Being a Health Professional

Course aim

The aim of this course is to develop students' knowledge and understanding of professional healthcare and nursing practice in a contemporary context.

Course content

Professional practice: regulation, codes of practice, practice standards/competencies, responsibility and accountability, professional behaviour, professional legal and ethical frameworks e.g. Work Health and Safety Act, Disability Act. Fundamentals of nursing practice: nursing skills, vital signs, health assessment, frameworks for clinical decision making, information and digital and mathematical literacy in the healthcare context, technologies, manual handling, infection control, hygiene. Research: academic writing, introduction to concepts of research, critical thinking and evidence-based practice, reflective practice, eportfolio. Team work: interpersonal skills, teamwork/inter-professional communication, person-centred care, consumer-directed care.

Textbook(s)

Tollefson, J, Hillman E 2019, Clinical Psychomotor skills: assessment tools for nursing students, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning Australia Pty Ltd, Victoria

Estes, M, Calleja, P, Theobald & Harvey, T 2020, Health Assessment and Physical Examination, 3rd Australian & New Zealand Edition, Cengage Learning, Melbourne, Victoria

Berman, A, et al. 2020, Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing. Concepts, Processes and Practice, volumes 1 - 3, 5th Australian edn, 5th Australian Edition, Pearson Education Australia, Melbourne.

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	1 hour x 1 week
Lecture (online)	- x 12 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Workshop (HHHS)	1 hour x 10 weeks
Workshop (pre-brief)	1 hour x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, WHYALLA
Lecture	1 hour x 1 week
Lecture (online)	- x 12 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Workshop (HHHS)	1 hour x 10 weeks
Workshop (pre-brief)	1 hour x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, MT GAMBIER
Lecture	1 hour x 1 week
Lecture (online)	- x 12 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 13 weeks
Workshop (HHHS)	1 hour x 10 weeks
Workshop (pre-brief)	1 hour x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External (Online Delivery)	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Examination, OSCA

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 1)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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Non-award enrolment
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.