NURSING 2007 - Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III

North Terrace Campus - Semester 1 - 2017

Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III begins the student's exposure to advanced form of nursing assessment and intervention. The further development of core assessment skills enables students to maximise their placement experience to identify potential health problems, respond confidently to situations requiring comprehensive emergency assessment. Students conduct a number of assessments during clinical placement in liaison and with the support of their clinical lecturer. Learning in a simulated learning environment provides a safe approach to skills and provides students with a pre clinical opportunity for placement. Students will have the opportunity to practice in accordance with the NMBA National Nursing Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse

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Course Details

Course Code	NURSING 2007
Course	Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Nursing School
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 5 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Prerequisites	Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing II
Restrictions	Available to B.Nurs. students only
Assessment	Clinical record, team gaming, small group discovery, RSD level 2, health assessment, structured clinical examination

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Ms Alison Walsh

Course Coordinator: Alison Walsh
Phone: +61 8 83132994
Email: jan.alderman@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room 3-37, Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building

School Office
Phone: +61 8 8313 3595
Email: nursing_preregistration@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Course Learning Outcomes

1	Further develop nursing skills consistent with evidenced based practice
2	Consider clinical learning episodes and implement patient care
3	Identify clinical situations which require application of problem solving and the nursing process
4	Establish a learning environment with the clinical tutor and permanent health care staff.
5	Identify contemporary health related equipment and demonstrate its safe use. Proficiently use online resources
6	Understand and adopt adult learning strategies
7	Recognise sound leadership skills within clinical placement
8	Interpret cultural differences, act in a culturally safe manner and interpret the ethical complexities of health care.
9	Demonstrate and recognise the importance of the policies on plagiarism and collusion whilst applying the principles of ethical & professional behaviour.

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Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	2, 3
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	4
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	5, 6, 7
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	8
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	9

Learning & Teaching Modes

This course uses a blend of lectures, tutorials and workshops (some are delivered online) to identify situations that inform and are informed by clinical practice. The opportunity for students to recognise aspects of clinical care issues and consider these in the light of lecture material is significant. Student observations reinforce aspects of nursing theory and contribute to the wider development of the group. Differences between hospitals and other health care settings also form an educational aspect to support the lecture content.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

There is a significant workload associated with clinical placement time in addition to two days per week of face-to-face teaching. Health Assessment & Clinical Nursing III includes 1 hour of teaching and a 2 hour tutorial. Clinical placement extends across the remaining 3 days of the teaching week.

Learning Activities Summary

Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing 3

Lecture	Topic	Lecture
Week 1	Complex patient admission	Nursing a patient with complex needs
Week 2	The nursing process	The development of patient pathways using critical thinking and analysis.
Week 3	Advanced IV therapy	Nursing patients with CVC’s and PICC lines.
Week 4	Fluid and electrolyte.	Understanding the care of patients with fluid and electrolyte imbalance.
Week 5	Infectious diseases.	Nursing patients with HIV, Hep C & Hep B.
Week 6	Oncology Nursing	An introduction to the care of patients with cancer and treatment therapies.
Week 7	Complex wound care	The management of patients with complicated wounds ie; Burns.
Week 8	Enteric feeding	Management of patients with Naso-gastric tubes, PEG tubes and enteric feeding
Week 9	Respiratory assessment.	Assessment and care of patients with complex respiratory conditions.
Week 10	Arterial blood gas analysis	Recognising and treating patients with acid base imbalance.
Week 11	Airway management	An introduction to complex airway management.
Week 12	Tracheostomy / ETT	Nursing care of a patient with a Tracheostomy.
Week 13	UWSD	Nursing care of a patient with an Under- water Seal Drain.

Tutorial Series

Week	Tutorial Series	Simulated Learning Environment
TBA	1. Conducting a higher order patient assessment 2. Assessment of Skin, Hair, and Nails 3. Assessment of Head and Neck 4. Assessment of Eyes 5. Assessment of Ears 6. Assessment of Nose, Mouth, and Throat 7. Assessment of Thorax and Lungs 8. Assessment of Heart and Neck Vessels 9. Assessment of Peripheral Vascular System and Lymphatic System	1. Performing a complex patient admission Acid base balance. 2. Intravenous Therapy, CVC, PICC. 3. Strategies of caring for the patient with AIDS 4. Orientation to cytotoxic and oncology nursing 5. Performing complex wound care for burns and VAC 6. Management of enteric feeding, NG tubes, PEG. 7. Comprehensive nursing assessment – respiratory, Tracheostomy, UWSD.

