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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.

Credit points
15
EFTSL
0.125
Band
Band 1

Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee

A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.

The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).   

2025 student contribution amount: $578


2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $578

* 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.

Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways 

For Clinical Psychology & Professional Pathways bands, the student contribution amount is determined by the accredited course. Visit our CSP page for further information, including a list of accredited courses. Students not studying in an accredited course will pay the fees listed above. 

Domestic full fee–paying places

A domestic full fee–paying place is one that isn’t subsidised by the Australian Government. These places are offered to postgraduate students or those who are ineligible for a CSP. Domestic postgraduate tuition fees are course-based annual fees, which means individual unit fees vary according to the degree. To find out more about domestic tuition fees and view the relevant fee schedule visit our fees website. 

International full fee–paying places

International tuition fees are course-based annual fees and the unit fee you pay will vary according to the degree you are studying. To find out more about international tuition fees and view the relevant fee schedule visit our fees website