This Course will provide students with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required by nurses in the provision of person-centred care for persons experiencing an acute illness, requiring hospitalisation and/or surgery, for conditions involving the cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, digestive and musculoskeletal systems. Students will consolidate their understanding of the clinical reasoning cycle and apply the cycle to persons with medical or surgical admissions, across the lifespan. Students will refine assessment skills to conduct focused, person-centred assessments and interpret and analyse findings to inform a person-centred plan of care. Students will develop and demonstrate competent technical skills including hospital admission, care of patients requiring: surgical interventions, intravenous fluids and oxygen therapy, and who have an interruption in skin integrity, who are experiencing acute pain and require hemodynamic monitoring. Students will be introduced to the discipline of patient safety, the process of open disclosure and will explore the role of non-technical skills including teamwork, communication, stress and fatigue, situational awareness, organisation and leadership in safe person-centred care; as well as the concept of the deteriorating patient and how to recognise and report this phenomenon and explore and implement strategies to work as an effective team member in different types of healthcare teams in the clinical environment. Students will extend and refine their skills of reflective practice and develop a deep understanding of the legal, professional and ethical standards and behaviours required to be an efficient and effective nurse as part of the healthcare team. Communication topics will include reflective writing skills and an introduction to assertiveness and negotiation skills.
A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a student contribution band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).
2024 contribution amount* -
$555
2024 contribution amount - continuing student who commenced before 1 Jan 2021* -
$555
* for Clinical Psychology (Clin Psych) & Professional Pathways (Prof Path) bands the contribution amount is determined by accredited course. Students in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work accredited courses should visit our CSP page for further information.
Note: The Job-ready Graduates Package introduced new funding clusters and contribution amounts from the 2021 academic year. If you are a continuing student who commenced before 1 January 2021 studying units in disciplines with increased contribution amounts, you will continue paying the same amount (indexed each year) as you would have. For further information visit the Australia Government's Study Assist website.
These places are offered for postgraduate studies or to CSP ineligible students and tuition fees are not subsidised by the Australian Government. Domestic postgraduate tuition fees are course-based annual fees and the unit fee you pay will vary according to the degree you are studying. To find out more about domestic tuition fees and view the relevant fee schedule visit our fees website.
International tuition fees are course-based annual fees and the unit fee you pay will vary according to the degree you are studying. To find out more about international tuition fees and view the relevant fee schedule visit our fees website.
It is important to check unit delivery details including location and census date, prior to making decisions about enrolment. Detailed semester and census date information can be found on the Important Dates page.