HNN215 - Quality Use of Medicines

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Community Based Delivery (CBD)*, Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Deana Copley
Trimester 2: Chris Wakefield
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in D355, D381, D387, H326, H329
Previously:Quality Use of Medicines in Nursing
Campus contact:

Trimester 1:
Waterfront (Geelong): Matt Jackson

Trimester 2:
Burwood: Deana Copley
Waterfront (Geelong): Chris Wakefield
Warrnambool: Chris Wakefield 
CBD/NIKERI Institute: Mardhie Coleman

Prerequisite:

Must pass HNN114 and one of HNN122 or HNN124.

Note: Enrolled and/or Internationally qualified nurses may have altered prerequisite requirements. If required, course advice can be sought from health-enquire@deakin.edu.au

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will spend on average 150 hours over the trimester undertaking synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning activities for this unit.

This will include 14 hours synchronous learning activities and 14 hours of guided asynchronous learning activities.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 2 hour seminar in weeks 1 - 7

Note:

*National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute students only.

Content

This unit forms part of the Critical Understandings Cluster. In this unit students’ understanding of quality use and safe administration of medicines within a range of contexts will be expanded. Students will have the opportunity to further extend their knowledge of pharmacology and the principles of quality use of medicines in health care.

A focus of this unit will be the registered nurse’s role in administration, patient education and ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of medicines across the lifespan, and as patients’ transition through health care settings. The importance of engaging patients in their own medication management will be a focus throughout this unit.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Describe the role of the nurse in ensuring safe, person-centred medicine management.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship:

ULO2

Distinguish between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and explain the ways in which medicines can produce therapeutic actions in the body.

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Explain the actions of major medicine classes to describe their therapeutic applications and potential adverse effects.

GLO4: Critical thinking

Assessment

Trimester 1 and Trimester 2:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Online tests

3 x 20 minute online tests

20%
  • Weeks 3, 5, & 7
Assessment 2: Presentation Information not yet available 30%
  • Week 8
Assessment 3: Examination 90 minutes 50%
  • End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN215 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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