School Of Nursing And MidwiferyProfessional Practice Experience 5Western Sydney University Unit Code: 401016.3
Discipline: GENERAL NURSING
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Year 1 and Year 2 Undergraduate Nursing Studies
Prerequisite
Pre-requisites for 4691: 401000 Professional Practice Experience 1, 401004 Professional Practice Experience 2, 401008 Professional Practice Experience 3 and 401012 Professional Practice Experience 4.
Pre-requisites for 4692: 401008 Professional Practice Experience 3, 401012 Professional Practice Experience 4, 401029 Foundations for Nursing Practice.
Pre-requisites for 4693: 401000 Professional Practice Experience 1, 401004 Professional Practice Experience 2, 401008 Professional Practice Experience 3, 401012 Professional Practice Experience 4.
Corequisite
Co-requisites for course 4691 and 4692: 401211 Health Variations 4 – Acute Life Threatening Conditions; 401212 Health Variations 5 – Palliative and End of Life Care
Co-requisites for course 4693: 401212 Health Variations 5 – Palliative and End of Life Care; 401216 Health Variations 4 (Advanced) – Acute Life Threatening Conditions
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in 4691 Bachelor of Nursing, 4693 Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced) or 4692 Bachelor of Nursing Graduate Entry or 4780 Bachelor of Nursing - WSU Online. Students must be enrolled in 4780 to enrol in WSU Online Campus units.
About this Unit
The focus of this unit is to provide nursing students with the problem-solving skills required in assessing and caring for people across the lifespan who are experiencing acute life-threatening illness and end of life conditions. Through a primary health care approach, the unit will use the National Health Priorities of Cardiovascular Health, Injury Prevention and Control, Cancer Control, Mental Health and dementia to exemplify the inter-relationship between acute and chronic conditions and the nursing responsibilities related to life threatening illness and end of life care. The unit includes 160 hours of clinical placement.
Special Requirements - Legislative Pre-requisites
Student Compliance Information for all Health-Related Placements
Prior to enrolling in this unit, students must have submitted a Student Undertaking Form and undertake to apply for a National Police Check, which is required to be submitted before placement, and a Working with Children Check Student Declaration. Use the link to the Special Requirements webpage below for more information.
To be eligible to enrol in this unit and complete any required health-related placements or experiences, students must meet Western Sydney University course requirements as well as any special, legislated, or policy-mandated requirements.
Western Course Requirements
Visit the Special Requirements webpage for details about your course.
Special Requirements
Mandatory NSW Health student placement policy requirements
To be able to undertake placement in any NSW Health facility you must be assessed as compliant with NSW Health student placement policy in the first year of your course, regardless of when you expect to go on your first placement. Access and read the NSW Student Compliance Information Booklet.
NSW Student Compliance Information Booklet
Please ensure that you
1. Find your existing National Police Check or apply for one
2. Gather documentary evidence of your vaccination history
3. Print and compete all relevant NSW Health forms relevant to the campus you are enrolled at or online enrolment requirements
4. Follow booklet instructions on how to have your compliance documents assessed by NSW health staff.
International students have additional requirements: the link to the booklet will inform you of these requirements.
School Requirements
Contact your School for further details regarding your School’s requirements, if any, such as
- If you live outside of NSW or Australia and need to meet your state, territory or country’s compliance requirements
- If you need to meet different state, territory or country compliance requirements.
- NSW Working with Children Check (WWCC) or other state equivalent, valid for your entire course.
- Current approved first aid certificate valid for your entire course - approved course providers can be found at the Government Training website
- Other non-health related requirements.
Student Compliance Resources are also available on the Placements Hub web page (NSW Students only)
https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/learning_futures/home/placements_hub/placements_hub/student_compliance
Special Requirements - Essential Equipment
Essential Equipment: Students must wear the School of Nursing and Midwifery clinical uniform, including correct fully enclosed all black shoes [that meet WHS requirements - Shoes must be low heeled, fully enclosed, non-slip soles (Reeboks, joggers, sandshoes, sneakers, gym shoes, sandals, slippers, ballet shoes, etc. are not acceptable.)] to all CPU classes and the clinical placement.
The uniform can be purchased from the retail store on campus.
Access to an internet enabled device is essential in order to be able to: access course materials; to participate in discussion groups; and to access additional resources provided by the lecturer during the session. See http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/currentstudents/current_students/services_and_facilities/uwsonline_student_support for further information.