300717 (v.3) Professional Nursing Practice 122

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

7.0

** 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. **

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:

Principles and methodologies of client assessment using Gordon's functional health patterns. Communication and interaction across the lifespan. Nursing care related to hygiene, nutrition, elimination and pressure management. Physical, psychological and mental status assessment. Normal ageing processes. Attitudes to ageing. Principles guiding nursing care.

** 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. **

Field of Education:

060301 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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2006	Great Southern TAFE Albany	Semester 1	Y
2006	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 2	Y
2006	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