HSNS373
Transitioning to Practice 1
12 credit points
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to: demonstrate integration of knowledge
and clinical skills for safe and effective nursing care;
demonstrate and critically review the nursing assessments and management for a person
with a range of needs; including recognising, assessing and responding to the deteriorating
patient;
demonstrate proficiency when performing procedural skills required in the clinical setting;
identify and demonstrate responsibilities in relation to communication and teamwork for
safe and effective nursing care;
critically analyse and enact the nurse's legal and ethical role in relation to acute and
complex care with critically ill people or people with acute health episodes; and
seek and act on feedback about their performance and development as a beginning
registered nurse using the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice Nursing and Midwifery
Board of Australia (NMBA) (2016) as an integrated framework for assessing competence
and determining future development needs.
Key Topics
Skills revision and proficiency
A-G assessment
Communication and teamwork for patient safety
Recognising and responding to acute deterioration
Speaking up for patient safety
Sepsis
Legal and ethical considerations for acute and complex patients
Reflection and the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
Assessments
Case Study Report – 1500 words 40% LO: 1, 2, 4, 5
Online Proctored Quiz – 20 questions 30% LO: 1, 2, 4
This online Quiz will be supervised via webcam and screen sharing technology.
Coordinated by UNE Exams Unit.
OSCE – 30% Case based LO: 1-6
Must pass this assessment item to progress to professional experience placement, and
pass the unit. Allowed a second attempt if you fail the first attempt.
Professional Experience Placement - Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) LO: 1-6
Successful completion of 160 hours of professional experience placement.
Must pass this assessment item to pass the unit.
Case Study Report
Weighted 40% 1500 words LO: 1, 2, 4, 5
Choose 1 of the 2 case studies provided and answer the associated questions
Use academic writing with a few exceptions –
- No introduction or conclusion needed, use all of the word count to answer the
questions
- You are required to give an ISBAR handover. Write this as you would say it. No
need for referencing of the handover
Online Quiz
Weighted at 30% - LOs 1, 2, 4
20 questions in 1 hour
Topics
Knowledge and clinical skills
- Clinical Psychomotor skills (7th edn)
- Lewis Medical surgical nursing (5th edn)
Recognising, assessing and responding to the deteriorating patient
- National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (2nd edn) Standard 8
- Lewis Medical Surgical Nursing (5th edn)
Communication and teamwork including
- National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (2nd edn) Standard 6
- Critical Conversations for patient safety (2nd edn)
OSCE
Weighted at 30% LO: 1-6
You will have a simulated patient - patient case is available in the
assessment section
You must demonstrate effective communication skills including AIDET and
ISBAR
You must demonstrate an A-G assessment
You must be able to recognize and respond to the deteriorating patient
You will be asked knowledge questions
The rubric is available in the assessment section
Clinical Placement
Placement will be in acute care areas
160 hours – all hours missed for any reason must be made up
Consolidation and practice of all clinical skills
Focus on taking a patient load, time management and priorities of care
Familiarise yourself with procedures for the deteriorating patient
Teaching of a colleague
Please submit books ASAP especially if the placement runs to end of tri
Make sure you save the document with your name, student number and unit
You must have. Satisfactory placement to pass the unit
Questions relating to placement need to be directed to
Eleanor Monley contact her at
[email protected] Face to face teaching
Workshops
1) Introduction to the unit
2) Recognising and responding to acute deterioration
3) Sepsis
4) Speaking up for patient safety
5) Making change
6) Deteriorating Pt 3
7) V-Sim
8) ABG’s
Face to face teaching
Clinical Labs
1) Skills revision and consolidation
2) A-G assessment
3) Recognising and responding to acute deterioration 1
4) Speaking up (simulation)
5) Recognising and responding to acute deterioration 2
6) ALS/BLS
7) ECG’s
8) OSCE
Online learning
Anna’s shift
Meet Anna and walk in her shoes though a morning shift
Manage a patient load – Barry Ward, Edith Lewis, Ron Wilson, Natasha Jones
Key topics
- Handover, ISBAR, communication, teamwork
- Assessment
- Time management, priorities of care
- The deteriorating patient
- Knowledge consolidation
- Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
Expectations
What we expect of you
Engagement and participation in all activities – in class and online
Open communication - talk to us early if you are having trouble
Respect and support for teachers and students
Be punctual, own your attendance, meet requirements
What to expect from us
Motivation and enthusiasm for your learning and development
Open and frequent communication
Constructive and timely feedback
Support and direction
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