| Semester 2, 2020 On-campus Toowoomba | |
| Short Description: | Acute Care Across Lifespan B |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Student contribution band : | National Priority - Nursing |
| ASCED code : | 060399 - Nursing not classified |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: NUR2102
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: NUR2203
Other requisites
Students must have access to the internet for course preparation materials.
Rationale
This course is the second course to examine the dynamic interdisciplinary acute care context of nursing practice including the management of individuals with acute and episodic health problems. Students acquire a deep understanding of the current acute care health concerns for people across the lifespan. Preparing students for evidence-based practice to address national health priorities is essential to developing knowledgeable, skilled safe, ethical nursing professionals. Acute illness episodes require complex and diverse interventions, requiring nurses to develop critical thinking and decision-making skills to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
Synopsis
This course is the second of three Acute Care Across the Lifespan courses. Students will develop a range of acute care nursing skills and therapeutic communications within a simulated laboratory environment. In Acute Care B students will focus on more complex assessment, planning, management, and evaluation of patient care and patient care outcomes for persons experiencing more severe acute and episodic illnesses and injuries. This includes acute perioperative, cardiovascular, respiratory, pain, and mental health care. Pathophysiology, pharmacology, lifespan, and ethnic diversity are key concepts that are addressed in relation to these health concerns.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes for on-campus students.
Objectives
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- Develop and apply knowledge and skills to care for patients experiencing conditions related to National Health Priorities
- Apply understanding of lifespan/developmental, ethnic diversity, and collaborative patient centred care knowledge to provide nursing care to diverse individuals from birth to death who are experiencing moderate to severe acute or episodic health issues.
- Apply clinical reasoning, and psychomotor skills interventions to prioritise and manage the safe, evidence based nursing care for acute presentations in a variety of simulated clinical settings.
- Apply an understanding of pathophysiology and pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches to the management of acute health concerns.
- Use information literacy skills and the ability to communicate information accurately and effectively in both simulated clinical and academic contexts.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Application of clinical reasoning and decision-making skills within the simulated laboratory setting based on sound assessment and analysis to plan collaborative, patient focused acute care. | 20.00 |
| 2. | Perioperative nursing care (pre-, intra, post-operative care, complication prevention, organisation and management, and discharge planning) | 20.00 |
| 3. | Managing acute health alterations in a variety of simulated settings. | 20.00 |
| 4. | Acute patient assessment and nursing management across the lifespan. | 20.00 |
| 5. | Collaborative patient and family centred care for acute health challenges across the lifespan. | 20.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=02&subject1=NUR2204)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Berman, A., Snyder, S. J., Levett-Jones, T., Burton, P. & Harvey, N (2017), Skills in clinical nursing, 8th edn, Pearson.
LeMone, P., Bauldoff, G., Gubrud, P., Carno, M., Levett-Jones, T., Dwyer, T., Moxham, L., Reid-Searl, K., Berry, K., Carville, K., Hales, M., Knox, N., & Stanley, D (2020), LeMone and Burke's medical-surgical nursing: Critical thinking for person-centred care, 4th edn, Pearson Australia.
Reference materials
Reference materials are materials that, if accessed by students, may improve their knowledge and understanding of the material in the course and enrich their learning experience.
Berman, A (2017), Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th edn, Pearson.
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Assessments | 45.00 |
| Directed Study | 83.00 |
| Laboratory | 16.00 |
| Online Lectures | 13.00 |
| Online Tutorials or Workshops | 8.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assignment | 50 | 25 | 08 Sep 2020 | |
| Lab Attendance | 1 | 1 | 23 Oct 2020 | (see note 1) |
| LabParticipate&Assessment | 50 | 29 | 23 Oct 2020 | (see note 2) |
| Online Examination | 100 | 45 | End S2 | (see note 3) |
Notes
- 100% laboratory attendance is mandatory. External students will undertake this component during the mandatory residential school. The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/resschoolsched.html).
- Lab Attendance and Clinical Skills consists of attendance and participation in lab learning and completion of defined clinical skills worksheets and psychomotor development activities.
- This will be an open examination. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via StudyDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the official Alternate Assessment Schedule has been released.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
External students must attend 100% of the mandatory residential school and on-campus students must attend 100% of the mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures and tutorials) scheduled for them. Engagement in online discussion forums forms part of the directed study components of this course.. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
To satisfactorily complete the Lab Attendance students must attend the mandatory laboratories and achieve 100% (a mark of 1). To satisfactorily complete the examination students must achieve at least 40% of the marks available. To satisfactorily complete all other assessment items students must achieve at least 50% of the marks available for each item. Refer to Statement 4 below for the requirements to receive a passing grade in this course.
Requirements after S2 2020:
To satisfactorily complete the Lab Attendance students must attend the mandatory laboratories and achieve 100% (a mark of 1). To satisfactorily complete the examination students must achieve at least 40% of the marks available. To satisfactorily complete all other assessment items students must achieve at least 50% of the marks available for each item. Refer to Statement 4 below for the requirements to receive a passing grade in this course. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
Requirements after S2 2020:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle), and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdles (Proficiency), i.e. achieved 100% (mark of 1) for the Lab Attendance and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), i.e. the end of semester examination by achieving at least 40% of the marks available for that assessment item.
Supplementary assessment may be offered where a student has undertaken all of the required summative assessment items and has passed the Primary Hurdle but failed to satisfy the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), or has satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised) but failed to achieve a passing Final Grade by 5% or less of the total weighted Marks.
To be awarded a passing grade for a supplementary assessment item (if applicable), a student must achieve at least 50% of the available marks for the supplementary assessment item as per the Assessment Procedure (point 4.4.2). -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.
Requirements after S2 2020:
CLOSED: Candidates are allowed to bring only writing and drawing instruments into a closed examination. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date.
Requirements after S2 2020:
Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period. -
University Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment notes
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Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (.
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American Psychological Association (APA) is the referencing system required in this course. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA referencing style to be used is defined by the USQ library鈥檚 referencing guide. These policies can be found at
Evaluation and benchmarking
In meeting the University鈥檚 aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways.
This course:
- Conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement.
- Forms part of the Bachelor of Nursing and is benchmarked against internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.
- Forms part of the professional accreditation standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through an external accreditation process.
Other requirements
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Computer, e-mail and Internet access:
Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at -
The dates and location of the residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (. On-campus students can follow the Class Timetables ( as a guide or enrolled students can refer to their student portal and navigate to Student Centre>Self Service>Timetables>My Weekly Schedule.