NRSG370 Assessment Task 3: Case Study – Med Surg #2
Mr Peter Ling: Post-operative inguinal hernia repair
Mr Peter Ling is a 67-year-old man who was admitted to the surgical ward, following an open mesh inguinal hernia repair. He had presented to ED with a 6-hour history of a R non-reducible tender, inguinal mass. Peter recently commenced a new gym/weight lifting regime.
Past Medical History: Mr Ling has retired, lives with his wife and gave up smoking 10 years ago. Peter is obese, with a body mass index (BMI) of 30. In order to control his weight, he has taken up weight liftering again after a twenty-year break. He is on medication for hypertension and hyperlipidaemia, which are both well controlled, and he also has mild congestive heart failure (CHF).
Mr. Ling was recovering well, but on day 2 post op, he complained of pain radiating from his surgical site and growing discomfort from his left calf.
On your assessment:
• Vital signs: Temp: 38.3oC, RR: 25, HR:100 regular, SpO2 95% on room air (R/A), BP: 170/90, Pain score 7/10 (wound site and left calf),
• Physical assessment: Mr. Ling does not want to get out of bed to shower. His chest is clear, skin is a little clammy around his brow and lips, post-op surgical wound dressing is oozing moderate serous discharge; inflammation is evident from around the dressing. Peters left calf appears larger than the right and has inflammation around the mid-calf and is warm to touch.
Investigations:
• Haemoglobin 16.5 gm/dl,
• WCC, neutrophils and CRP – all elevated
Nursing notes:
• He has tolerated diet and is voiding well
• Bowels opened yesterday
• Vital signs to date have been within normal range.
You are the registered nurse looking after Mr. Ling.
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FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES School of NURSING, MIDWIFERY AND PARAMEDICINE NATIONAL SEMESTER 1, 2020 NRSG370: Clinical integration: Specialty practice UNIT OUTLINE
Credit points: 10 Prerequisites/incompatibles: • NRSG136 Introduction to Australian Nursing Practice • NRSG137 Introduction to Nursing Practice • NRSG261 Clinical Integration: Acute Care • NRSG262 Clinical Integration: Mental Health • NRSG354 Clinical Integration: Complex Care
Brisbane Lecturer in Charge: Theresa Harvey Office location: 206.1.24 Email: Theresa.Harvey@acu.edu.au Telephone: 3861 6300 Contact me: Email Preferred Melbourne Lecturer in Charge: Linda Stokes Office location: 403.4.20 Email: Linda.Stokes@acu.edu.au Telephone: 9953 3613 Contact me: Email Preferred
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Unit rationale, description and aim: This unit provides students with the opportunity to synthesise theory and experience acquired in previous and concurrent units in order to prepare them for a specific nursing context. Students will actively engage in critical reflection on their ability to undertake appropriate assessment(s) and maintain holistic perspectives and cultural awareness during the delivery of nursing care to the person, family and community across the life span. This unit will allow students to explore nursing care and /or health from a specialty and /or international perspective. Students will critically evaluate their practice in order to create new knowledge from which they may develop further, both personally and professionally. Mode: Includes the following: • 3-hour lecture (online or face-to-face); • Clinical practicum; • Online learning modules. Attendance pattern: One three-hour lecture Duration: This unit is run as a blended learning unit during the course of the 10 weeks of semester. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including clinical placement, completion of online modules, lecture attendance, readings and assignment preparation. Lectures for this unit will occur during the scheduled intensives timetabled for second semester units. LEARNING OUTCOMES The Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Business Administration (BNBADM) and the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Paramedicine (BNBP) courses are professional programs that requires development of particular attributes for accreditation purposes. These are also On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to: 1. Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of a nurse in the selected speciality practice area. 2. Utilise a collaborative approach to plan, coordinate and implement, after meticulous and comprehensive assessment, evidence based, safe person-centred care of individuals experiencing alterations in health specific to the elected specialty; and their families;(GA6) 3. Demonstrate safe use of selected technologies in the environment of the elected specialty 4. custom essay writing service Utilise effective communication skills when interacting with people and the health care team;(GA9) 5. Utilise a clinical decision-making framework in the provision of appropriate ethical, legal, evidence-based, holistic care to people and their families/carers; 6. Promote the rights of clients and carers and their role in treatment planning and recovery. (GA1) 7. Reflect upon personal perceptions and meanings of health, illness, dying and death as appropriate in the specialty practice area; (GA4) 8. Extend your professional portfolio reflecting on your learning and development towards the NMBA Registered nurse standards for practice using examples of skill development and nursing. (GA4,10)
Additional Learning Outcomes for students undertaking an international health study program:
