NUR 2020 Medical Surgical Nursing 1

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RATIONALE:

Medical surgical nursing comprises a large proportion of nursing practice. Students need to be able to integrate and apply the knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology relevant to the appropriate nursing interventions for the person, be they an adult or child, who is experiencing various levels of vulnerability due to compromised integrity of their normal health status.

SYNOPSIS:

This course applies the concepts of vulnerability and maintenance of integrity to examine the management of nursing care for individuals in various settings, across the lifespan. The broad causal factors of disease and the pathophysiology that leads to vulnerability in health are examined. Strategies that nurses can use to minimize the vulnerability of clients' health are developed in tutorials and laboratories and are applied during the compulsory 40 hours of clinical practice. Specifically this course uses the concepts of homeostasis as the point of departure to enable students to support clients through episodes of short-term vulnerability, and to keep clients in holistic balance. This is achieved by building on and extending the content covered in Introductory Nursing 1 and 2. Topics covered include: the concepts of homeostasis and fluid balance, diagnostic work ups, altered immune response, cancer care, perioperative care and pain management.

OBJECTIVES:

On completion of this course students will be able to:

1. demonstrate a sound knowledge of the pathophysiology, pharmacology and nursing care related to the course content areas;
2. identify and discuss the action, dosage, adverse effects and patient teaching related to therapeutic drug regimes;
3. integrate and apply knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology and the collaborative role of nursing by proposing and demonstrating safe and effective nursing interventions for case presentations of patients with medical and surgical conditions in written form (exams and assignment), in skills lab scenarios, and in clinical practice;
4. plan, implement and evaluate safe and appropriate nursing care for vulnerable clients experiencing compromised health by using systematic data collection and effective clinical reasoning strategies, incorporating evidenced-based practice;
5. for laboratory classes and clinical practice, demonstrate the psychomotor and interpersonal skills necessary to safely undertake clinical experience;
6. demonstrate satisfactory completion of 40 hours of clinical experience as evidenced by documentation of accomplishment of all objectives on the clinical evaluation tool; and
7. demonstrate appropriate professional communication in written and verbal form.

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TEXT and MATERIALS required to be PURCHASED or accessed:

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NOTES:

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Please refer to the course examiner for information about clinical experience.

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Clinical psychomotor skills must be complete by the due date given

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The examination date will be available during the semester. Please refer to the examination timetable when published.

4.

The examination date will be available during the semester. Please refer to the examination timetable when published.

IMPORTANT ASSESSMENT INFORMATION

1. Attendance requirements:
   It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures, tutorials, laboratories and practical work) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. Students must complete 40 hours of clinical experience as partial fulfillment of Queensland Nursing Council requirements for registration. To maximise their chances of satisfying the objectives of the practical component of the course, students must attend and actively participate in 100% of the tutorial and laboratory sessions in the course.
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   To complete the psychomotor skills satisfactorily, students must obtain a level of 'satisfactory' as documented in the Tollefson manual thus gaining the 1 mark for psychomotor skills. To complete the assignment satisfactorily, students must obtain at least 50% of the marks available for the assignment. To complete the examination satisfactorily, students must obtain at least 50% of the marks available for the examination. To complete the Clinical Experience satisfactorily, students must complete 40 hours of Clinical Experience as organized by the Nursing Department and obtain a satisfactory standard on the performance evaluation profile thus gaining the 1 mark for Clinical Experience. Clinical Experience will be provided on the basis that students: a) meet attendance requirements, b) hold a current CPR certificate, c) have a current confidentiality form on file, d) have an immunization record on file, and e) have completed and submitted a Queensland Health Checklist.
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   If students submit assignments after the due date without prior approval then a penalty of 10% of the total marks gained by the student for the assignment will apply for each working day late.
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must: a) obtain a mark of 1 for clinical experience; b) obtain a mark of 1 for the psychomotor skills; c) submit all of the summative assessment items,and d) achieve at least 50% in the examination and at least 50% of the available weighted marks for the combined summative assessment items. Students who obtain an overall passing mark, but who do not perform satisfactorily in an examination or other piece of assessment, may, at the discretion of the examiner, be granted a supplementary piece of assessment. Students will be granted a supplementary examination or other piece of assessment only if they perform satisfactorily in all other assessment items. It is expected that such students will have gained at least 45% of the total marks available for all summative assessment items.
5. Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
   The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the weighted aggregate of the marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course.
6. Examination information:
   The only materials that candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course are: calculators which cannot hold textual information (students must indicate on their examination paper the make and model of any calculator(s) they use during the examination; Translation dictionary. Students whose first language is not English, may, with the Examiner's approval, take an appropriate non-electronic translation dictionary into the examination. Students who wish to use a translation dictionary MUST request and receive written approval from the Examiner at least one week before the examination date. Translation dictionaries will be subject to perusal and may be removed from the candidate's possession until appropriate disciplinary action is completed if found to contain material that could give the candidate an unfair advantage.
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   Any Deferred or Supplementary examinations for this course will be held in the third week of the semester following this course offering and the examiner will advise students involved in writing of the date time and location of any such examination.
8. University Regulations:
   Students should read USQ Regulations 5.1 Definitions, 5.6. Assessment, and 5.10 Academic Misconduct for further information and to avoid actions which might contravene University Regulations. These regulations can be found at the URL http://www.usq.edu.au/corporateservices/calendar/part5.htm or in the current USQ Handbook.

ASSESSMENT NOTES

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1. Students of clinical courses need to be certain they have submitted the following documents to the Faculty Office to ensure they will be allowed to proceed to a clinical placement - Current CPR Certification, Completion of the Queensland Health Orientation and submission of the checklist, Hepatitis B titre declaration and Confidentiality Form.