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Patients admitted to hospital often have a change in their condition and can deteriorate, sometimes rapidly. This requires that registered nurses have the knowledge and skills to effectively assess and intervene in order to detect and prevent further deterioration. Such early detection and timely interventions may prevent the development of serious adverse events such as prolonged hospitalisation, an unexpected admission to a critical care unit, and even cardiac arrest and death. In this unit of study students will explore the role of organisational and patient emergency response systems designed to promote early detection of the deteriorating patient and consider how these systems impact on their nursing practice. Students will have the opportunity to further integrate knowledge with technical and nontechnical skills for assessing and managing the rapidly deteriorating patient. Specific consideration will be given to incorporating evidencebased principles when making judgements about patient care. The distinctiveness of each student's clinical practice is recognised and students will be expected to explore, in depth, an area of clinical practice relevant to their current work. Further to this, it is identified that registered nurses can be impacted by functioning in a carer role and this unit of study will review strategies for self-care in order to prevent adverse outcomes that may impact nurses’ ability to care effectively for their patients.
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Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
Credit points | 6 |
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Semester 2 2024
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 Early 2020
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Block mode | Mallett Street, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2021
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2021
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Block mode | Remote |
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Semester 2 2022
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2023
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Block mode | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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