1. Explain how health and illness and health care practices are constructed by people within the culture of a host country 2. Discuss factors that can impact on the roles and functions of health care professionals within the host country included in the learning outcomes. Please see below:
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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR PRACTICE The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. The standards developed in this unit are:
NMBA Registered nurse standards for practice: Learning Outcomes: 1. Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1. 1, 5, 7, 8
2. Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 4, 6
3. Maintains the capability for practice. 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 3, 8
4. Comprehensively conducts assessments. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 2, 3
5. Critical Thinking and Analysis: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 2, 3
6. Provision and Coordination of Care: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 1, 2
7. Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 2, 3, 5, 7
GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES Each unit in your course contributes in some way to the development of the ACU Graduate Attributes which you should demonstrate by the time you complete your course. All Australian universities have their expected graduate attributes – ACU’s Graduate Attributes have a greater emphasis on ethical behaviour and community responsibility than those of many other universities. All of your units will enable you to develop some attributes. On successful completion of this unit, you should have developed your ability to: GA1 demonstrate respect for the dignity of each individual and for human diversity GA4 think critically and reflectively GA9 demonstrate effective communication in oral and written English language and visual media GA10 utilise information and communication and other relevant technologies effectively
CONTENT Topics will include: Introduction to nursing in a specialty area • The settings for specialised field of nursing • The specialist knowledge and skills needed to provide care for people who require nursing care in the specialist area • Current models of care
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1. Professional nursing standards • Competencies • Professional qualities • Professional boundaries • Ethical issues
2. Legislation • Particular legislation associated with the specialty • Current Policy and Standards of Care in specialty area • Patient rights
3. Nursing care of the person who requires nursing care in the specialist area Assessment • Comprehensive assessment (e.g. biopsychosocial, family, cultural) • Advanced and specialist Clinical Assessment Skills • Specialist environment, ward and personal assessment skills and protocols • Admission and discharge planning
4. Diagnosis • Common observations, tests and procedures used in the specialist area • Diagnosis and classification of disorders
5. Nursing Management • Therapeutic interventions • Advanced clinical skills • Working in specialist teams • Chronic and acute care issues • Specific populations o CALD o Homeless o Refugee • Care co-ordination
6. Pharmacology • Important classes of medications prescribed and the disorders for which they are used • Applied pathophysiology underpinning the use of medications used to treat the people in the specialist area • The role of the specialist nurse in administration of medication and related nursing interventions including medication indication, interactions, side effects and precautions • Relevant legal and ethical issues related to the administration of medications • Education and compliance
7. Communication • Observation • Interviewing (includes questioning, listening, jargon) • Communication within the specialist and /or multidisciplinary team • Communication with families • Confidentiality
8. Co-morbidity • Service delivery frameworks • Screening and Assessment • Referral and follow-up
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9. Communication within the nursing team • Leadership and management QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STUDENT FEEDBACK This unit has been evaluated through the ‘Student Assessment of Learning and Teaching’ (SELT) online surveys. Following student feedback and academic review: Lectures recorded and offered as both face-to-face and/or online options via timetabling. Updated case studies and reduction to the number of and resequencing of assessment tasks SELT surveys are usually conducted at the end of the teaching period. Your practical and constructive feedback is valuable to improve the quality of the unit. Please ensure you complete the SELT survey for the unit. You can also provide feedback at other times to the unit lecturers, course coordinators and/or through student representatives. LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY AND RATIONALE This unit will comprise of a 3-hour lecture/webinar at the beginning of the semester, a clinical practicum placement as well as other learning tasks throughout the semester. The unit will utilise the fundamental clinical skills which students are familiar with through Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) and five previous semesters of practice in the clinical skills laboratories. LECTURE CAPTURE Lectures for this unit will be recorded and made available to students on each campus. SCHEDULE For the most up-to-date information, please check your LEO unit and also note advice from your lecturing and tutoring staff for changes to this schedule.
