Course Outline

NUR272 End of Life Care

Course Coordinator:Andrea Thawley (athawley@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health - Nursing

2024Session 4

Online

Online You can do this course without coming onto campus.

Please go to usc.edu.au for up to date information on the
teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.

What is this course about?

Description

This course explores end of life care across the life span. You will develop knowledge and skills for caring for people with life limiting illnesses and their families. Using a case-based approach you will apply models of care to nursing practice in a range of clinical settings. You will examine the principles of Social Justice and person-centred care, and the NSQHS standards, Aged Care and National Palliative Care standards as they apply to care at the end of life. You will apply professional and ethical nursing practice within a palliative approach to meet the challenges for people and their families with life limiting illnesses.

How will this course be delivered?

Activity Hours Beginning Week Frequency
Online
Online – Online asynchronous learning and teaching materials and options for lecturer and peer to peer collaborations, and lecturer and peer zoom drop ins. 5hrs Week 1 8 times

Course Topics

  • Principles of palliative and end-of-life care.
  • Communicating with people affected by life-limiting illness.
  • Communicating with people affected by life-limiting illness/healthcare professionals.
  • Principles of symptom assessment and management in palliative and end-of-life care.
  • Practice of symptom assessment and management in palliative and end-of-life care.
  • Diversity and culute in palliative and end-of-life care provision.
  • Optimising physical and psychological function in palliative and end-of-life care
  • Optimising social function in palliative and end-of-life care.

 

What level is this course?

200 Level (Developing)

Building on and expanding the scope of introductory knowledge and skills, developing breadth or depth and applying knowledge and skills in a new context. May require pre-requisites where discipline specific introductory knowledge or skills is necessary. Normally, undertaken in the second or third full-time year of an undergraduate programs.

What is the unit value of this course?

12 units

How does this course contribute to my learning?

Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... Professional Standard Mapping * Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
1 Describe and apply approaches to end-of-life clinical care in a range of settings for people living with life limiting illnesses across the lifespan. Knowledgeable
Engaged
1, 3.7, 5, 5.2, 6, 6.1, 6.5, 7
2 Apply professional, ethical and contemporary standards as you assess and plan nursing interventions to support decision making about end-of-life care. Creative and critical thinker
Ethical
1, 3.7, 5, 5.2, 6, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 7
3 Apply evidenced-based nursing knowledge to describe holistic person-centred care to people living with life limiting illnesses and their families. Creative and critical thinker
Ethical
Engaged
1, 3.7, 5, 5.2, 6, 6.1, 6.5, 7
4 Use the principles of Social Justice to address the identified needs of those who are underserved by mainstream approaches to end-of-life care. Knowledgeable
Creative and critical thinker
Empowered
1, 3.7, 5, 5.2, 6, 6.1, 6.5, 7
5 Apply principles and practices of academic writing and referencing. Ethical
1, 3.7, 7
6 Demonstrate ethical use of intellectual property. Ethical

                                    

* Competencies by Professional Body

CODE COMPETENCY
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
1 Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
3.7 The RN identifies and promotes the integral role of nursing practice and the profession in influencing better health outcomes for people
5 Standard 5: Develops a plan for nursing practice
5.2 The RN collaboratively constructs nursing practice plans until contingencies, options priorities, goals, actions, outcomes and timeframes are agreed with the relevant persons
6 Standard 6: Provides safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
6.1 The RN provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
6.3 The RN appropriately delegates aspects of practice to enrolled nurses and others, according to enrolled nurse’s scope of practice or others’ clinical or non- clinical roles
6.5 The RN practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7 Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

Am I eligible to enrol in this course?

Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.

Pre-requisites

Enrolled in Program SC391, SC392

Co-requisites

Not applicable

Anti-requisites

Not applicable

Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)

Not applicable

How am I going to be assessed?

Grading Scale

Standard Grading (GRD)

High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL).

Details of early feedback on progress

In the learning materials there are quizzes that are embedded in the content that allow you to understand your comprehension of key concepts. As you engage with them you will receive feedback that will prepare you for each assessment.

Assessment tasks

Delivery mode Task No. Assessment Product Individual or Group Weighting % What is the duration / length? When should I submit? Where should I submit it?
All 1a Quiz/zes Individual 25%
30 minutes
Week 3 Online Test (Quiz)
All 1b Quiz/zes Individual 25%
30 mins
Week 5 Online Test (Quiz)
All 2 Case Study Individual 50%
2000 words
Week 8 Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check
All - Assessment Task 1a:Assessment Task 1a: Quiz 1
Goal:
The goal of this assessment is to apply your knowledge of the principles and communication practice in palliative and end-of-life care introduced in the first three weeks of the Course.
Product: Quiz/zes
Format:
25 multiple-choice questions
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1
Identify the relevance of core principles and regulatory documents in
end-of-life care.
1
2
Demonstrate understanding of the key concepts of end-of-life care.
2
3
Identify the influences on nursing practice in end-of-life care communication.
3
All - Assessment Task 1b:Assessment Task 1b: Quiz 2
Goal:
The goal of this assessment is to apply your knowledge of the principles and communication practices in palliative and end-of-life care introduced in the first three weeks of the Course.
Product: Quiz/zes
Format:
25 multiple-choice questions
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1
Identify the relevance of core principles and regulatory documents in end-of-life care.
1
2
Demonstrate understanding of the key concepts of end-of-life care.
2
3
Identify the influences on nursing practice in end-of-life communication.
3
All - Assessment Task 2:Case Study
Goal:
The goal of this assessment is for you to apply knowledge to practice in a selected case study to demonstrate skills in assessment and person-centred care planning.
Product: Case Study
Format:
You will present a written case study report in a format that will be provided to you. 
You will use the current APA7 referencing style.
Criteria:
No. Learning Outcome assessed
1
Demonstrate accurate assessment of the holistic needs of a person living with a life-limiting illness and their family.
1 4
2
Demonstrate critical thinking in the decision making and care planning informed by this assessment.
1 3
3
Explore aspects of the case study that might present challenges to care provision.
2
4
Identify potential stressors on nurses in the context of the case study and explain possible self-care strategies.
2
5
Application of the principles and practices of academic writing and referencing.
5
6
Demonstration of ethical use of intellectual property.
6

Directed study hours

A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.

What resources do I need to undertake this course?

Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.

Prescribed text(s) or course reader

There are no required/recommended resources for this course.

Specific requirements

Not applicable

How are risks managed in this course?

Health and safety risks for this course have been assessed as low. It is your responsibility to review course material, search online, discuss with lecturers and peers and understand the health and safety risks associated with your specific course of study and to familiarise yourself with the University’s general health and safety principles by reviewing the online induction training for students, and following the instructions of the University staff.

What administrative information is relevant to this course?

Assessment: Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation.  It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline.  This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.

Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person.  You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.

In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin.  This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.

Assessment: Additional Requirements

Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment

Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying:

The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4%
The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale
You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct.

Assessment: Submission penalties

Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: 
- 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 
- 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. 
- A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.

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For help with course-specific advice, for example what information to include in your assessment, you should first contact your tutor, then your course coordinator, if needed.

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