On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Identify the principles of safe medication administration in nursing practice.
2. Document assessments and nursing care plans in accordance with relevant policies, guidelines, standards, regulations, and legislation requirements.
3. Perform assessments that are holistic as well as culturally appropriate, and are respectful of a person’s dignity, culture, values, beliefs, and rights, within a simulated learning environment.
4. Recognise the role and skills of nursing in promoting, maintaining, and supporting a person’s health across the lifespan.
5. Practise in accordance with legislation, regulations, policies, guidelines and other relevant standards or requirements in nursing.

1. Principles of nursing frameworks
2. Holistic Assessment and wellness across the lifespan
3. Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
4. National Health Priority Areas: Injury prevention and control
5. Application of legal-ethical principles
6. WH&S standard precautions
7. Protective isolation
8. Manual handling and transfers
9. Working in multi-disciplinary teams
10. NMBA decision-making framework (DMF) – nursing  
11. Principles of accessing best available evidence, for safe, quality practice

Essential equipment

Access to an internet enabled device is essential in order to be able to: access course materials; to participate in discussion groups; and to access additional resources provided by the lecturer during the session. See http://www.westernsydney.edu.au/currentstudents/current_students/services_and_facilities/uwsonline_student_support