Starting On campus or online and/or clinical learning Assessments
17/02/2020 Please see Tutorial direct for campus specific date and times for on campus or recorded lecture
24/02/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
02/03/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
09/03/2020 AT2a due Due 13th March @1700hrs
16/03/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
23/03/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
30/03/2020 AT2b due Due 3rd April @1700hrs
06/04/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
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Starting On campus or online and/or clinical learning Assessments
13/04/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
20/04/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
27/04/2020 Online and/or clinical learning
04/05/2020 AT3 due Due 8th May @1700hrs
11/05/2020 – 12/06/2020
Clinical learning
CLINICAL This unit requires attendance to a total of 80 clinical hours (equivalent of 2 weeks depending on the health care facility). Please note that many students are under the required hours for course completion. In this case an additional one week may be allocated with your NRSG 370 as makeup hours. Students should be aware that certain health care facilities may have clinical placement schedules that differ to the minimum duration requirements set by Australian Catholic University (ACU). This means that students may be required to fulfil additional hours as set by a health care facility, increasing the total clinical placement duration to above 80 hours. ACU and their health care facility partners have legal agreements in place, which means that if such health care facility requirements are not met, the student may be awarded an NN grade for that clinical unit. Students are required to submit a Medical Certificate or signed Statutory Declaration for any clinical hours missed. All hours missed must be made up prior to course completion in order to meet AHPRA requirements for registration.
Please refer to the Nursing Clinical Placement Manual on the Professional Practice LEO Page 2020.
Clinical Placements
Clinical hours for NRSG370 may be undertaken in either a block placement or flexible mode. Please refer to the 2020 Clinical Calendar (Professional Practice LEO Page 2020) for dates of block placements. Where clinical placements associated with this unit are not available within the periods stated students will be allocated to attend clinical at an alternative time. It is each student’s responsibility to regularly check their ACU email account, the Professional Practice LEO site and/or In Place for clinical placement dates, allocations and information. Students who fail to attend an allocated clinical placement, without appropriate correspondence with the Placement Services Office PRIOR to the scheduled commencement of the placement, will be awarded an NN (Fail) grade for the unit.
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Enquiries relating to clinical placement allocations should be directed to the Placement Services office on your campus. Students are to use only their ACU email account when communicating via email. Private email addresses will not be responded to. Prior to attending clinical placement students are advised to familiarise themselves with the Nursing Clinical Placement Manual on the Professional Practice LEO Page 2020.
Unsatisfactory, Unprofessional or Unsafe Behaviour ACU or your host organisation can ask you to leave professional practice if your behaviour is unsatisfactory, unprofessional or unsafe (this includes breaching scope of practice). This might mean you’re unable to perform caring tasks without risk of harm or injury to yourself or others, or that you’re disrupting other students. If this happens, you may be withdrawn from placement and you’ll need to make an appointment with your Clinical Coordinator to discuss the issues involved. Further information can be found in Student Clinical Placement Manual on the Professional Practice LEO page.
Scope of Practice It is important that all students are fully aware of their ‘Scope of Practice’. Breaching ‘Scope of Practice’ will result in the student being withdrawn from placement and a Fail Grade assigned to the placement. Information regarding ‘Scope of practice’ can be found: a) Student Clinical Placement Manual (includes ACU definition of scope) b) Professional Practice LEO page c) Professional Practice Experience online learning package NMBA Registered nurse standards for practice Definition of scope of Practice “Scope of practice is that in which nurses are educated, competent to perform and permitted by law. The actual scope of practice is influenced by the context in which the nurse practices, the health needs of people, the level of competence and confidence of the nurse and the policy requirements of the service provider”.
