Overview

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Offerings

MANDURAH-S2N-INT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2N-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Enrolment in Bachelor of Nursing. Completion of NUR112 Health Across the Lifespan 1 or NUR100 Introduction to Nursing Practice; NUR114 Professional Practice 1 or NUR103 Contemporary Nursing Practice.
Students who have successfully completed NUR105 Nursing Health Assessment and Physical Examination may not enrol in this unit for credit.

Other learning activities

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Describe the concept of health and illness across the human lifespan.
2.
Explain the reasoning for the measurement of vital signs and achieve competency in completing the skills of obtaining a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure and oxygen saturation status.
3.
Identify the indications for completing health examinations and demonstrate competency in the assessment of a patient’s mental state, neurological, respiratory, cardiovascular and peripheral vascular systems.
4.
Understand the factors that are responsible for the impairment of skin integrity and affect wound healing, and demonstrate competency in basic wound care and management.
5.
Describe the components involved in the sensory-perception experience, and be able to discuss the nursing interventions required to promote and maintain sensory function.
6.
Demonstrate an understanding of the different types of dementia, their treatment and care.
7.
Demonstrate an understanding of death, dying and grief, the cultural, religious and spiritual considerations, and discuss the care of the body after death.

Assessments

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