Courses & Units

Concepts of Nursing 3: Transition to Practice NUR350

Launceston

Introduction

Concepts of Nursing 3 is designed to prepare you with the essential skills to transition from student to Registered Nurse. You will critically engage with resources to assist you to apply for graduate positions in differing health care organisations. You will understand the importance of adopting positive, collaborative working relationships and the pillars of healthcare leadership and effecting change as a future leader will be explored. The concepts of self- care, work-life balance and resilience will be examined to enable you to incorporate these within your practice and as part of an interdisciplinary team.

You will review patient safety and quality systems including policies and procedures, measurement and quality improvement, risk management, incident management systems, health care records and conflict resolution. Federal and private funding schemes will be analysed as a means to develop foundational understandings of the relationship between economy and health

Summary

Unit name	Concepts of Nursing 3: Transition to Practice
Unit code	NUR350
Credit points	12.5
College/School	College of Health and Medicine School of Nursing
Discipline	Nursing
Coordinator	Ms Andrea Miller
Available as an elective?
Delivered By	Delivered wholly by the provider

Availability

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Launceston	Nursing Study Period 2		Off-Campus	International	Domestic

Key

: On-campus
: Off-Campus
: International students
: Domestic students

Key Dates

Study Period	Start date	Census date	WW date	End date
Nursing Study Period 2	31/5/2021	16/6/2021	11/7/2021	20/8/2021

* 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 (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2021 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2021 will be available from the 1st October 2020. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

Assemble and critique supporting resources to assist your successful transition to practice.
Analyse the roles of management and leadership in nursing.
Examine quality improvement and risk management in health care.
Model professional written and verbal communication skills required by a registered nurse.

Fee Information

Field of Education	Commencing Student Contribution ^1,3	Grandfathered Student Contribution ^1,3	Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution ^2,3	Domestic Full Fee ⁴
060301	$493.00	$493.00	not applicable	$2,615.00

Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility³
FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility⁴

¹ Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
² Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
³ Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
⁴ Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

If you have any questions in relation to the fees, please contact UConnect or more information is available on StudyAssist.

Please note: international students should refer to What is an indicative Fee? to get an indicative course cost.

Requisites

Prerequisites

NUR138 Foundations of Nursing 2

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Details of teaching arrangements The unit is fully online and provides you with opportunities for synchronous and asynchronous interactions – peer to peer, student to teacher and teacher to student. You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self‐directed learning.You can interact with the online content at any time, which will be in a modularised format. Online tutorials/webinars will provide further opportunity to engage with instructors and peers and consolidate your knowledge of the online presentations and readings. The format and content of these sessions will be advertised through MyLO announcements. Whilst the unit calendar provides a weekly guide, it is expected that you set your own goals to meet the unit learning outcomes. In addition to MyLO, you will be required to use an electronic platform to support your learning journey, through developing your professional portfolio to display your work. On graduation, you will continue to have access to your professional portfolio.
Assessment	Interview Response. (30%)\|Delegation Plan. (30%)\|Discussion Paper (40%)
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

Details of teaching arrangements
The unit is fully online and provides you with opportunities for synchronous and asynchronous interactions – peer to peer, student to teacher and teacher to student. You are expected to devote around 10 hours per week to the study materials, assessment tasks and self‐directed learning.You can interact with the online content at any time, which will be in a modularised format. Online tutorials/webinars will provide further opportunity to engage with instructors and peers and consolidate your knowledge of the online presentations and readings. The format and content of these sessions will be advertised through MyLO announcements.
Whilst the unit calendar provides a weekly guide, it is expected that you set your own goals to meet the unit learning outcomes.
In addition to MyLO, you will be required to use an electronic platform to support your learning journey, through developing your professional portfolio to display your work.

On graduation, you will continue to have access to your professional portfolio.

Assessment

Interview Response. (30%)|Delegation Plan. (30%)|Discussion Paper (40%)

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.
Recommended	Guzys, D., Brown, R., Halcomb, E. and Whitehead, D., 2020. An introduction to community and primary health care. Cambridge University Press
Links	Booktopia textbook finder

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