Mandatory Documentation for Clinical Placements
All FHS students who undertake placements as part of their course must meet certain mandatory State or Territory legal and industry policy requirements. Students are required to submit evidence that they have completed all mandatory requirements to the Placement Services Office at the beginning of semester one each year. Further information related to mandatory requirements and submission of documentation can be found via https://www.wil.acu.edu.au/. Please note: Students cannot be allocated to clinical placements until all documentation has been received. Failure to submit mandatory documentation within the designated timeframe will result in a Fail (NN) grade as per Academic Regulation 7.1: Assessment Procedures and Requirements.
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If at any time during a course enrolment an allocated clinical placement is cancelled due to a student not updating their mandatory requirements an NN (Fail) grade will be awarded for the clinical unit.
ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND RATIONALE A range of assessment procedures will be used to meet the unit learning outcomes and develop graduate attributes consistent with University assessment requirements – please see table below. In order to pass this unit, you are required to attain a cumulative mark of 50% or above and successfully complete a clinical practicum placement. A failure to attain either a cumulative mark of 50% or a satisfactory in clinical practicum will result in an NN (fail) grade being awarded for this unit. The assessment tasks for this unit are designed for you to demonstrate your achievement of each learning outcome ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION, MARKING AND RETURN Electronic submission, marking and return will be used for this unit. Drop boxes for electronic submission are located in your specific campus tile for NRSG370 Clinical integration: Specialty practice LEO site.
Assessment Tasks Due date Weighting Learning Outcome/s
Graduate Attributes
Assessment Task 1: Professional Portfolio – clinical competency assessment • Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT) Clinical skills assessments 1. Managing the care of a client/patient for a span of duty 2. Teaching a colleague
Within five (5) business days of the completion of the clinical placement
Hurdle
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
14, 6,9,10
Assessment Task 2a: Online Module 1 Reflection
Friday 13th March 2020 @1700hrs (Week 3)
15% (700 words)
7
4
Assessment Task 2b: Online Module 2 Issue of safety/legal responsibility
Friday 3rd April 2020 – 1700 hours (Week 6)
35% (1000 words)
1,8
10
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Assessment Task 3: Case Study Assignment
Friday 8th May 2020 -1700 hours (Week 10)
50% (1700 words)
2,5,6 1,6
NAME OF HURDLE TASK I. Assignment Task 1 – Professional Portfolio: 1) Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT) is completed by the Clinical Facilitator throughout the clinical placement with the student. Students must achieve a minimum competency rating of ‘Level 3 – Expected behaviours and practices performed at a satisfactory/pass standard’ in order to gain a ‘Satisfactory’ grading for the placement. An ‘Unsatisfactory’ grading for the placement will result in an NN (Fail) grade for the unit. A copy of the ANSAT must be kept by the student. 2) Two (2) clinical skills assessments: a. Managing the care of a client/patient for a span of duty b. Teaching a Colleague A minimum rating of ‘Level 3 – Expected behaviours and practices performed at a satisfactory/pass standard’ for each element of the performance criteria for each of these skills must be obtained for the student to be deemed satisfactory. A maximum of two (2) attempts are allowed for each clinical skill. A Satisfactory grading in each of the above clinical skills assessments must be obtained in order for a Satisfactory grading to be awarded for the clinical placement. An ‘Unsatisfactory’ grading for either of the above skills will result in an unsatisfactory grading for the placement and an NN (Fail) grade for the unit. Clinical skills assessments are conducted by the Clinical Facilitator or Registered Nurse nominated by the Clinical Facilitator. A hurdle task is a task or activity that is marked on a pass/fail basis and is required to pass the unit but does not contribute to the final grade. Due date: 5 days post clinical placement Weighting: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (Ungraded). Students must submit and pass this assessment task to pass the unit Length and/or format: To be completed during Clinical Placement using the ANSAT available on the Nursing Professional Practice LEO Page 2020 LEO page. Purpose: Clinical assessment in the Bachelor of Nursing is based on the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. It is expected that by the end of the course, you will have been able to meet all of these competencies in order to be eligible for registration. Learning outcomes assessed: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 How to submit: Submission is online via the Nursing Professional Practice LEO Page 2020. Please select your campus tile and submit in the appropriate clinical unit. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that all areas of the ANSAT are completed and signed prior to submission. Incomplete, inaccurate and non-submissions will be awarded an NN (Fail) grade for NRSG 370.
