the objective and subjective assessment findings from ongoing monitoring of the person's clinical status. The learning experiences are directed towards the focused clinical management of a person requiring complex care in an acute care setting via readings, journal activities and clinical scenarios that are focussed on clinical reasoning and judgement development.</p>
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<li>describe the physiological processes of the vital signs; </li>
<li>discuss prioritisation of assessment; </li>
<li>perform a holistic assessment of an acutely ill adult in an acute care environment; </li>
<li>discuss the importance of working within an acute care multidisciplinary team. </li>
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<h2>Availabilities</h2>
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				Study Period 1</td>
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<td class="labelindent" colspan="2" align="right">Census Date 24-Mar-2016</td>
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<tr><td class="labelindent">Coord/Lect:</td>
<td>Ms Elspeth Hillman.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="labelindent">Method of Delivery:</td><td>WWW - LearnJCU</td></tr>
<tr><td class="labelindent">Assessment:</td><td>essays (60%); assignments (20%); journal activities (20%). </td></tr>
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<p><span style="color: #000;font-weight:bold;">Note: </span>
			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.</p>
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