Postgraduate - UnitNUR5926 - Emergency nursing 2

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2014 (Flexible)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Julia Morphet (Peninsula campus)

Synopsis

The emergency nurse requires a diverse knowledge and skill base to appropriately and effectively assess and manage patients in the emergency department. This advanced emergency nursing unit will enable the student to develop proficiency in the emergency management of abdominal, neurological, endocrine and obstetric emergencies, trauma and burns. The unit will prepare the student to provide an advanced level of care to emergency patients across age groups, and from all socio/ cultural and economic groups.

Outcomes

By completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the disease process behind a medical crisis and explain the rationale for the nursing care provided
Discuss and demonstrate planning and management of the trauma patient based on primary and secondary survey assessment for a range of traumatic injuries
Demonstrate and evaluate independent triage practice based on the Australasian Triage Scale
Identify and evaluate appropriate age specific, socio-culturally relevant, nursing interventions for patients in the above groups
Identify and discuss the application of interpersonal skills in the management of patients, families and significant others who are experiencing grief, loss or what they perceive to be a crisis
Critically evaluate and apply nursing research to selected emergency patient care
Critically evaluate the socio-cultural, legal and ethical issues related to the nursing management of the critically ill client/patient.

Fieldwork

Students must be working in an emergency department a minimum of 3 days / week

Assessment

Clinical performance appraisal (Pass / Fail)
Examination (60%) (Hurdle)
Assignment (40%)
Clinical hurdles (Pass / Fail)

Students must achieve a pass in the final examination, Clinical Performance Appraisal and Clinical Hurdles to achieve a pass in the unit.