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Return of assignment: Submissions will not be returned to students. Students are required to retain a copy of their ANSAT and Clinical Skills Assessments for their own records Assessment criteria: All documents that form part of the Clinical Portfolio can be found in the Nursing Professional Practice LEO Page 2020.
FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS Please include the word count of your assignment on the front page of your assignment or in a header. Please note that in-text citations are included in the word count whilst the reference list is not included in the word count. Words that are more than 10% over the word count will not be considered for marking. Please see further information in the section below titled ‘Word Count’.
ASSIGNMENT 2 Part A & Part B Students are required to complete two (2) online modules found on the LEO site. The online modules cover a range of content related to your clinical specialty practice area. Each module has an assessment attached which the students are required to complete. Your response to both modules must be submitted as instructed below.
Due date: Part A (Module 1) 13/03/2020 1700hours, Part B (Module 2) 03/03/2020 1700hrs Weighting: Part A 15%, Part B 35% – (50%) Length and/or format: Part A 700 Words (+/-10%), Part B 1000 Words (+/-10%)- (1700 words) Purpose: Online module tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate understanding of the specialty practice environment in terms of roles and responsibilities, rights, communication processes and the meaning of illness for patients. The modules include a reflection on personal perceptions and meanings of health, illness, dying and death and a critical analysis of an issue of safety or legal responsibility. Assessment Guidelines: Please refer to APPENDIX A and the online module block on LEO for further guidance on this assessment task. Learning outcomes assessed: Part A (7), Part B (1,8) How to submit: Part A: Students should submit their response to Part A Module 1 into the appropriate Turnitin drop box located in your campus tile on the LEO site. Part B: Students submit their response to Part B Module 2 electronically into the appropriate Turnitin drop box located in your campus tile on the LEO site. Return of assignment: Assignments will be marked online, and students will be notified via LEO when results and feedback are available.
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Assessment criteria: Please include the word count of your assignment on the front page of your assignment or in a header. Please note that in-text citations are included in the word count whilst the reference list is not included in the word count. Words that are more than 10% over the word count will not be considered. Please see further information in the section below titled ‘Word Count’. Please also refer to the criterion referenced rubric.
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ASSIGNMENT 3 Students will complete a case study which discusses the provision of ethical, legal, evidence-based, holistic person-centred care including the establishment of realistic and relevant goals through the theoretical examination of a particular nursing specialty case study using the Clinical Reasoning Cycle (Levett-Jones, 2018).
Due date: 08/05/2020 1700hours Weighting: 50% Length and/or format: 1700 words (+/- 10%) Purpose: The case study is designed to allow students the opportunity to demonstrate synthesis of theory and experience acquired in previous and concurrent units while exploring a specific nursing context. Students are expected to demonstrate prioritisation and management of care needs using the Clinical Reasoning Cycle (Levett-Jones, 2018). Assessment Guidelines: Please refer to APPENDIX D and the online module block on LEO for further guidance on this assessment task. Learning outcomes assessed: 2,5,6 How to submit: Students should submit electronically via the appropriate Turnitin drop box located in your campus tile on the LEO site. Return of assignment: Assignments will be marked online, and students will be notified via LEO when results and feedback are available. Assessment criteria: Please include the word count of your assignment on the front page of your assignment or in a header. Please note that in-text citations are included in the word count whilst the reference list is not included in the word count. Words that are more than 10% over the word count will not be considered. Please see further information in the section below titled ‘Word Count’. Further information pertaining to the case study can be found in the case study block on LEO and in the APPENDIX of this unit outline. Please also refer to the criterion reference rubric.
