Course Title: Professional Experience Practice 5

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Professional Experience Practice 5

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

 

 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS1153

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2006,
Sem 1 2007,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 1 2008,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 1 2011,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 1 2012,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 2 2013,
Summer2014,
Sem 1 2014,
Sem 2 2014,
Summer2015,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 1 2016,
Sem 2 2016

NURS1153

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

Sem 1 2017,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024

NURS1990

Hamilton Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012

NURS2141

Sale Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 1 2009,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 1 2010,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011

Flexible Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS1153

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

UGRDFlex18 (All)

NURS1153

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

UGRDFx2019 (XXXX)

NURS1153

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

UGRDFx2020 (ZZZZ)

NURS1153

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

UGRDFlex22 (ZZZZ),

UGRDFlex22 (All)

Course Coordinator: Nichole Orwin

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5825

Course Coordinator Email: nichole.orwin2@rmit.edu.au


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses 

Successful completion of

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Required Concurrent Study

You should undertake following course/s at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

This course is identified by RMIT University as a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a clinical workplace context, feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

This is a capstone course with the focus being transition to professional practice. Students will undertake a supervised professional placement in a prearranged clinical setting for a prescribed period of time. Students will work with a registered nurse in the healthcare team to continue building on acute care and/or mental health nursing skills acquired in preceding and current semesters with the view to transitioning to a beginning practitioner. Students will work towards providing nursing care for a full patient load under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, developing independent thinking skills required for time management and prioritisation of nursing care.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability you should contact the Program Coordinator or the Equitable Services Unit for further advice. Students need to be able to meet the inherent requirements of the program.

At any time prior to or during your placement if there are concerns raised related to your fitness to practice the clinical coordinator can request that you gain full medical clearance to continue your placement.

You will be notified of specific placement details as early as possible via InPlace. The placement information is subject to change at any time up until placement, so please check your student e-mail account daily. Please note: You may have to travel up to two (2) hours (one way) to attend the clinical venue allocated.

 

Work Integrated Learning:

Students enrolled in this course will be required to undertake placement as part of the assessment of the course.  A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement.  Further details on each of these are available in Part B of the Course Guide and on MyRMIT. 

  • National Police check 
  • Working with Children Check 
  • Annual TB screen, Influenza vaccination and STEM student immunisation form and COVID vaccination certificate 
  • RMIT student deed (annual requirement) 
  • SHBS authorisation form 
  • NDIS screening check 

There is no flexibility with these requirements.  It is your responsibility to ensure THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE COMPLETED.  Any student who has not provided this information in full will not be able to attend placement and will receive a fail grade for the placement course. A fail grade for the course will result in a delay of your program progression. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course will contribute to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP032 (Bachelor of Nursing) in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia Registered Nurse Standards for Practice:

  • Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
  • Standard 2: Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
  • Standard 3: Maintains the capability for practice
  • Standard 4: Comprehensively conducts assessments
  • Standard 5: Develops a plan for nursing practice
  • Standard 6: Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
  • Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

(Reference Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2016) Registered nurse standards for practice. Melbourne, Australia)


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Plan and implement culturally relevant and age specific nursing care for up to a full patient load with support from the registered nurse, considering time management and prioritisation of nursing care required of a beginning practitioner.
  2. Appropriately apply Occupational Health and Safety risk management measures in the clinical setting.
  3. Employ effective communication skills with clinical nursing staff and the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
  4. Apply clinical reasoning within the context of evidence-based nursing care to provide optimal outcomes for patients. Including recognition of reporting in a timely manner to ensure clinical or academic judgement.
  5. Assess, administer and evaluate pharmacological therapies under the direct supervision of the registered nurse, recognising the potential problems associated with drug interactions and adverse reactions.
  6. Demonstrate the ability to effectively evaluate your nursing care against the patient care requirements.


Overview of Learning Activities

This course is a Work Integrated Learning course that will be conducted in the healthcare setting. Students will be required to undertake 200 hours of supervised nursing practice in a designated clinical setting under the direct supervision of a registered nurse. As support and preparation for this WIL experience there will also be clinical preparation time allocated throughout the semester as a timetabled learning experience.

Students will actively participate in patient care as part of the health care team during all WIL experiences.

Independent Learning: In line with the professional responsibility for active life-long learning you are expected to undertake self-directed learning activities during this time to develop and consolidate knowledge obtained during the WIL experience.

The activities associated with this course are designed to enable students to apply acute care and/or mental health clinical skills and knowledge in a supported supervised clinical setting, building on theoretical learning from preceding and current semesters. 

RMIT have state of the art simulated learning facilities for student learning and practice. You will participate in simulated practice within these facilities in preparation for placement. You may be filmed for learning, teaching, reflection and assessment and this is considered an inherent part of our learning and teaching program. Recordings will be maintained in accordance with our assessment, document retention and privacy policies.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

All assessments are required to be completed for a pass mark in this course. This clinical course awards a pass or fail mark.

All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

Hurdle requirements are required in order to provide evidence of competency to the accrediting organisation the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Pre placement WIL Passport documentation requirements
The pre-placement WIL passport documentation is required for students to go on placements. Professional Placement Passport documentation requirements
Professional Placement Passport documentations are required for students to be eligible to attend clinical placement.  
Satisfactory Pass (PX) / Unsatisfactory (NH) (HURDLE) 
This assessment task supports CLO 2

Assessment Task 2: 200 hours of this Professional Experience Placement and the completion of a formative (interim) and summative (final) Australian Nursing Standards Assessment Tool (ANSAT)
Satisfactory Pass (PX) / Unsatisfactory Fail (NN)
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Supervised Laboratory Practice attendance
Satisfactory Pass (PX) / Unsatisfactory (NH) (HURDLE)
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3 & 4

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.