NSB233 Integrated Nursing Practice 3 Off Campus
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| Unit code: | NSB233 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | NSB232, NSB236 and NSB204. NSB236 and NSB204 may be enrolled in the same teaching period as NSB233. |
| Equivalent(s): | NSB014 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $493 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,468 |
| International unit fee | $4,128 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2021, Non-QUT location, Internal
| Unit code: | NSB233 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | NSB232, NSB236 and NSB204. NSB236 and NSB204 may be enrolled in the same teaching period as NSB233. |
| Equivalent: | NSB014 |
Overview
This unit focuses on integrating theory with clinical practice at a developing-level during 160 hours of clinical placement. Students are expected to draw on prior knowledge and skills to develop their practice. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Registered Nurse Standards for Practice emphasised are: thinks critically and analyses nursing practice (ST1); comprehensively conducts assessments (ST4); develops a plan for nursing practice (ST5); provides safe, appropriate, and responsive quality nursing practice (ST6); and evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice (ST7). National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards addressed at a developing level are: preventing and controlling healthcare associated infections; medication safety; and preventing falls and harm from falls. The course themes emphasised in this unit are evidence-based practice, scientific foundations of practice, person centred care, global health, and interprofessional collaboration.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning and decision-making to provide culturally safe, quality, person-centred care consistent with the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards of Practice and the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Safely and accurately perform medication calculations and demonstrate safe administration of medicines in both the simulated environment and the clinical practice setting.
Content
This is a work integrated learning unit. You are encouraged to review and apply relevant concepts from previous units and from the concurrent requisite on-campus unit NSB236 Integrated Nursing Practice 3 On Campus.
Learning Approaches
This unit is a work integrated learning unit with students learning predominantly off-campus within healthcare contexts. Experiential learning is at the forefront of this unit, with students attending for a continuous period of time in the off-campus healthcare environment. Healthcare environments may include clinics and home-based, community, mental health, and acute care facilities. Preparation for this unit involves review of theoretical concepts explored in previous units to facilitate application to practice. You will prepare for this off-campus experience through simulated clinical situations and small group clinical skills and practice activities incorporating the use of a range of health care technologies including digital health records.
You will also be directed to revisit the safe and quality use of medicines and administration of same, drawing on the learning activities and resources from your previous Integrated On-Campus units including NSB236 Integrated Nursing Practice 3 On Campus. A peer learning community of practice will be used as a means of encouraging active collaboration and to provide additional support and engagement during placement off campus. Clinical supervisors will facilitate and support transfer of knowledge and skills to the real world context in line with the requirements to satisfactorily complete the clinical assessment tool. Learning experiences will include a focus on promoting implementation of evidence-based practice, critical inquiry, health informatics competencies, and interprofessional collaboration.
This unit requires attendance at an off-campus clinical placement. Placement opportunities are negotiated by QUT with hospitals and health care facilities, and are finite in number. Students cannot organise their own placements. Students must be available for shift-work rostering which enables patient care to be delivered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and some clinical placements may occur during semester breaks. Any absence from an off campus clinical placement will reduce the opportunity for competence development, student performance may not be assessed and a grade of 'Unsatisfactory' may be awarded.
Where absence is due to special or unforeseeable circumstances independently supported by documentation (e.g. medical certificate), every effort will be made to accommodate the student in an alternate placement within the same semester. If due to the nature of the student's special circumstances and/or limited placement availability an alternate placement cannot be negotiated, the student will be advised to seek withdrawal from the unit without academic or financial penalty. Standard course progression cannot be guaranteed following an Unsuccessful grade or withdrawal from a clinical placement unit.
Students will receive further additional information and explanation consistent with this statement in the first lecture and information will be added to unit Blackboard sites.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments to be completed in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Medication Calculation Exam
Evidence of successful completion of required learning activities and tests in the Med+Safe application prior to clinical placement (certificate of completion). Prior to your off-campus clinical work experience component of this unit, you are required to successfully complete an online medication calculation and administration test. Test questions focus on calculations and the development of knowledge and skills associated with medication administration and quality use of medicines.
This assessment must be completed within the timeframes specified on the unit Blackboard site. Failure to complete this assessment within the specified timeframes will result in an unsatisfactory grade in this unit and withdrawal of your off-campus clinical work experience.
