NURBN2011 Context of Practice 1: Surgical & Medical Nursing
This Course will provide students with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required by nurses in the provision of person-centred care for persons experiencing an acute illness, requiring hospitalisation and/or surgery, for conditions involving the cardiovascular, respiratory, nervous, digestive and musculoskeletal systems. Students will consolidate their understanding of the clinical reasoning cycle and apply the cycle to persons with medical or surgical admissions, across the lifespan. Students will refine assessment skills to conduct focused, person-centred assessments and interpret and analyse findings to inform a person-centred plan of care. Students will develop and demonstrate competent technical skills including hospital admission, care of patients requiring: surgical interventions, intravenous fluids and oxygen therapy, and who have an interruption in skin integrity, who are experiencing acute pain and require hemodynamic monitoring. Students will be introduced to the discipline of patient safety, the process of open disclosure and will explore the role of non-technical skills including teamwork, communication, stress and fatigue, situational awareness, organisation and leadership in safe person-centred care; as well as the concept of the deteriorating patient and how to recognise and report this phenomenon and explore and implement strategies to work as an effective team member in different types of healthcare teams in the clinical environment. Students will extend and refine their skills of reflective practice and develop a deep understanding of the legal, professional and ethical standards and behaviours required to be an efficient and effective nurse as part of the healthcare team. Communication topics will include reflective writing skills and an introduction to assertiveness and negotiation skills.
Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
A CSP is subsidised by the Australian Government and students pay a contribution amount. Each unit is classified into a band, depending on the study area of the unit (this discipline may be different from the study area of your course).
2025 contribution amount* $578
2025 grandfathered contribution amount* $578
Grandfathered contribution amount - if you are a continuing student, who commenced your course before 1 January 2021, you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented, for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.
* For Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways bands the unit fee amount is determined by accredited courses. Students in Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, Professional Pathway Psychology or Professional Pathway Social Work accredited courses should refer to the information below.