| Effective Term: | 2026/08 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Care of Children and Adolescents |
| Unit ID: | NURBN3102 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 060301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit prepares students to deliver safe, compassionate, and developmentally appropriate care to infants, children, adolescents, and their families. Emphasis is placed on the nurse’s role in recognising normal and abnormal developmental milestones and applying age-appropriate, evidence-based interventions in paediatric care. Students will explore principles of family-centred and strengths-based care, with a focus on engaging families as partners to support the health and wellbeing of children across a range of clinical and community settings. The unit highlights the physical, emotional, and social needs of younger populations and guides students in creating holistic care plans that are responsive to each child’s stage of development. Students will also develop practical skills through case studies and simulated scenarios and examine strategies for health promotion and illness prevention tailored to children and families. By the end of the unit, students will be equipped to advocate for and deliver person- and family-centred care that supports the growth, development, and health of children and adolescents. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| 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. | Describe the growth and developmental milestones of children and young people including relevant anatomy and physiology. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Analyse the physiological alterations and nursing care interventions associated with acute and chronic illness, as well as disabilities in children and adolescents. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Evaluate age-appropriate health promotion strategies aimed at illness prevention for children, adolescents, and their families, and critically analyse their effectiveness in diverse clinical and community settings. |
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| A2. | Apply the principles of family-centred and trauma-informed care in the assessment, planning, and delivery of nursing care for children and their families from diverse backgrounds. |
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| Unit Content: |
The following key standards have guided the content development of this unit: - NMBA Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (Registered nurse standards for practice, Midwife standards for practice, Code of conduct, and ICN Code of ethics for nurses)
- NSQHS National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- National Safety and Quality Primary and Community
- ACQS Aged Care Quality Standards
- National Health Priority Areas
- The Prescribing Competencies Framework
Content may include: - Growth & Development across childhood & adolescence
- Family-centred & Trauma-informed care in paediatrics
- Common acute paediatric illnesses & recognising deterioration
- Chronic illness & paediatric palliative care
- Health promotion & illness prevention in children & adolesecents
- Caring for diverse paediatric populations, discharge planning & continuing care
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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 the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | S1 | Medical Calculation | MedSafe | S/U Hurdle | | 2. | K1, A2 | Critically analyse an AI generated care plan | Written Assessment | 40-60% | | 3. | S1, A1 | Evaluate or develop an aged-appropriate health promotion | Asynchronous Oral Presentation | 40-60% | | 4. | K1, S1, A1, A2 | Attendance at Active Learning Sessions | 80% Attendance at Active Learning Sessions | S/U Hurdle | | 5. | K1, S1, A1, A2 | Attendance/attempt at all assessments | 100% Attendance/attempt at assessments 1 and 2 | S/U Hurdle | | 6. | K1, S1, A1, A2 | Attendance at Clinical Laboratories | 100% Attendance at Clinical Laboratories | S/U Hurdle |
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