Assessment: Placement Performance
Placement performance - 4 weeks/160 hours of clinical placement (in the form of 2 separate rotations of 2 weeks duration).
In your assigned clinical placement, you will be assessed on the demonstration of a range of skills in relation to the provision of safe, quality, person-centred care. Assessment performance is determined in line with the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and the Australian Nursing Standards assessment Tool (ANSAT). You are required to demonstrate satisfactory achievement of the seven standards (and related criteria) for both rotations. Each criteria must be achieved satisfactorily and 100% attendance is required at off campus clinical placement.
Graded: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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.
Requirements to Study
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Med+Safe application (https://medsafe.com.au)
Brown, D., Edwards, H., Seaton, L. & Buckley, T. (Eds.). (2017). Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (5th ed.). Mosby: Marrickville.
Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas, C., & Rebeiro, G. (2021). Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing - Australian Version (6th ed.). Elsevier: Sydney.
Rebeiro, G., Jack. L, Scully, N., & Wilson, D. (2020). Fundamentals of nursing clinical skills workbook (4th ed.). Mosby, Elsevier: Sydney.
Recommended text(s)
Estes, M., Calleja, P., Theobald, K. & Harvey, T. (2020). (3rd ed.). Health assessment and physical examination Cengage: South Melbourne.
Fraser, J., Brown, D., Forster, E. & Brown, N. (2017). Paediatric Nursing in Australia: Principles for practice (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press: Melbourne.
Levett- Jones, T. (2018) Clinical reasoning: learning to think like a nurse (2nd ed.). Pearson: Melbourne.
Risk Assessment Statement
During clinical work experience, you are exposed to a range of risks and hazards that are normally encountered by nurses practicing in a variety of health care settings. When undertaking clinical work experience you are automatically subject to the workplace health and safety policies, procedures, and regulations of the healthcare facility. You are required by law to comply with these policies and procedures at all times. In order to minimise risks in this unit, it is essential that you:
Participate in the healthcare facility orientation session
Act in accordance with organisational workplace health and safety policies
Are appropriately supervised by a registered nurse at all times
Undertake the required theoretical and practical preparation prior to commencement of the placement
Are aware of specific risks and hazards associated with the particular clinical area to which you have been assigned
Act within your scope of practice and the requirements of this unit
Maintain your personal health and immunisation status.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2021, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | NSB233 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | NSB232, NSB236 and NSB204. NSB236 and NSB204 may be enrolled in the same teaching period as NSB233. |
| Equivalent: | NSB014 |
| Coordinators: | Simona Asomah-Hartl | s.asomahhartl@qut.edu.au Kerrie Rodger | kerrie.rodger@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit focuses on integrating theory with clinical practice at a developing-level during 160 hours of clinical placement. Students are expected to draw on prior knowledge and skills to develop their practice. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Registered Nurse Standards for Practice emphasised are: thinks critically and analyses nursing practice (ST1); comprehensively conducts assessments (ST4); develops a plan for nursing practice (ST5); provides safe, appropriate, and responsive quality nursing practice (ST6); and evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice (ST7). National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards addressed at a developing level are: preventing and controlling healthcare associated infections; medication safety; and preventing falls and harm from falls. The course themes emphasised in this unit are evidence-based practice, scientific foundations of practice, person centred care, global health, and interprofessional collaboration.
This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Demonstrate evidence-based practice, clinical reasoning and decision-making to provide culturally safe, quality, person-centred care consistent with the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards of Practice and the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Safely and accurately perform medication calculations and demonstrate safe administration of medicines in both the simulated environment and the clinical practice setting.
Content
This is a work integrated learning unit. You are encouraged to review and apply relevant concepts from previous units and from the concurrent requisite on-campus unit NSB236 Integrated Nursing Practice 3 On Campus.
Learning Approaches
This unit is a work integrated learning unit with students learning predominantly off-campus within healthcare contexts. Experiential learning is at the forefront of this unit, with students attending for a continuous period of time in the off-campus healthcare environment. Healthcare environments may include clinics and home-based, community, mental health, and acute care facilities. Preparation for this unit involves review of theoretical concepts explored in previous units to facilitate application to practice. You will prepare for this off-campus experience through simulated clinical situations and small group clinical skills and practice activities incorporating the use of a range of health care technologies including digital health records.
