Unit of Study NURS2012 Professional Practice (2024)

Unit description

Develops students’ thinking and practice from that of an Enrolled Nurse to a Registered Nurse. Key aspects of interprofessional and nursing practice are introduced and built upon in a variety of acute and primary care contexts. Students will be exposed to simulation as their abilities to critically explore patient case studies are developed.

Unit content

1. Academic writing, academic integrity, digital literacy, medication calculations
2. Australian health care, patient safety and adverse events
3. Law, ethics and interprofessional practice
4. Healthy aging
5. Social determinants of health and national health priorities
6. Introduction to clinical reasoning