Overview

This unit addresses the requirements of the registered nurse to understand and manage patient safety using risk management and health informatics. The concept of harm in health and the developing complexities of healthcare contexts are explored. The development of knowledge and skills that improve patient safety will assist in preparing the student to practice safely across a range of healthcare contexts.

Requisites

Prerequisites

Rules

Pre-requisite
100 Credit Point in BA-NUR - Bachelor of Nursing

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
09-February-2026
17-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
09-February-2026
Census date
10-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
31-March-2026
Results released date
07-July-2026
Semester 1
Location
Wantirna
Start and end dates
09-February-2026
17-May-2026
Last self-enrolment date
09-February-2026
Census date
10-March-2026
Last withdraw without fail date
31-March-2026
Results released date
07-July-2026

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify, describe and evaluate the principles and methods of patient safety within the complexity of varying healthcare contexts
  • Identify and evaluate the principles of clinical risk, near misses, errors, risk assessment and incident monitoring
  • Analyse and apply risk-management principles to identify, assess and report potential risk in the healthcare context
  • Describe the components of governance within healthcare contexts in relation to patient safety
  • Describe the principles of quality improvement
  • Critically analyse current technologies and patient reporting for assisting with health

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week Venue Type and Activity Detail
Online Lecture 12 8 weeks 1.5 Asynchronous
On-campus Class 18 6 weeks 3 Tutorial
Specified Activities Various 24 8 weeks 3 Discussion boards, Readings, Group work
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 96 12 weeks 8 Independent study, Assignment preparation, Revision
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 15.5  

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment Individual  40%  1,2,3 
Presentation and Report Individual/Group 40%  1,2,3,4,5,6 
Online Quizzes Individual  20%  1,2,4 

Content

  • Patient Safety
  • Clinical Risk
  • Clinical Governance
  • Health informatics, health and emerging technologies

Graduate Attributes:

  • Communication 1 - Verbal Communication (GA1)
  • Communication 2 - Communicating using different media (GA2)
  • Teamwork 1 - Collaboration and negotiation (GA3)
  • Teamwork 2 - Teamwork roles and processes (GA4)
  • Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy (GA5)
  • Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy (GA6)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.