Unit Outline

Concepts of Nursing 3: Transition to Practice 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, resilience and conflict resolution will be examined to enable you to incorporate these within your practice and as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will identify elements that underpin a culture of patient safety and quality with a focus on application to practice as a graduate nurse.

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	Critically reflect on your future role as a capable, safe, professional registered nurse and the requirements to maintain capability throughout your career.
2	Critique the role of the graduate registered nurse including engagement in various dimensions of leadership, decision-making, scope of practice and delegation.
3	Discuss and apply safety and quality in health care through application to nursing practice.
4	Model professional written and verbal communication skills required by a registered nurse.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	NUR239 Nursing Practice 2

Alterations as a result of student feedback

This unit has been re-designed and evolved based on student and industry feedback, with the aim of enhancing student preparation for and transition to practice. An interdisciplinary approach, leveraging career development resources and frameworks will strengthen student ability and confidence in articulating and demonstrating their own Capability as a beginning level registered nurse.

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Discussion Paper	Week 3	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Nursing Conference Submission	Week 5	40 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Interview Response	Week 14	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Discussion Paper

Task Description:

In this task, you are required to write a self-reflective discussion paper which demonstrates an applied understanding of ‘Capability’ in Nursing.
You will select one of the nominated aspects of ‘Capability’, provide a brief description and justify why this is important in Nursing.
You will then be required to critically reflect on your own developing practice and discuss whether you regard this aspect of Capability as a strength or an area of challenge for you and why.
Finally, you will identify strategies that you will use to further develop or strengthen your Capability in this area as a new graduate nurse, justifying your strategies with reference to the scholarly literature.

Further details will be available to you via the MyLO site.

Due Week: Week 3 OR Week 8b as determined by student Professional Experience Placement.

Task Length:

1200 words

Due Date:

Week 3

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate understanding of Capability in Nursing with reference to the scholarly literature.	LO1, LO3
2	Demonstrate critical reflection and self-awareness of your developing professional Capability, utilising your own practice examples.	LO1, LO2
3	Develop strategies to inform and enhance practice as a beginning level registered nurse.	LO1, LO3
4	Adhere to academic writing conventions including APA7 referencing style.	LO4

Assessment Task 2: Nursing Conference Submission

Task Description:

In this assessment task you will be presenting to the School of Nursing Conference, an educational and networking event.

Further details will be available to you via the MyLO site.

Due Week: Week 5 OR Week 10 as determined by student Professional Experience Placement.

Task Length:

5 - 7 minutes

Due Date:

Week 5

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrates understanding of the selected theme during the presentation and when responding to questions.	LO1, LO2
2	Examines the theme in the context of the beginning level practitioner.	LO1
3	Presents in a clear and engaging manner.	LO3, LO4
4	Displays professionalism in personal presentation and conference engagement.	LO4

Assessment Task 3: 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 your PEP experiences and the unit content.
Further details are available via the MyLO site for this unit.

Task Length:

10 minutes

Due Date:

Week 14

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


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

How your final result is determined

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

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. 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.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

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. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.