Overview

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Offerings

MANDURAH-S1-PLACEMENT-2026-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-PLACEMENT-2026-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Enrolment in the Bachelor of Nursing B1417

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Using the clinical reasoning cycle, describe and demonstrate a range of nursing knowledge and skills used to provide collaborative care and promote patient safety in the clinical setting.

2.

Identify and apply strategies to promote health, wellness, and independence using a Strengths- Based Nursing approach within a collaborative framework

3.

Demonstrate competence at a assisted level in each of the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016), within a collaborative care setting.

4.

Apply professional communication techniques and professional behaviours within interprofessional teams to ensure safe, high quality, and culturally safe care.

5.

Recognise and respond appropriately to signs of clinical deterioration in a variety of settings

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

Interprofessional Practice - the role of the nurse in collaborative care,

Responding to Deterioration - A-E Assessment, Primary and Secondary Survey, Medical Emergency Team calls, Adult Deterioration Detection System, working as part of an interprofessional team, seizure precautions, neurological assessment, Glasgow Coma Score, assessment and management of chest pain, ECG lead placement and recording

Quality Use of Medicines - medication charts and medication orders, medication safety, restricted Schedule 4 medication, Medication Administration - Subcutaneous Injection, Intramuscular Injection, Deep intramuscular Injection, Intravenous therapy - pump and priming a line, fluid orders and charts, 

Perioperative Care - admission and discharge planning, preoperative checklist, recovery handover, post-operative care, intravenous catheter care and management, oxygen delivery, suctioning, airway management, deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, bariatric care in the perioperative setting, perioperative nutrition (fasting, bowel management), bariatric care in the perioperative setting, scrub, glove and gown

Wound Assessment and Management - wound swabbing, simple surgical wound dressings, wound assessment (TIME), wound care plan, ANTT, factors impacting on wound healing post operatively (nutrition, infection, medication) care of and removal of sutures, staples and drains

Preparation for WIL - portfolio, scope of practice, SMART objective setting

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).