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WORD COUNT Writing requires skill and being able to write within a specified word limit is an essential component of professional and academic work. Reading and writing critically are fundamental skills which demonstrate an understanding and an ability to make judgements and solve problems, hence why a maximum of 10% of a word count should be direct quotes. That is, if the word count is 1500 words, a maximum of 150 of those words should be direct quotes. Word counts provide students with an indication of the amount of detail and work required for each assessment item.
What is included in a word count? Essentially, all text within an assessment item from the introduction through to the conclusion is counted in the word count. This includes all in-text citations, direct quotes and headings. The word count does not include the following: • Title page • Reference list • Appendices • Tables • Figures and legends
ASSIGNMENTS SUBMITTED JUST BEFORE THE DUE DATE AND TIME Please note that if you submit your assignment, notice that the similarity index is high but do not have time to revise your assignment before the due date has passed, then you are advised to: • contact the Lecturer in Charge and request that your assignment be removed. • revise the assignment, submit it within three days of the due date and incur a late submission penalty. • submit it into the regular drop box. Do not submit into the extension drop box. Please review the Academic Integrity and Misconduct policy if you choose not to do this. REFERENCING This unit requires you to use the APA referencing system. See the ‘Academic referencing’ page of the Student Portal for more details. ACU POLICIES AND REGULATIONS It is your responsibility to read and familiarise yourself with ACU policies and regulations, including regulations on examinations; review and appeals; acceptable use of IT facilities; and conduct and responsibilities. These are in the ACU Handbook, available from the website. A list of these and other important policies can be found at the University policies page of the Student Portal. Assessment policy and procedures You must read the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures in the University Handbook: they include rules on deadlines; penalties for late submission; extensions; and special consideration. If you have any queries on Assessment Policy, please see your Lecturer in Charge. Academic integrity You have the responsibility to submit only work which is your own, or which properly acknowledges the thoughts, ideas, findings and/or work of others. The Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy and the Academic Misconduct Procedures are available from the website. Please read them, and note in particular that cheating, plagiarism, collusion, recycling of assignments and
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misrepresentation are not acceptable. Penalties for academic misconduct can vary in severity and can include being excluded from the course. Turnitin Delete part or all this section if not relevant to this unit. The Turnitin application (a text-matching tool) will be used in this unit, in order to enable: • Students to improve their academic writing by identifying possible areas of poor citation and referencing in their written work; and • Teaching staff to identify areas of possible plagiarism in students’ written work. While Turnitin can help in identifying problems with plagiarism, avoiding plagiarism is more important. Information on avoiding plagiarism is available from the Academic Skills Unit. For any assignment that has been created to allow submission through Turnitin (check the Assignment submission details for each assessment task), you should submit your draft well in advance of the due date (ideally, several days before) to ensure that you have time to work on any issues identified by Turnitin. On the assignment due date, lecturers will have access to your final submission and the Turnitin Originality Report. Please note that electronic marking, Grademark, is used in this unit using Turnitin. Turnitin will be used as a means of submitting, marking and returning assessment tasks and so a text matching percentage will appear on your submission automatically. FIRST PEOPLES AND EQUITY PATHWAYS DIRECTORATE FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENTS Every campus provides information and support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students. Indigenous Knowings are embedded in curricula for the benefit of all students at ACU. STUDENT SUPPORT To support your progression in this unit, students are directed to access the course inherent requirements, on the link below, to understand the essential aspects of their course. If you require Helpance to enable you to achieve the knowledge, skills and attitudes outlined in the inherent requirements, please speak with your academic and or a disability advisor for support. www.acu.edu.au/inherent-requirements If you are experiencing difficulties with learning, life issues or pastoral/spiritual concerns, or have a disability/medical condition which may impact on your studies, you are advised to notify your Lecturer in Charge, Course Coordinator and/or one of the services listed below as soon as possible. For all aspects of support please visit ACU Info section in the Student Portal. • Academic Skills offers a variety of services, including workshops (on topics such as assignment writing, time management, reading strategies, referencing), drop-in sessions, group appointments and individual consultations. It has a 24-hour online booking system for individual or group consultations. • Campus Ministry offers pastoral care, spiritual leadership and opportunities for you to be involved with community projects. • The Career Development Service can Help you with finding employment, preparing a resume and employment application and preparing for interviews. • The Counselling Service is a free, voluntary, confidential and non-judgmental service open to all students and staffed by qualified social workers or registered psychologists. • Disability Services can Help you if you need educational adjustments because of a disability or chronic medical condition; please contact them as early as possible.
