NSN123 Contemporary Issues in Gastroenterology Nursing
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| Unit code: | NSN123 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $578 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,216 |
| International unit fee | $4,668 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Online
| Unit code: | NSN123 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Gastroenterology nursing has undergone many changes, not only within innovative technologies and therapies but also expanding practice roles. Worldwide the prevalence, screening, and treatment of gastrointestinal disease continues to place increased demands on communities and the healthcare system. This unit will prepare you to be an emerging leader in the specialty of gastroenterology nursing.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply specialist knowledge of workplace health and safety legislation and concepts relevant to gastroenterology nursing.
- Critically apply knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract and the immune system to the specialty of gastroenterology nursing.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for patients with a gastrointestinal disorders to deliver optimal patient outcomes.
- Apply communication skills using digital technology to articulate specialist nursing practice in the gastroenterology environment.
Content
The content in this unit relates to the broad range of factors impacting gastrointestinal disease processes and the nursing practice related to the safe care of patients experiencing these diseases.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Workshops (online) to support knowledge development and academic literacy skills
- Online self-directed learning
- Individual research and readings
- Peer review/feedback; and
- Collaborative activities.
In undertaking this unit you will be working in a clinical practice setting and drawing on this experience.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you through the following:
- Formative feedback in workshops and activities
- Comments and grading via rubrics on summative assessment
- Feedback from peers.
Assessment
Overview
The three summative assessment items in this unit are designed to allow students the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the unit learning outcomes.
This unit will use online web based text matching software that assists students to develop the academic skills required to correctly use and cite reference material as well as check citations to determine and avoid possible instances of plagiarism.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Critical Review
As a registered nurse, you will conduct and complete a critical review of a key contemporary issue of your choice impacting the health and safety within the field of Gastrointestinal Nursing. In doing so, you will identify the risk management process, evaluate the issue and relevance of control measures within your local nursing workplace or practice, and submit your written findings as a service improvement initiative, for your manager and Educational team.
Assessment: Inservice Presentation and Reflection
Using your specialist knowledge of gastroenterology, you will create and present an education session/in-service (pending audience this means your Manager/Supervisor/Peers in workplace or enrolled in the unit + Unit coordinator) for a nursing audience summarising your findings from the critical review. After doing so, you will receive feedback, reflect on this and then you will submit your presentation and feedback reviews.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Online Quiz
This assessment will consist of multiple choice and short answer questions that will test your specialist theoretical knowledge of biological principles, anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract and application to complex patient presentations.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Marieb, E. N., & Hoehn, K. (2015).Human Anatomy & Physiology, Global Edition. Harlow: Pearson. Pearson Education Limited.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of ordinary risks associated with undertaking this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.NS32 Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Demonstrate and apply advanced health care knowledge and skills in a specialist nursing area.
Relates to: Critical Review, Online Quiz - Critically analyse, evaluate, and reflect on specialist nursing knowledge, evidence and practice to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Relates to: Online Quiz - Use evidence-based theories and frameworks to inform emerging leadership practice in nursing and interprofessional collaborations.
Relates to: Critical Review - Communicate complex evidence-based knowledge through education, professional communication, and a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Critical Review - Reflect on ethical, sustainable and culturally safe practices that embed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse perspectives to improve person-centred care.
Relates to: Critical Review
NS95 Master of Nursing
- Apply advanced knowledge and skills to manage and improve nursing practices across diverse and complex contexts to improve health outcomes and service provision.
Relates to: Critical Review, Online Quiz - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Online Quiz - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Critical Review - Initiate, lead and reflect on collaborative practice that advocates for ethically and culturally safe care enabling sustainable health service delivery that embeds a range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and diverse perspectives.
Relates to: Critical Review