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Curtin University
Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313041 (v.2) Nursing Practice 365

Note

Tutition 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: 44.0
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: 4 x 40 Hours Once-only
Syllabus: Use a systems approach to assess, diagnose, manage, document and evaluate care related to complex health needs of patients/families. Apply therapeutic communication and meet nursing competency standards in selected clinical contexts. Assess and manage care needs of people with psychological crisis. Neurological assessment. Integrated comprehensive physical and mental health assessment. Specialised medication preparation, dosage calculation, administration and recording. Advanced respiratory and cardiovascular support: ventilation, chest drains, underwater seal drainage, haemodynamics monitoring, electrocardiography. Advanced foot assessment and ulcer management. Manual handling update.
Field of Education: 060309 Critical Care Nursing
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2     Y    
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2011 Geraldton University Centre Semester 2 Y        
2011 Great Southern TAFE Albany 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