HNN743 - Principles of Complex Intraoperative Nursing Care

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Semester 2: Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Semester 2: Tarryn Armour
Cohort rule:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in one of the following courses: H572, H672, H568, H668, H771.

Prerequisite:

For student enrolled in H568, H572, H668, H672 and H771: must have completed HNN740.

Corequisite:

For student enrolled in H572, H672, H771: HNN742.

Incompatible with: Nil
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

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

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Theoretical component 10-13 hours per week - a combination online seminars (3 hours) and self-guided modules (7-10 hours). Students are also required to complete a minimum of 24 hours a week in specialty clinical practice in their employing hospital.

In-person attendance requirements:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including up to 10
synchronous online seminar days that are recorded and made available to
students on demand.

Content

This unit focuses on further developing the speciality knowledge, skills and professional behaviours required for intraoperative nursing practice. There is a focus on the student’s ability to manage complex and special populations and to identify risk and inform decisions that deliver safe, high quality nursing care in order to promote optimal patient outcomes.

This unit covers the role of specialist intraoperative nurse in comprehensively managing patients across the life cycle undergoing surgery in relation to the concepts and principles of intraoperative techniques in complex and specialty populations; assessment and management of elective and emergency patients undergoing complex and specialty surgical procedures; and applying core principles of intraoperative practice in a range of novel, ill-structured, complex time critical surgical cases.

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

ULO1

Apply advanced principles and practices of intraoperative nursing to provide safe person-centred care during specialist surgery.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Apply surgical anatomy relevant to specialist surgical procedures and the role of the intraoperative nurse.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Integrate specialist surgical knowledge and skills to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe person-centred care according to professional standards.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Apply advanced clinical judgment, planning and problem-solving skills to provide safe person-centred intraoperative nursing care.

GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Digital presentation/ ePoster / Infographic 1500 words 40%
  • Week 6
Assessment 2: Clinical Assessment Clinical performance/800 words Hurdle Pass/Fail
20%
  • Formative: Week 7
  • Summative: Week 14
Assessment 3: End-of-Unit Assessment 2 hours 40%
  • End-of-unit assessment period

Both the theoretical and clinical components of the assessment must be passed in order to successfully gain an overall pass in this unit. Clinical assessments form part of the assessment of this unit. Recognition of the importance of clinical assessments is calculated in the overall student workload.

Note: Failure of a compulsory practicum component in a unit will normally lead to exclusion.

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.

Hurdle requirement

  • Assessment 2: Clinical assessments Pass/Fail

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN743 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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