NSB412 Clinical Elective
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| Unit code: | NSB412 |
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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 | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,488 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | NSB412 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
This unit offers the opportunity to undertake further clinical practicum experiences to enhance students' ability to practice competently in a range of clinical situations. Also the focus is on integrating knowledge, skills and attributes required to successfully integrate theory with clinical practice. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice emphasised in this unit 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). This unit complements other second year units and links to Integrated Nursing Practice units.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply discipline and professional knowledge to the delivery of patient care;
- Demonstrate clinical skills required for the provision of patient care in specific health contexts;
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with other members of the health care team; and
- Demonstrate the ability to reflect critically on your performance.
Content
A specified period of professional practical experience will be undertaken in an appropriate health care setting/s. After a suitable period of orientation, you are expected to participate fully in the day-to-day operation of the organisation.
The practicum experience provides an opportunity to further develop discipline specific and generic professional skills relevant to the delivery of patient care. Throughout the placement you will be required to collaborate and communicate on a professional level with colleagues, supervisors and patients. Crucial to your development as a professional in this area is your capacity to critically reflect on your performance, feedback provided, teamwork and personal management. You will be expected to demonstrate appropriate writing and oral communication skills commensurate with professional practice in a health setting.
Learning Approaches
In this unit you will be provided with off-campus practicum experiences designed to enable you to further develop your knowledge and skills for practice in diverse clinical environments.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Verbal and written feedback on your performance will be provided during the practicum.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit will take the form of an evaluation of your performance throughout the practicum.
Unit Grading Scheme
S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Performance Evaluation
You will be required to demonstrate a range of knowledge and skills commensurate with the Unit Learning Outcomes. A structured assessment tool will be used to assess your performance. You are required to demonstrate satisfactory achievement on each criterion on the assessment tool and satisfy a 100% attendance requirement for the practicum.
Weight: Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory
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.
Resources
Risk Assessment Statement
Students undertaking this unit are required to participate in an off-campus clinical experience in a variety of health care settings. During these placements, students will be exposed to a range of risks and hazards that are normally encountered by health professionals practicing in those settings. Students undertaking these placements are automatically subject to the Workplace Health and Safety Policies, Procedures and Regulations operating within the health care facility in which they are placed. Students are required by law to comply with these policies and procedures at all times.