| Effective Term: | 2025/20 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Specialty Emergency Nursing Practice |
| Unit ID: | HEAAN6604 |
| Credit Points: | 30.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (HEAAN6602 and HEAAN6603) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 060301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit explores the applied role of the advanced clinical nurse in the emergency care setting. Through this unit students will engage in the application of advanced level clinical reasoning in the emergency care clinical setting. This unit focuses on advanced level integration of theoretical knowledge of pathophysiology of illness and injury, advanced health assessment via a systems approach and application of evidence-based practice for the safe and high-quality care of the emergency patient across the lifespan. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | |  | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Correlate the sound understanding of pathophysiology as related to a health emergency, traumatic injury, or mental health crisis with clinical assessment findings, nursing priorities and interventions of patients presenting for emergency care. |
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| K2. | Demonstrate a sound knowledge of alterations or failure of various body systems for all patients presenting to the emergency department that informs triage practice and clinical reasoning of patient deterioration that supports patient care priorities and disposition. |
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| K3. | Critically evaluates and interprets health assessment data gained from nursing assessments, invasive monitoring and diagnostic findings to evaluate therapeutic interventions to inform ongoing emergency nursing priorities, interventions and evaluations of care. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate sound theoretical knowledge that informs clinical and practical skills of basic and advanced life support commensurate with the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation. |
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| S2. | Perform the required clinical skills, including triage, holistic health assessment, therapeutic monitoring, analysis and evaluation of interventions in the care of the emergency patient. |
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| S3. | Apply a professional and analytical approach to nursing the emergency patient and an understanding of the way in which nurses work in a specialist area to work effectively within interdisciplinary teams. |
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| S4. | Demonstrates a professional approach to nursing practice through holistic patient and family centred care and effective communication in the care of the emergency patient. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to the nursing management of a patient presenting to an emergency department. |
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| A2. | Gain the ability toengage in life-long learning through reflective practice and seek learning opportunities to keep abreast of digital and non-digital advances in healthcare and engagement with evidence-based practice. |
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| A3. | Apply leadership qualities during professional practice; and communicate in a professional and confidential manner with patients, their significant others and interdisciplinary team members to ensure optimal patient outcomes. |
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| Unit Content: |
This unit is designed to extend your knowledge and skills in Advanced Emergency Nursing Practice. The Practice Standards for the Specialist Emergency Nurse (2020), The National Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016); NMBA Code of Conduct for Nurses (2018) and International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics for Nurses (2021), NMBA Decision Making Framework (DMF) for Nursing and Midwifery (2022), National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017) and National Health Priority areas have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit. Topics may include: - Assessment and management of common presentations in the emergency department for patients across the lifespan
- Australasian Triage Scale principles and practice
- Basic and Advanced Life support principles and practice
- Application and interpretation of monitoring and diagnostics
- Discharge/transfer from the emergency department
- Health promotion and education in the emergency department
- Introduction to disaster preparedness
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | 1 - Yes |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, A1, A2 | Application of knowledge of a current emergency nursing practice topic of the student’s choosing. | Audio-visual presentation | 40-60% | | 2. | S3, S4, A2, A3 | Exploration and critical analysis of a contemporary issue for emergency nursing practice. | Written task | 40-60% | | 3. | K3, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3 | Ability to apply advanced level evidence-based theoretical knowledge, clinical reasoning, skills and reflective practice in an emergency department setting. | Clinical Practical Portfolio | HURDLE Ungraded Pass/Fail |
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