Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Preparation for Practice and Leadership

Credit Points: 12.00

Important Information:

 

 


Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

NURS2155

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

150H Health Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2011,
Sem 2 2012,
Sem 1 2013,
Sem 1 2015,
Sem 1 2016

NURS2155

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024,
Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Dr. Jianxia Zhai

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: jianxia.zhai@rmit.edu.au


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 information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

This capstone course will prepare you for your transition into professional practice as a Registered Nurse. You will explore the many facets of working within a contemporary health care organisation. Using a systems theory approach, you will consider clinical governance, and health organisations. You will consider the notion of risk management and quality improvement as applied to nursing practice. Workplace issues such as change, conflict management, self-care in relation to stress and responsibilities associated with delegation will also be addressed. You will be required to integrate your prior and concurrent nursing knowledge, skills and their application to transition-to-practice


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for the Bachelor of Nursing Program BP032 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

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


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Identify the requirements to be met for entry into the professional practice role, including knowledge of the documentation required to support the graduate application process.
  2. Review the processes and structures that support the role of the Graduate Nurse in transition.
  3. Predict potential challenges and considerations you may meet as you embrace your career choice, identify relevant management strategies and explain the potential impact of stress, reality shock and burn out on the individual and the team.
  4. Discuss the notion of the “team” and identify the barriers and facilitators that influence team cohesiveness and performance.
  5. Elaborate on the role of the nurse in Lifelong Learning, Continuing Quality Improvement and Risk Management.
  6. Examine the responsibility of the professional nurse to maintain continuing competence throughout their career as a requirement of registration.


Overview of Learning Activities

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

Learning activities may include modalities such as lectures, tutorials, podcasts and Lectopia/ Echo 306, Blogs and discussion board and group work.  

Lectures: 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 research and nursing practice. You will be expected to participate in classroom discussions and to contribute to the learning experiences of your student colleagues.

Assessments are designed to require you to demonstrate a critical analysis of the core principles presented in the course. Assessment completed in the first half of the semester will provide feedback on your progress. Ongoing feedback on your knowledge and application will be provided from peers and academic staff. Feedback to students is provided in a variety of ways including verbal and group feedback. Individual feedback is not always provided in a written format.

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 a 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

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Quiz
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Written Paper
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3, 4 & 6

Assessment Task 3: Assignment
Weighting 50%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6

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.