Course Coordinator:Christopher Kingswell (ckingswe@usc.edu.au) School:School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Online |
Online | You can do this course without coming onto campus, unless your program has specified a mandatory onsite requirement. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
Building on the course responding in the Emergency Context, this course aims to increase your knowledge in the principles required for the coordination of care of multiple clients in the emergency context as well as the management of multiple casualty situations. Communication and advocacy in relation to such coordination is emphasised. You will be required to demonstrate advanced procedural skills relevant to the care of critically ill patients and will be expected to have access to workplace based clinical experience. Essential to emergency care and included in this course are advanced communication skills and clinical problem solving skills.
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Online | 2hrs | Not applicable | Not Yet Determined |
Complex emergency situations - Global
Complex emergency situations - National
Complex emergency situations - Local
700 Level (Specialised)
12 units
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
| 1 | Analyse the specialty nursing role within the emergency department. |
Knowledgeable Empowered |
| 2 | Critique and analyse available evidence and apply it to the care of a patient with complex needs within an emergency department. |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker |
| 3 | Analyse available evidence and apply it to a the coordination of nursing teams caring for multiple patients within an emergency department. |
Creative and critical thinker Empowered |
| 4 | Analyse and evaluate evidence of external emergencies and prioritise actions for emergency department nursing teams to respond to patient surges. |
Knowledgeable Creative and critical thinker |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Enrolled in Program SC741 or SC742
Not applicable
Not applicable
It is recommended students have completed NUR705.
Not applicable
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Three online teleconferences will be held in the first four weeks of semester so that students can discuss their progress with Assessment Task 1. Written and verbal feedback will be provided to assist students to understand the rubric and review student work.
| 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 | 1 | Essay | Individual | 25% | 2000 words |
Week 5 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 2 | Literature Review (or component) | Individual | 40% | 2000 words |
Week 9 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Artefact - Creative | Individual | 35% | 10 minutes |
Week 13 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
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| Goal: | The goal is for you to demonstrate your knowledge of the scope of practice of specialist nursing in the context of emergency department care. This knowledge will assist you in the application to particular emergency care contexts and situations. |
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| Format: | In an essay format you will analyse the role of specialist nursing in emergency departments. You will consider the key practices and skills required for safe capable practice in triage, appraise nurse initiated diagnostic testing and treatments and compare and contrast different tools and approaches that are applied to the care and management of complex patient presentations in emergency departments and general wards.You will examine these aspects of specialist emergency department nursing taking into consideration professional and ethical standards for practice. |
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| Goal: | The goal is for you to review and evaluate recent evidence regarding the treatment and management of a complex care patient within an emergency department. |
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| Format: | This is an individual assignment. The electronic poster will be in a format to meet the submission requirements for a nursing conference or seminar. The electronic poster will be submitted as a powerpoint slide. Presenters may choose to add a pre-recorded narration of one minute duration. Narration should focus on aim, key findings, conclusion and application to practice . |
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| Goal: | You will analyse the role and responsibilities of the emergency nurse team leader and determine what actions are necessary to respond to an external emergency. |
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| Format: | This 10 minute audiovisual presentation is an individual assignment. The audiovisual presentation can be in the form of an MP4 file, a narrated Powerpoint presentation or another platform upon negotiation. The presentation will be aimed at educating junior registered nurses preparing for the emergency nurse team leader role. |
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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.
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.
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Curtis, K & Ramsden, C, | 2015 | Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics | 2nd Edition | Elsevier, Sydney |
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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.
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