Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Medical and Surgical Nursing 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS2096

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 2 2013,
Sem 2 2014,
Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

NURS2096

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

NURS2107

Sale Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010

NURS2108

Hamilton Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2006,
Sem 2 2007,
Sem 2 2008,
Sem 2 2009,
Sem 2 2010,
Sem 2 2011

Course Coordinator: Caitlin Morse

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7476

Course Coordinator Email: caitlin.morse@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 220.04.033


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses 

Successful completion of

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course. 

For your information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

Required Concurrent Study

You should undertake following course/s at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

This course will build on the knowledge and skills you have learned in NURS2100 Medical and Surgical Nursing 1. In this course you will consider nursing and associated care for patients with an increased variety of specific disease processes. You will utilise your bioscience learning to extend your knowledge base of the pathophysiological processes taking place in the patient. Your ability to prescribe and undertake a variety of nursing interventions to contribute to clinical care of patients will be enhanced. Nursing skills will be developed in the clinical laboratories using skill demonstration and simulated clinical practice. The course will require you to critically reflect on your clinical practice and use of current research to provide a rationale for your nursing practice.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the BP032 Bachelor of Nursing Program in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Australia, Registered Nurse Standards for Practice:

  • PLO 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
  • PLO 2: Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
  • PLO 3: Maintains the capability for practice
  • PLO 4: Comprehensively conducts assessments
  • PLO 5: Develops a plan for nursing practice
  • PLO 6: Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
  • PLO 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2016) Registered nurse standards for practice. Melbourne, Australia


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Discuss acute and chronic alterations in health from a pathophysiological perspective;
  2. Employ health assessment and nursing management in the planning and care of chronically and acutely ill patients;
  3. Develop nursing knowledge and skills to be able to care for a patient with an acute illness;
  4. Relate the pathophysiology of specific disease states to the manifestations of signs and symptoms;
  5. Describe the nursing management of specific disease states commonly encountered in healthcare;
  6. Recognise nursing support needs of the patient and significant others throughout acute episodes of care;
  7. Demonstrate (by means of simulated practice) the application of requisite nursing knowledge and skills for the acutely ill patient.


Overview of Learning Activities

This course will use a range of learning activities including online lectures, discussions and self-directed learning. Throughout the course you will be able to work independently and in groups to aid development of your theoretical knowledge and its application to clinical practice.

Learning activities may include modalities such as lectures, lectorials, discussion board forums and practice laboratories.

Lectures: Recorded lectures and lecture notes are the principal mode of content delivery and will present you with the key concepts and information relevant to the understanding of nursing the acutely ill patient.

Self-Directed Learning: Self-directed learning activities associated with this course are designed to enable you to better develop independent learning skills to support your commitment to lifelong learning as a nursing professional and a university graduate. The self-directed learning activities will also support your knowledge of the material covered in the formal learning program and enhance the consolidation and application of that knowledge.

RMIT have state of the art simulated learning facilities for student learning and practice. You will participate in simulated practice within these facilities in preparation for placement. As part of participation you may be filmed for learning, teaching, reflection and assessment and this is considered an inherent part of our learning and teaching program. Recordings will be maintained in accordance with our assessment, document retention and privacy policies.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course. 


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. 

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

This course contains hurdle requirements. All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

A hurdle requirement is necessary in order to demonstrate to the accrediting body that students are competent and are being sufficiently assessed against practice-focused professional standards throughout the course of their program.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Formative Quiz
Weighting 15% 
This assessment task supports CLO 1

Assessment Task 2: Vsim scenarios (x5) and written assignment 
Weighting 35% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 

Assessment Task 3: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and Skills Laboratory Attendance (HURDLE)
Weighting 50% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.