HNN730 - Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
Unit details
Year: | 2023 unit information |
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Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
Credit point(s): | 1 |
EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Nicky Hewitt |
Cohort rule: | Must be enrolled in one of the following courses: H568, H569, H575, H645, H665, H666, H667, H668, H669, H672, H675, H771, H777. |
Prerequisite: | Nil |
Corequisite: | Nil |
Incompatible with: | Nil |
Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
Scheduled learning activities - online: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 x 1 hour online seminars (recordings provided) |
Content
The aim of this unit is to combine the different components of advanced practice including clinician responsibility, accountability and patient-client advocacy. Students will be prepared to integrate advanced patient assessment skills, diagnostic reasoning, mental health, cultural issues and pathophysiology and pharmacology knowledge in the development of a patient management plan for those with complex care requirements. To inform accurate diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, advanced health assessment requires the registered nurse to use information accessed through clinical technologies, patient monitoring systems, digital image storage and transfer systems and patient information systems.
Students will gain skills in moderating the interface between patients/clients and clinical technologies, the safe and accurate storage and transfer of clinical information, and advanced digital literacy skills. The student will identify abnormal variations from normal physiological health states and critically analyse treatment plans that encompass evidence-based practice and the role and responsibilities of the registered nurse, according to their practice area/clinical domain. The student will further develop their skills in sourcing, accessing, and verifying reliable sources of evidence for practice within the multidisciplinary team.
ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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ULO1 | Develop a structured approach to advanced health assessment to inform clinical decision making. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO2 | Apply clinical and diagnostic reasoning to promote quality patient/client/consumer outcomes and develop a plan of care. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO3 | Identify the normal physiological processes and critically analyse abnormal deviations in the patient/client’s health status. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
ULO4 | Assess the complex and/or unstable health care needs and acts to prevent and/or diagnose urgent or life threatening problems. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
ULO5 | Select and evaluate appropriate communication strategies to ensure safe nursing practice and quality patient outcomes. | GLO2: Communication |
ULO6 | Monitor own practice through reflection and peer review processes to create effective working collaborations including those within multidisciplinary teams and partnerships. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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Assessment 1: Written assignment | 2000 words | 40% |
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Assessment 2: Written assignment | 3000 words | 60% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN730 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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