Specific Course Requirements

All students will be required to attend 3 weeks of clinical placement in a Rural Health facility. This will require students to leave Adelaide and travel to a designated country town in South 最新糖心Vlog to attend placement over a 5 day rostered period. Students may go home on weekends if able. Not all rural placements offer accommodation, however there is some financial assistance available via scholarships. Details of this will be explained at orientation. This is not an option for this course and is a requirement to pass. Rural placement takes place early in 2nd Year.

Small Group Discovery Experience

The Small Group Discovery (SGDE) is a compulsory component of the Undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing Program. The SGDE is an approach to learning based on goals that will assist students to discover learning as an intellectual challenge and to develop a scholarship of discovery which will inspire them towards learning and lifelong learning. To achieve these goal students will develop research skills and actively engage with discipline content. This will engender a commitment to the gaining of knowledge and investigation.

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Team Gaming	Formative	N/A	1-3, 5
Clinical Skills Book / NCAS / Clinical Summative Assessment	Summative	NGP	1-9
SGDE	Summative	10%	1-9
RSD Level 2	Summative	20%	3, 6
Health Assessment	Summative	20%	1-6, 8-9
SCA (Structured Clinical Assessment)	Summative	50%	1-3

Assessment Related Requirements

Marking guides will be provided with each assignment and available in the Study Guides.

Assessment Detail

ASSESSMENT 1: Clinical record / NCAS / Clinical Summative Assessment

The Clinical Record (Tollefson / Reberio) identifies a range of competencies as required by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of 最新糖心Vlog Competency Standards of the Registered Nurse 2006. Students will have a range of skills records to complete during their clinical placement.

In addition to the skills record each student is to obtain a completed NCAS (National Competency Assessment Schedule) at the end of each placement. There are a total of 8 competencies to be completed over the 3 year program. A written Summative Assessment must also be obtained at the end of each placement which will be completed by the supervising Registered Nurse and Clinical Lecturer.

ASSESSMENT 2: Team Gaming – identifying hazards in the acute care setting

Team Gaming – identifying hazards in the acute care setting: Gaming is an innovative learning method where effective game design can ‘...provide integrated assessment and contextual feedback....and incorporate established pedagogical techniques including scaffolded instruction’ (Sheldon, 2102, p84). Within the skills labs students will compete in teams to identify hazards that may negatively affect the health of patients. Rooms will be set up with a number of deliberate errors and potential problems related to IV therapy, airway dysfunction, cytotoxic and UWSDs. Teams will compete for skill points with higher points awarded for more sophisticated recognition, assessment and management of hazards. Teams will compete against each other in a progressive tournament where teams that are knocked out become the assessors. The emphasis of this assessment is not to reduce the implications of a serious situation, rather to enable students to gain some confidence in their assessment and interventional skills in an engaging, novel and stimulating assessment format.

ASSESSMENT 3: Health Numeracy RSD Level 2

Health Numeracy RSD Level 2 – the RSD extends the students development of research skills in respect of health numeracy. The exercises developed in line with Level 2 of the RSD require students to analyse patient medication charts, tabulate the findings, identify numerical operators and examine the social and ethical implications of errors in drug administration. The framework provides students with context and engagement in relation to health numeracy. In line with Level 2 of the RSD a number of tasks requiring research skills such as data retrieval and presentation are provided with some degree of direction and structure.

ASSESSMENT 4: Health Assessment

Health Assessment: using a pre-supplied pro-forma, students will conduct a health assessment of an adult in their clinical placement environment. The assessment will include a detailed report of eye, ear, nose, throat, heart and lung sounds.

ASSESSMENT 5: Structured Clinical Assessment (SCA)

Structured Clinical Assessment (SCA): students will attend a 30 min SCA in which they will demonstrate a range of nursing interventions especially in relation to skills taken from the course objectives. Along with skills demonstrations students will provide a rationale for the tasks. Students will be assessed by Lecturers in the skill laboratory using a marking template common to all students. To ensure consistency in marking two assessors are present with one able to take the role of the ‘patient’ as required.

Submission

Unless otherwise indicated all submission of assignments is to be through the assignments portal of MyUni. TurnItin will be used to check student assignments. Students MUST keep an electronic copy of all assignments submitted.

Extensions are generally awarded for no more than 10 working days unless there are exceptional circumstances.

To apply for an Assessment Extension, a student must submit an application for extension form prior to the assessment deadline. You will find this on the School of Nursing Website or use the link provided here.

See the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/3303/

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the 最新糖心Vlog to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.

Students are to ensure they are familiar with the contents of the School of Nursing Style and Referencing Guide. A PDF of this document is available through MyUni.
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