High Acuity Nursing
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn, Wantirna
Overview
Through the strengths-based framework, students will enhance their nursing management and care. From a concepts perspective, students will explore common high acuity patient presentations. Simulation will be used as an integral learning method to enable holistic management of high acuity patient presentations. The professional experience placement will provide an opportunity for students to consolidate their nursing practice.
Requisites
Prerequisites
NUR30005
High Acuity NursingPre-requisite
200 Credit Points 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 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
15-July-2024
20-October-2024
20-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
28-July-2024
Census date
09-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
06-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 2
Location
Wantirna
Start and end dates
15-July-2024
20-October-2024
20-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
28-July-2024
Census date
09-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
06-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Utilise evidence-based clinical knowledge and skills to undertake a systematic approach to assessment of a person highly dependent on medical care
- Explain the underlying pathophysiology of selected high acuity health problems to their clinical manifestations
- Establish, implement and evaluate a care plan and other documentation specific to the needs of a person highly dependent on medical care
- Communicate and work in collaboration with individuals/groups, significant others and the inter-professional health care team in the clinical setting
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Lecture | 0.50 | 12 weeks | 6 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 8 weeks | 16 |
| On-campus Practical | 2.00 | 8 weeks | 16 |
| Placement Placement | 40.00 | 4 weeks | 160 |
| Specified Activities Various | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 6.33 | 12 weeks | 76 |
| TOTAL | 298 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Individual | 20% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Presentation | Group | 30% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Professional experience placement 3 Competency Assessments | Individual | 0% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Professional experience placement, Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT) | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Collaborative, interprofessional and person centred care planning for a patient highly dependent on care in a variety of clinical settings
- Pathophysiology, patient assessment and management of high acuity presentations related to trauma, surgery and to cardiovascular, respiratory, integumentary and neurological conditions
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
- Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.