You will also be directed to revisit the safe and quality use of medicines and administration of same, drawing on the learning activities and resources from your previous Integrated On-Campus units including NSB236 Integrated Nursing Practice 3 On Campus. A peer learning community of practice will be used as a means of encouraging active collaboration and to provide additional support and engagement during placement off campus. Clinical supervisors will facilitate and support transfer of knowledge and skills to the real world context in line with the requirements to satisfactorily complete the clinical assessment tool. Learning experiences will include a focus on promoting implementation of evidence-based practice, critical inquiry, health informatics competencies, and interprofessional collaboration.
This unit requires attendance at an off-campus clinical placement. Placement opportunities are negotiated by QUT with hospitals and health care facilities, and are finite in number. Students cannot organise their own placements. Students must be available for shift-work rostering which enables patient care to be delivered 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and some clinical placements may occur during semester breaks. Any absence from an off campus clinical placement will reduce the opportunity for competence development, student performance may not be assessed and a grade of 'Unsatisfactory' may be awarded.
Where absence is due to special or unforeseeable circumstances independently supported by documentation (e.g. medical certificate), every effort will be made to accommodate the student in an alternate placement within the same semester. If due to the nature of the student's special circumstances and/or limited placement availability an alternate placement cannot be negotiated, the student will be advised to seek withdrawal from the unit without academic or financial penalty. Standard course progression cannot be guaranteed following an Unsuccessful grade or withdrawal from a clinical placement unit.
Students will receive further additional information and explanation consistent with this statement in the first lecture and information will be added to unit Blackboard sites.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessments to be completed in this unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Medication Calculation Exam
Evidence of successful completion of required learning activities and tests in the Med+Safe application prior to clinical placement (certificate of completion). Prior to your off-campus clinical work experience component of this unit, you are required to successfully complete an online medication calculation and administration test. Test questions focus on calculations and the development of knowledge and skills associated with medication administration and quality use of medicines.
This assessment must be completed within the timeframes specified on the unit Blackboard site. Failure to complete this assessment within the specified timeframes will result in an unsatisfactory grade in this unit and withdrawal of your off-campus clinical work experience.
Assessment: Placement Performance
Placement performance - 4 weeks/160 hours of clinical placement (in the form of 2 separate rotations of 2 weeks duration).
In your assigned clinical placement, you will be assessed on the demonstration of a range of skills in relation to the provision of safe, quality, person-centred care. Assessment performance is determined in line with the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice and the Australian Nursing Standards assessment Tool (ANSAT). You are required to demonstrate satisfactory achievement of the seven standards (and related criteria) for both rotations. Each criteria must be achieved satisfactorily and 100% attendance is required at off campus clinical placement.
Graded: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
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.
Requirements to Study
Blue Card
A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.
Resources
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Med+Safe application (https://medsafe.com.au)
Brown, D., Edwards, H., Seaton, L. & Buckley, T. (Eds.). (2017). Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (5th ed.). Mosby: Marrickville.
Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas, C., & Rebeiro, G. (2021). Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing - Australian Version (6th ed.). Elsevier: Sydney.
Rebeiro, G., Jack. L, Scully, N., & Wilson, D. (2020). Fundamentals of nursing clinical skills workbook (4th ed.). Mosby, Elsevier: Sydney.
Recommended text(s)
Estes, M., Calleja, P., Theobald, K. & Harvey, T. (2020). (3rd ed.). Health assessment and physical examination Cengage: South Melbourne.
Fraser, J., Brown, D., Forster, E. & Brown, N. (2017). Paediatric Nursing in Australia: Principles for practice (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press: Melbourne.
Levett- Jones, T. (2018) Clinical reasoning: learning to think like a nurse (2nd ed.). Pearson: Melbourne.
Risk Assessment Statement
During clinical work experience, you are exposed to a range of risks and hazards that are normally encountered by nurses practicing in a variety of health care settings. When undertaking clinical work experience you are automatically subject to the workplace health and safety policies, procedures, and regulations of the healthcare facility. You are required by law to comply with these policies and procedures at all times. In order to minimise risks in this unit, it is essential that you:
Participate in the healthcare facility orientation session
Act in accordance with organisational workplace health and safety policies
Are appropriately supervised by a registered nurse at all times
Undertake the required theoretical and practical preparation prior to commencement of the placement
Are aware of specific risks and hazards associated with the particular clinical area to which you have been assigned
Act within your scope of practice and the requirements of this unit
Maintain your personal health and immunisation status.