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NURS6032: Transition to Practice (MN)

Semester 2, 2024 [Normal day] - Westmead, Sydney

This unit of study extends students’ knowledge and skills in a clinical environment of their choice. It provides students the opportunity to consolidate prior learning and expands their knowledge and clinical reasoning skills across a variety of health care settings. Students will select one of five streams: Paediatrics, Clinical Practice, Mental Health, Aged Care and High Acuity Nursing. Nursing practice will be critically explored from an interprofessional perspective and the importance of documentation and communication including digital health technologies will be highlighted.

Unit details and rules

Academic unit Nursing and Midwifery
Credit points 6
Prerequisites
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NURS5085 and NURS6018 and NURS6019
Corequisites
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None
Prohibitions
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None
Assumed knowledge
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None

Available to study abroad and exchange students

No

Teaching staff

Coordinator Astrid Frotjold, astrid.frotjold@sydney.edu.au
Tutor(s) Astrid Frotjold, astrid.frotjold@sydney.edu.au
The census date for this unit availability is 2 September 2024
Type Description Weight Due Length
Assignment Assessment 4: Clinical resource education e-portfolio
Portfolio
45% Formal exam period
Due date: 17 Nov 2024 at 23:59
2000 words
Outcomes assessed: LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Creative assessment / demonstration hurdle task Assessment 1a: Health collaboration challenge (HCC)
submission of video and abstract
0% Multiple weeks
Due date: 16 Aug 2024 at 17:00
7 min video plus abstract
Outcomes assessed: LO3 LO5 LO4
Skills-based evaluation hurdle task HCC Assessment 1b: Teamwork peer review and peer marking
written submission
0% Multiple weeks
Due date: 28 Aug 2024 at 23:59
tbc
Outcomes assessed: LO2 LO5 LO4 LO3
Assignment Assessment 2a: Patient safety quality improvement project - Part A
written submission
15% Week 05
Due date: 01 Sep 2024 at 23:59
500 words
Outcomes assessed: LO4 LO3 LO2
Placement hurdle task Assessment 5: Off-campus clinical placement
Professional experience placement
0% Week 10 160 hours
Outcomes assessed: LO2 LO6 LO5 LO4
Assignment Assessment 2b: Patient safety quality improvement project - Part B
written submission
20% Week 11
Due date: 20 Oct 2024 at 23:59
1200 words
Outcomes assessed: LO2 LO6 LO5 LO4 LO3
Tutorial quiz Assessment 3: quiz
in class quiz in lecture time week 13
20% Week 13
Due date: 31 Oct 2024 at 08:00

Closing date: 31 Oct 2024
45 minutes
Outcomes assessed: LO3 LO6 LO5 LO4
hurdle task = hurdle task ?

Assessment summary

  • Assessment 1a and 1b. Health Collaboration Challenge: attendance at the Health Collaboration Challenge (1 day) is mandatory. There are 5 elements of the HCC.
  • Assessment 2a and 2b. Patient Safety Quality Improvement Project: students will identify a clinical problem and develop a quality improvement project to describe the problem, identify goals and describe solutions of quality improvement.
  • Assessment 3. Online Quiz: Twenty questions taken from the lecture program and specialty areas.
  • Assessment 4. Clinical Resource Education Portfolio: students will develop an education resource for a newly graduated registered nurse working in their specialty clinical area. The resource should have an aspect of orientation to the area and should also include current resources and information that would enhance the registered nurses’ knowledge base with a focus on evidence-based practice and professional practice.
  • Assessment 5. Off-campus Clinical: placement in a specialty setting during these clinical days provides students with the opportunity to refine, reinforce, and relate the nursing activities associated with patient/client care.

Please note: Each student is required to submit/attend all assessment items in order to be eligible to pass this unit. Detailed information for each assessment can be found on Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2014 (Schedule 1).

As a general guide, a high distinction indicates work of an exceptional standard, a distinction a very high standard, a credit a good standard, and a pass an acceptable standard.

Result name

Mark range

Description

High distinction

85 - 100

 

Distinction

75 - 84

 

Credit

65 - 74

 

Pass

50 - 64

 

Fail

0 - 49

When you don’t meet the learning outcomes of the unit to a satisfactory standard.

For more information see sydney.edu.au/students/guide-to-grades.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

  • Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
  • After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

Use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and automated writing tools

You may only use generative AI and automated writing tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator. If you do use these tools, you must acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section. The assessment instructions or unit outline will give guidance of the types of tools that are permitted and how the tools should be used.

Your final submitted work must be your own, original work. You must acknowledge any use of generative AI tools that have been used in the assessment, and any material that forms part of your submission must be appropriately referenced. For guidance on how to acknowledge the use of AI, please refer to the AI in Education Canvas site.

The unapproved use of these tools or unacknowledged use will be considered a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy and penalties may apply.

Studiosity is permitted unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission as detailed on the Learning Hub’s Canvas page.

Outside assessment tasks, generative AI tools may be used to support your learning. The AI in Education Canvas site contains a number of productive ways that students are using AI to improve their learning.

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

Support for students

The Support for Students Policy 2023 reflects the University’s commitment to supporting students in their academic journey and making the University safe for students. It is important that you read and understand this policy so that you are familiar with the range of support services available to you and understand how to engage with them.

The University uses email as its primary source of communication with students who need support under the Support for Students Policy 2023. Make sure you check your University email regularly and respond to any communications received from the University.

Learning resources and detailed information about weekly assessment and learning activities can be accessed via Canvas. It is essential that you visit your unit of study Canvas site to ensure you are up to date with all of your tasks.

