Unit Outline

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

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


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

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	NUR138 Foundations of Nursing 2

Alterations as a result of student feedback

No alterations to the unit suggested by students since last delivery.

How will I be Assessed?

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
ASSESSMENT TASK 1:	Interview Response.	Week 7	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
ASSESSMENT TASK 2:	Delegation Plan.	Week 9	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
ASSESSMENT TASK 3:	Discussion Paper	Week 13	40 %	LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Interview Response.

TASK DESCRIPTION:

In this assessment task, you will be participating in an interview for a graduate position. To undertake this task, you will need to draw on the content from module one and two.

TASK LENGTH:

10 minutes

DUE DATE:

Week 7

WEIGHT:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Demonstrate the applicability of the NSQHS standards to practice.	LO3
2	Incorporate unit concepts and further reading to support your response.	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Employ the principles of STAR (situation, task, action/s and result) interview technique	LO1, LO4
4	Communicate in a professional manner	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Delegation Plan.

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Delegation is a complex process which requires professional judgement and decision making. This task requires you to read the case study provided on MyLO.

TASK LENGTH:

1000 words

DUE DATE:

Week 9

WEIGHT:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Apply the 5 rights of delegation and legal principles in the submitted plan.	LO2, LO3, LO4
2	Design a plan of action using evidence-informed sources	LO1, LO3, LO4
3	Apply the principles of teamwork	LO2
4	Write in a structured, succinct and well-informed manner, substantiating work with scholarly sources and accurate referencing.	LO4

Assessment Task 3: Discussion Paper

TASK DESCRIPTION:

Discussion Paper.
You will be required to respond to a topic relevant to current nursing issues. Further details are available via the MyLO site for this unit.

TASK LENGTH:

1200 words

DUE DATE:

Week 13

WEIGHT:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOME


1	Display insight into the topic with reference to scholarly literature	LO3
2	Utilises leadership principles to respond to contemporary issues within the nursing profession	LO2, LO4
3	Formulate strategies to respond to contemporary issues as a beginning level practitioner	LO3, LO4
4	Adhere to presentation conventions.	LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in the Learning Management System. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late Penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first.

Review of results and appeals

You are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and grading of your assessment task if there is an irregularity in the marking standards or an error in the process for determining the outcome of an assessment. Details on how to request a review of a mark for an assignment are outlined in the Review and Appeal of Academic Decisions Procedure.