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):	300717 (v.4) Health in Ageing 223 or any previous version OR 310828 (v.1) Supporting Women 223 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s):	300731 (v.3) Nursing and Midwifery Bioscience 244 or any previous version OR 310829 (v.1) Complications of Childbearing 214 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Medical surgical nursing care. Airway management and care of the unconscious patient. Medical/surgical asepsis. Fluid, wound, pressure care, pain, and continence management. Documentation and evaluation of care. Health mathematics. Administration of medications: intramuscular (IM), subcutaneous (SC) and intravenous (IV). Introduction to perioperative care. Clinical skills relating to major alterations in health status: intracostal catheter (ICC), electrocardiogram (ECG), and neurological conditions.
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
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Pass/Fail

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1		Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2		Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	Geraldton University Centre	Semester 1	Y
2008	Great Southern TAFE Albany	Semester 1	Y
2008	Kalgoorlie 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