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, 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 nursing. Clinical skills relating to major alterations in health status - intracostal catheter (ICC), electrocardiogram (ECG), neurological conditions.
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