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INHERENT REQUIREMENTS • To support your progression in this unit, students are directed to access the course inherent requirements, on the link below, to understand the essential aspects of their course. If you require Helpance to enable you to achieve the knowledge, skills and attitudes outlined in the inherent requirements, please speak with your academic and or a disability advisor for support. • www.acu.edu.au/inherent-requirements
ONLINE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS The LEO page for this unit contains further readings/discussion forums. https://leo.acu.edu.au/course/view.php?id=30748
TEXTS AND REFERENCES Required text(s) Nil Recommended references Bain, J. D., Ballantyne, R., Packer, J., & Mills, C. (1999). Using journal writing to enhance student teachers’ reflectivity during field experience placements. Teachers and Teaching, 5(1), 51-73, DOI: 10.1080/1354060990050104
International Council of Nurses (2012). The ICN code of ethics for nurses. Retrieved from https://www.icn.ch/sites/default/files/inline-files/2012_ICN_Codeofethicsfornurses_%20eng.pdf
Levett-Jones, T. (2018). Clinical Reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse (2nd Ed). French’s Forest, N.S.W.: Pearson.
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) (2018). Code of conduct for nurses. Retrieved from: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-GuidelinesStatements/Professional-standards.aspx NMBA Code of Conduct for Nurses (Effective 1 March 2018)
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) (2016). Registered Nurse Standards for Practice Retrieved from: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Codes-GuidelinesStatements/Professional-standards.aspx
NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (Effective 1 June 2016)
It is recommended that students consult their previously prescribed texts on physiology and pathophysiology, pharmacology and nursing care for this unit.
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Further references Farrell, M., Smeltzer, S.C., & Bare, B.G. (2017). Smeltzer and Bare’s textbook of medicalsurgical nursing (4th Australian and New Zealand ed.). Sydney: Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Forrester, K., & Griffiths, D. (2015). Essentials of law for health professionals (4th ed.). Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier Australia. Jarvis, C., Forbes, H., & Watt, E. (2016) Jarvis’s physical examination & health assessment (2nd Australian and New Zealand ed.) Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier Australia. King, J., Hawley, R., & Weller, B.F. (Eds.) (2016). Australian nurses’ dictionary (6th ed.). Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier. Martini, F. H., Nath, J. L., & Bartholomew, E. F. (2018). Fundamentals of anatomy & physiology (11th ed.). New York: Pearson. McCance, K., Heuther, S., Brashers, V., & Rote, N. (Ed.). (2019). Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier. McKenna, L., & Lim, A. G. (2015). Pharmacology for nursing and health professionals. (2nd Australian & New Zealand ed.). Sydney, N.S.W.: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2013). National competency standards for the registered nurse. Retrieved from http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/CodesGuidelines-Statements/Codes-Guidelines.aspx Tollefson, J., & Hillman, E. (2019). Clinical psychomotor skills (5-Point Bondy): Assessment tools for nurses (7th ed.). South Melbourne: Cengage Australia
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APPENDICES Please see below
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APPENDIX A
Criterion Referenced Rubric: Assessment Task 2,
