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This Unit is future dated with the start date of 01/01/2026

Overview

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Offerings

MANDURAH-S1-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING

MURDOCH-S1-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING

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Requisites

Exclusion

Enrolment rules

Enrolment in the Bachelor of Nursing B1417

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Describe the history of nursing, the development of professional identity, and the inherent requirements of the contemporary nursing profession.

2.

Explain the importance of professional regulation and how professional codes, policies, frameworks, guidelines, standards, and the National Law, are applied in professional nursing practice.

3.

Describe Australia’s health care system and health professions.

4.

Identify and explain the legal and ethical aspects of nursing and the responsibilities of registered nurses and nursing students.

5.

Identify and explain evidence-based standards that guide safety and quality in healthcare.

6.

Develop an understanding of clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and reflection, and how they relate to the professional attributes of a Strengths-Based student nurse.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Introduction to the Australian health care system - nursing role, health professions, 

Professional Identity

Historical perspectives of modern nursing

NMBA Professional standards and code of conduct, NSQHS Standards, ICN Code of Ethics, 

Nursing students roles and responsibilities, professional behaviours, legal and ethical issues 

Reflection and reflective frameworks - reflective writing, 

Clinical Reasoning Cycle

Healthy workplace, professional workplace behaviours, 

Violence and aggression in health care

Resilience, caring for self and others