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MANDURAH-S2-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-FACE2FACE-2026-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Enrolment in Bachelor of Nursing B1417

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Unit content:

Introduction to Gerontology - Healthy Ageing, personal and social connection, promoting independence, supporting changes related to ageing

Supporting Changes to Mobility - mobility, mobility aids, responding to falls, pressure area care, range of movement, ambulation

Interprofessional practice - roles within the healthcare team, documentation and care plans, 

Depression/Delirium/Dementia - responsive behaviours, de-escalation and distraction, comfort measures (bedmaking, therapeutic touch, non-pharmacological pain management)

Factors that influence would healing - wound management plans, introduction to asepsis, basic wound care, bandaging 

Factors that influence continence - continence aids, incontinence associated dermatitis, hygiene, showering, skin, mouthcare, maintaining bed space, toileting

Professional Behaviours in work integrated learning - scope of practice, clinical objectives, clinical portfolio, 

Factors that influence nutrition - feeding, swallowing, PEG

Introduction to Medication Safety - medication administration, 7 medication rights, medication calculations, administering inhaled (nebuliser, spacer, MDI), oral, optic, otic, suppositories, topical medications, documentation and charting, medications charts (national inpatient medication chart)

End of Life Care - ethical and legal issues in gerontological care, transitions of care.  

Other notes:

Completion of WIL pre-practicum requirements and completion of all clinical practice documentation is required before undertaking WIL (refer to the Clinical Nursing LMS site which is available to all enrolled students).