NSN808 Contemporary Issues in Acute Nursing
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| Unit code: | NSN808 |
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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 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | NSN808 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Coordinator: | Clint Douglas | c2.douglas@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Acute nursing practice utilises complex evidence-based knowledge and management protocols that require specialist theoretical knowledge and technical skills to apply in the provision of person-centred care across the lifespan. The complex and dynamic health care environment requires you to have the ability to respond, adapt, implement, evaluate and communicate decisions based on scope and context of practice for a range of complex health care problems in a range of health care settings for individuals and families. In this unit you will focus on how to strengthen quality and safety of practice in acute care contexts.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply specialist knowledge and technical skills to assess context and culture in an acute care setting.
- Critically analyse complex issues impacting acute care patients and propose effective solutions to address a gap identified in your clinical workplace.
- Appraise and apply care pathways and models of care that embed diverse perspectives to ensure culturally safe practice.
- Collaborate and incorporate peer feedback to develop an evidence-based action plan in an acute care setting.
Content
This unit will cover the following topics:
- Care pathways
- Models of care
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Workplace culture and cultural change, and
- Sustainable practice.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Workshops (online and/or face-to-face) 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 2 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: Contextual analysis
You will explore context and culture in your acute care setting and undertake observations of practice.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Peer review and action plan
You will build on the contextual analysis, drawing on peer/mentor feedback and literature to develop a sustainable action plan for embedding a safety culture in your acute care setting.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
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-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of 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: Contextual analysis - Critically analyse, evaluate, and reflect on specialist nursing knowledge, evidence and practice to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Relates to: Contextual analysis, Peer review and action plan - Use evidence-based theories and frameworks to inform emerging leadership practice in nursing and interprofessional collaborations.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - Communicate complex evidence-based knowledge through education, professional communication, and a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - 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: Peer review and action plan
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: Contextual analysis - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Contextual analysis, Peer review and action plan - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - 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: Peer review and action plan
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Online
| Unit code: | NSN808 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
Overview
Acute nursing practice utilises complex evidence-based knowledge and management protocols that require specialist theoretical knowledge and technical skills to apply in the provision of person-centred care across the lifespan. The complex and dynamic health care environment requires you to have the ability to respond, adapt, implement, evaluate and communicate decisions based on scope and context of practice for a range of complex health care problems in a range of health care settings for individuals and families. In this unit you will focus on how to strengthen quality and safety of practice in acute care contexts.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply specialist knowledge and technical skills to assess context and culture in an acute care setting.
- Critically analyse complex issues impacting acute care patients and propose effective solutions to address a gap identified in your clinical workplace.
- Appraise and apply care pathways and models of care that embed diverse perspectives to ensure culturally safe practice.
- Collaborate and incorporate peer feedback to develop an evidence-based action plan in an acute care setting.
Content
This unit will cover the following topics:
- Care pathways
- Models of care
- Interprofessional collaboration
- Workplace culture and cultural change, and
- Sustainable practice.
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn through engaging in the following:
- Workshops (online and/or face-to-face) 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 2 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: Contextual analysis
You will explore context and culture in your acute care setting and undertake observations of practice.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Peer review and action plan
You will build on the contextual analysis, drawing on peer/mentor feedback and literature to develop a sustainable action plan for embedding a safety culture in your acute care setting.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
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-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of 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: Contextual analysis - Critically analyse, evaluate, and reflect on specialist nursing knowledge, evidence and practice to improve patient care and health outcomes.
Relates to: Contextual analysis, Peer review and action plan - Use evidence-based theories and frameworks to inform emerging leadership practice in nursing and interprofessional collaborations.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - Communicate complex evidence-based knowledge through education, professional communication, and a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - 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: Peer review and action plan
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: Contextual analysis - Critically analyse evidence to inform decision-making in advanced nursing and interprofessional care contexts.
Relates to: Contextual analysis, Peer review and action plan - Design and develop ethically appropriate research and/or professional plans that respond to a gap in health care that informs best practice.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - Communicate complex evidence-based findings through professional dissemination using a range of digital technologies.
Relates to: Peer review and action plan - 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: Peer review and action plan