304268 (v.1) Introduction to Nursing Practice 121

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

6.0

** 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 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Clinical Practice:

1 x 42 Hours Yearly

Syllabus:

Fundamentals of nursing practice. Client interaction, communication with the older adult, problem solving and documentation. Scope of Nursing Practice and Decision Making Framework (SONP-DMF). Activity and exercise health pattern. Critical thinking and principles of evidence based practice. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) competencies. Aims of nursing education. Introduction to microbiology - modes of transmission, standard precautions. The art of caring. The nursing profession, professional role identification and role(s) of the nurse. Reflective learning.

** 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
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2007	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2007	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y
2007	Geraldton University Centre	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