Professional Experience Placement: Students will be allocated to a professional experience placement following negotiation with individual health care agencies. Students may be required to relocate and are expected to travel and study where the professional experience placements are available.
Students must be available 5 days per week (mornings, evenings or nights as per roster) and this may include weekends.
In order to commence workplace learning outside of the University of Tasmania (including clinical placements and visits) students are required to demonstrate compliance with the Faculty of Health Science and School of Nursing and Midwifery policies relevant to workplace based learning. These include the Police Check Policy and Procedures, Infectious Disease Policy, Code of Conduct and Student Placement Agreement. Students who do not comply with these policies will not be placed or will be removed from placements and therefore will not be able to complete this unit. Students who have not complied or are unsure of the policies should seek guidance from the School.
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
CNA315
H,L,W
Distance(I,N)
H,L,W
Distance(I,N)
H,L,W,R,V
Distance(N)
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 1
22-FEB-2010
23-MAR-2010
12-APR-2010
28-MAY-2010
Sem 2
12-JUL-2010
10-AUG-2010
30-AUG-2010
15-OCT-2010
Spring
Offering in H
15-NOV-2010
02-DEC-2010
27-DEC-2010
04-FEB-2011
Spring
Offering in L
15-NOV-2010
02-DEC-2010
27-DEC-2010
04-FEB-2011
Spring
Offering in N
15-NOV-2010
02-DEC-2010
27-DEC-2010
04-FEB-2011
Spring
Offering in R
15-NOV-2010
03-DEC-2010
03-JAN-2011
11-FEB-2011
Spring
Offering in V
15-NOV-2010
03-DEC-2010
03-JAN-2011
11-FEB-2011
Spring
Offering in W
15-NOV-2010
02-DEC-2010
27-DEC-2010
04-FEB-2011
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
Acute Care Nursing is a practice-based unit that builds upon the knowledge and skills already developed during previous units within the BN. It is designed to assist students to consolidate their knowledge and skills whilst caring for individuals and families who experience illness or accident, and who require interventions within an acute care setting. Students will be undertake Professional Experience Placements in a variety of acute care settings and contexts within those settings, They will explore the theoretical understandings of the pathophysiology of disease, pharmacology, nursing therapeutics, assessment and management as they relate to the patient's illness and how these influence the approaches to patient care.
WEIGHT:
37.5%
ASSESSMENT:
Practice Portfolio (ungraded), Online Discussions -20%, Oral Presentation (VIVA), 40%, Clinical Episode of Practice, 40%, Medication Management test, (100% accuracy).
Please note that students will also require a satisfactory performance in practice in order to pass the unit.
TEACHING PATTERN:
On line delivery of theoretical content in conjunction with 312 hours of Professional Experience Placement.
FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS Note: Class attendance may still be required
Web dependent -
H,L,N,R,V,W
Some parts of this unit will be taught online
Resource dependent teaching & learning -
H,L,N,R,V,W
Independent study with provided resources replaces face-to-face or other classes (e.g. lectures)
Flexible scheduling -
H,L,N,R,V,W
You can attend some classes out of normal teaching hours; e.g. weekend blocks, summer schools etc
About Flexible Study Options
TEXTS Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 1) will be available from mid November 2009
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 2) will be available from mid April 2010
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Spring) will be available from mid July 2010
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.
Web dependent -
H,L,N,R,V,W