If you are having difficulties completing your studies, or are feeling unsure about your progress, we are here to help. You can access the support services offered by the University at any time:

Support and Services (including health and wellbeing services, financial support and learning support)
Course planning and administration
Meet with an Academic Adviser

WK Topic Learning activity Learning outcomes
Week 01 Welcome and introduction to unit Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 02 Lecture 2: Comprehensive care and quality improvement- case studies from the field Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 03 Lecture 3: Digital Health Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 04 Lecture 4: Nursing and Technology Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 05 Lecture 5 Burns Injury Management Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 11 Lecture 6: Mindfulness, Wellness and Patient Safety Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 12 Lecture 7a: Person Centredness and Transitioning as a New Graduate. Lecture 7b: Leading as a New Graduate Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6
Week 13 Quiz in class Lecture (2 hr) LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 LO6

Attendance and class requirements

Attendance: The Sydney Nursing School Resolutions specifically outline attendance requirements. Resolution 7.2 states that if students are absent without leave for more than 10% of classes in a particular unit of study in any one semester, the Dean may call upon them to show cause why they should not be deemed to have failed that unit of study. 

It is expected that all students participate and fully engage in the content of this unit of study by attending lectures, tutorials and laboratories, being prepared for tutorials and laboratories, contributing to discussions in class and online, and providing and receiving feedback in a respectful and dignified manner.

Students must also attend 100% of all clinical simulation laboratories (CSL) and off campus clinical, which are supplemented with online and group activities.

Referencing style: The Sydney Nursing School has adopted the American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing style, 7th Edition, 2020 as its official referencing style. This is an author-date style of referencing.

Assignment formatting guidelines: Unless the unit coordinator has indicated otherwise, please make sure your submitted assessments are formatted as follows:

  • font: use Calibri or Times New Roman in 11 - 12 point
  • double line spacing
  • margins: 2.5cm each side
  • use page numbers
  • refer to assessment instructions for use of title and headings

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

  • LO1. while on clinical placement, demonstrate, at beginning practitioner level within scope of practice safe, efficient, and effective health assessment and nursing practices associated with patients and families relevant to the chosen stream
  • LO2. integrate and apply pathophysiological and psychosocial underpinnings of a clinical specialty,; planning of appropriate strategies/interventions for patient/client care
  • LO3. critically discuss the impact of selected health problems on individuals and their families, including nursing practice concepts and environmental factors
  • LO4. explore, in-depth, current issues and trends arising in contemporary nursing practice in a selected clinical specialty environment, and critically analyse the concepts that underpin your practice
  • LO5. demonstrate ethical and professional practice within a variety of patient care settings in accordance with the Framework for Practice Thinking
  • LO6. discuss professional practice and competence in the chosen specialty area and link it to the registered nurses’ standards for practice.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1 Depth of disciplinary expertise

Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.

GQ2 Critical thinking and problem solving

Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.

GQ3 Oral and written communication

Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.

GQ4 Information and digital literacy

Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.

GQ5 Inventiveness

Generating novel ideas and solutions.

GQ6 Cultural competence

Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.

GQ7 Interdisciplinary effectiveness

Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.

GQ8 Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity

An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.

GQ9 Influence

Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes Graduate qualities
GQ1 GQ2 GQ3 GQ4 GQ5 GQ6 GQ7 GQ8 GQ9
LO1         
LO2         
LO3         
LO4         
LO5         
LO6         

Alignment with Competency standards

Outcomes Competency standards
LO1
National Practice Standards for Nurses in General Practice - ANMF
2.8. Standard 8: Effectively implements evidence-based health promotion and preventive care relevant to the Practice community
Registered Nurses Standards for Practice - NMBA
1. Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
3.7. 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. 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. Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
6.5. Practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7. Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
LO2
Registered Nurses Standards for Practice - NMBA
1. Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
3.7. 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. 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
6.5. Practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7. Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
LO3
Registered Nurses Standards for Practice - NMBA
1. Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
5. Standard 5: Develops a plan for nursing practice
5.2. 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. Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
6.5. Practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7. Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
LO4
Registered Nurses Standards for Practice - NMBA
1. Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
3.7. 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. 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. Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
6.5. Practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7. Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
LO5
Registered Nurses Standards for Practice - NMBA
1. Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
3.7. 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. 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. Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
6.5. Practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7. Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
LO6
Registered Nurses Standards for Practice - NMBA
1. Standard 1: Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
3.7. 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. 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. Provides comprehensive safe, quality practice to achieve agreed goals and outcomes that are responsive to the nursing needs of people
6.5. Practises in accordance with relevant nursing and health guidelines, standards, regulations and legislation
7. Standard 7: Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

Student feedback has informed amendments to assessments.

This unit of study may require you to attend a teaching activity timetabled in teaching venues installed with the University’s Clinical Recording and Observation System (CROS) in the Susan Wakil Health Building. Students should be aware of the privacy and information management implications of this system. For more information, please refer to the University’s Privacy Statement.

Sensitive materials in teaching: Please note that in this Unit of Study sensitive and potentially distressing or disturbing content might be presented and/or discussed from time to time. This may include reference to for example, discrimination, assault, suicide, illness, death and dying or culturally sensitive issues. These topics are relevant to your learning and your knowledge and skill development for nursing practice.

You will be advised before the information/topic is presented. If you are participating in the teaching session/activity online, you are advised to use headphones and ensure that anyone not participating in the session cannot see images that you may be watching on your device. If the nature of the content makes you feel uncomfortable or distressed, it is important that you contact the unit coordinator or another member of the academic team to discuss this with them.  

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