NSN803 Specialist Emergency Nursing
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| Unit code: | NSN803 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $555 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,976 |
| International unit fee | $4,236 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | NSN803 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Emergency nurses working across a range of emergency service delivery models, require specialist knowledge and skills to deliver evidence informed care across the lifespan. The health care environment is dynamic and complex, as specialist emergency nurses you must have the ability to adapt and augment decisions based on scope of practice, and with a range of individuals from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders experiencing varying health presentations. This unit will develop your specialist knowledge and skills as an emerging leader in the area of emergency nursing practice.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply advanced specialist, theoretical and technical knowledge of emergency nursing to improve and transform person-centred and family care.
- Critically analyse and evaluate complex health related situations during critical illness in the emergency setting to identify problems and develop evidence-based solutions.
- Collaborate and communicate to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based outcomes in a range of clinical encounters in the specialty of emergency nursing.
- Employ leadership by drawing on evidence-based recommendations and peer feedback to evaluate a clinical case
Content
Specialist Emergency Nurses need a thorough understanding of speciality health issues, from basic pathophysiology to advanced interventions. Content in this unit focuses on critical concepts in violence-related, cardiac, oncological, mental health, toxicological, gastrointestinal, gynaecological and maxillofacial emergencies. In addition, specific mechanisms and pathophysiological processes critical to emergency nursing practice, such as paediatric, and gerontological considerations, are covered.
Underpinning the content and unit outcomes for this unit are the practice standards for the specialist emergency nurse produced by the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia. Assessment planning an intervention in critical and life-threatening illness is underpinned by the HIRAID (History, Red Flags, Assessment, Interventions, Diagnostics) framework.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Lectures (online) to support knowledge development and academic literacy skills
- Online self-directed learning
- Peer review/feedback
- Individual research and readings; and
- Collaborative activities.
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 assessment for this unit is comprised of 3 summative items.
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: Case Analysis
You will undertake a critique of your clinical decisions based on a given patient scenario. You will present a structured case analysis using a recognised framework to complete this activity.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extension.
Assessment: Case Presentation
You will present a case study and critique the care provided to the patient in line with the current best available evidence. This presentation will be undertaken within a clinical environment to an audience of your peers. You will submit a PowerPoint presentation that contains references to your work.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Written Exam
The examination will include a clinical case/s and short answer items in which you will apply critical analysis skill and the integration of specialised theoretical knowledge to a range of clinical situations. This will include cultural safe care provisions for diverse patients.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
In undertaking this unit, students must meet the inherent employment requirements.
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: Case Analysis , Case Presentation, Written Exam - Critically analyse, evaluate, and reflect on specialist nursing knowledge, evidence and practice to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Relates to: Case Analysis , Case Presentation, Written Exam - Use evidence-based theories and frameworks to inform emerging leadership practice in nursing and interprofessional collaborations.
Relates to: Case Presentation - Communicate complex evidence-based knowledge through education, professional communication, and a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Case Presentation - 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: Case Presentation
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: Case Analysis , Case Presentation, Written Exam - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Case Analysis , Case Presentation, Written Exam - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Case Presentation - 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: Case Presentation