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MANDURAH-S2N-INT-2021-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2N-INT-2021-ONGOING

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Unit content:

Module One – Clinical Skills and Theory
• Monitoring blood glucose levels
• Medication administration - Subcutaneous Injection (SCI) (NSQHS Standard 4 & 5)
• Monitoring, managing and dressing a central line (CVC) (NSQHS Standard 4 & 5)
• Medication administration – per rectum (PR) and per vagina (PV) (NSQHS Standard 4 & 5)
• Monitoring epidural analgesia (NSQHS Standard 4 & 5)

Module Two and Three – Community case studies with multiple comorbidities – Practical and theory
• Use the nursing process to apply current evidence based nursing practice                 

• The role of the nurse in the rural or remote setting
• Providing culturally competent nursing care
• Teaching a colleague (NCAS)
• Overweight and obesity
• The role of the nurse in community health promotion including the utilisation of health promotion frameworks in creating and delivering health promotion campaigns.
• The physical, psychological and social impact of chronic illness of individuals and communities
• Family Centred Care (NSQHS Standard 2)
• Quality improvement in community nursing
• Psychosocial implications of long term disability
• The role of the carer and community support services for people living with disability (NSQHS Standard 1 & 2)
• Multidisciplinary approaches to managing disability

Module Four – Simulated community care setting = Practical and Theory