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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313091 (v.1) Nursing Practice 566

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 48.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Once-only
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 4 x 2 Hours Once-only
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice: 5 x 40 Hours Once-only
Co Requisite(s): 311294 (v.1) Nursing Bioscience 561 or any previous version
OR
313030 (v.1) Applied Bioscience 263 or any previous version
Syllabus: Use a systems approach to assess, diagnose, plan, manage, document and evaluate patient care. Therapeutic interventions relating to cardiovascular, respiratory, neurovascular and elimination support. Assess and manage care needs of people with confusional states. Apply therapeutic communication, critical reasoning and meet nursing competency standards in selected clinical contexts. Medication (oral, topical, inhalation) preparation, administration and recording, dosage calculations, legislative control. Pain assessment and management, including complementary therapy. Fluid balance maintenance, monitoring and documentation. Wound care and removal of sutures. Continence (catheter care, bowel and bladder elimination) and emesis management. Apply chronic condition self-management support skills. Standard precautions. Adult resuscitation in clinical contexts.
Field of Education: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Pass/Fail

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External