300729 (v.2) Adult Nursing Practice 224

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

13.0

** 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 119 Hours Yearly

Prerequisite(s):

300721 (v.2) Primary Health Care Practice 223 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

300731 (v.2) Nursing Bioscience 244 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Medical surgical nursing care. Airway management, care of the unconscious patient. Medical/surgical asepsis. Fluid, wound, pressure, pain, and continence management. Documentation and evaluation of care. Health mathematics. Administration of medications.Introduction to perioperative nursing.

** 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:

060309 Critical Care 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			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