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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

NURS5027 (v.1) Nursing Professional Practice 3

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 286.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Science Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Workshop: 1 x 40 Hours Semester
Clinical Practice: 3 x 40 Hours Semester
Equivalent(s): 312437 (v.2) Nursing Professional Practice 563 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     311301 (v.1) Behavioural Perspectives of Mental Health 563 or any previous version
    OR
    313039 (v.3) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing and Paramedicine 365 or any previous version
    OR
    NURS5022 (v.1) Behavioural Perspectives of Mental Health or any previous version
    OR
    NURS3001 (v.1) Behavioural Responses to Acute Illness or any previous version
AND
    311302 (v.1) Nursing Bioscience 563 or any previous version
    OR
    313038 (v.1) Applied Bioscience 365 or any previous version
    OR
    313034 (v.1) Applied Bioscience 264 or any previous version
    OR
    GMED5002 (v.1) Nursing Bioscience for Complex Care or any previous version
    OR
    GMED3000 (v.1) Applied Bioscience for Complex Care or any previous version
    OR
    GMED2001 (v.1) Applied Bioscience for Acute Conditions or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Use a body systems approach assess, diagnose, manage, document and evaluate care related to specialised and complex needs of patients/families. In this unit students will undertake simulated learning and complete designated hours of supervised PPE. Students will apply analytical problem solving and decision making to evidence based nursing practice in an interprofessional practice context. Students are expected to take increasing responsibility for patient care appropriate to their level of scope.
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
2015 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


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