Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 13.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Clinical Practice: | 1 x 119 Hours Yearly |
Prerequisite(s): | 300721 (v.2) Primary Health Care Practice 223 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 300731 (v.1) Nursing Bioscience 244
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Syllabus: | Medical Surgical Nursing Care. Airway management, care of the unconscious patient. Medical/surgical asepsis. Fluid, wound, pressure, pain and continence management. Documentation and evaluation of care. Health mathematics. Administration of medications. Introduction to perioperative nursing. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have - Demonstrated achievement of competencies in specified medical/surgical clinical placement. Provided safe nursing care in the preoperative environment. Communicated effectively within the health care team. Accurately reflected the nursing of a client in documentation. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Competency based evaluation, examination. This is by pass/fail assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Great Southern TAFE Albany | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Kalgoorlie Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Geraldton University Centre | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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