300717 (v.3) Professional Nursing Practice 122


Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 7.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice: 1 x 56 Hours Yearly
Prerequisite(s): 300712 (v.2) Nursing and Health 111 or any previous version
AND
304268 (v.1) Introduction to Nursing Practice 121 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s): 1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Concepts of normal health across the lifespan. Principles and methodologies of client assessment. Gordon's functional health pattern. Physical, psychological and mental status assessment. Normal ageing processes. Attitudes to ageing. Principles guiding nursing care. Body mechanics. Communication and interaction across the lifespan - adults and older persons. Nursing care related to hygiene, nutrition, elimination, safety, mobility and pressure management.
 
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Field of Education: 60301 General Nursing
Funding Cluster: 12 - Nursing
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Pass/Fail

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2005 Great Southern TAFE Albany Semester 1 Y        
2005 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y        
2005 Geraldton University Centre Semester 1 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