NRS20002 Unit Information Guide
NRS20002 Assessment Guidelines
NRS20002 Case Study Rubric
NRS20002 Determining The Level Of Urgency
NRS20002 Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning
Unit Information Guide
About this unit
Develops assessment, clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills. Students will build upon knowledge and skills in anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and evidence based-practice to demonstrate skills in clinical reasoning and diagnosis. Students will identify, collate and comprehend clinical data, including laboratory and radiology, with which to make clinical decisions.
Content
- Introduction to clinical reasoning
- Hypothesis building
- Inductive and deductive reasoning
- Contemplating options and consequences
- Narrative reasoning
- Collaborative reasoning
- Diagnostic and laboratory results
- Cardiac and respiratory diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
- Renal and urinary diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
- Gastrointestinal and endocrine diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
- Musculoskeletal and nervous system diagnostic procedures and laboratory results
- Health information and technology
- Documenting and communicating clinical reasoning and decisions
- Accessing diagnostic and expert systems
- Formulation, assessment and diagnosis in mental health nursing contexts
Graduate attributes and unit learning outcomes
As a graduate of Southern Cross University, you will have developed skills, values and attitudes that are essential for gaining employment and advancing lifelong learning. The University refers to these as graduate attributes (http://policies.scu.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00091#s3) and identifies them as follows:
GA1 Intellectual rigour, GA2 Creativity, GA3 Ethical practice, GA4 Knowledge of a discipline, GA5 Lifelong learning, GA6 Communication and social skills, GA7 Cultural competence.
This unit will assist students to develop the following graduate attributes (shown below as they relate to this unit's learning outcomes):
Learning resources
The referencing style used below is Harvard. PLEASE NOTE that you may need to use a different style for this unit. Refer to Referencing guides (https://www.scu.edu.au/library/ study/referencing-guides/) for information about the referencing style you should use.
Prescribed texts and materials
Prescribed texts
Levett-Jones, T 2018, Clinical Reasoning: Learning to think like a nurse, Pearson, Sydney.
Studying this unit
The first step in managing your study for this unit is to familiarise yourself with this document and the MySCU (http://learn.scu.edu.au) Learning Site. You should refer frequently to the MySCU Learning Site for announcements and updates.
Attendance
We recognise the relationship between attendance, participation, student success and retention. Please see information about attendance for this unit in the Assessment overview section of this guide.
Teaching and learning arrangements
Estimated workload
Your scheduled study hours are allocated as follows:
Gold Coast
Teaching method
Lismore
Coffs Harbour
Teaching method
Assessment
Assessment overview
- To pass the unit: Students must submit all assessment tasks and obtain at least 50% of the overall assessment marks for the unit.
- Attendance: We recognise the relationship between attendance, participation, student success and retention. Any session or engagement opportunity missed, regardless of the reason, can decrease the opportunity for learning. It is expected that students will attend ALL tutorials/labs/seminars in this unit. In the event of a missed session, it is the student’s responsibility for ‘catching up’ on content.
- Marked Assessment Tasks: Assessment tasks submitted on time, other than examination scripts, will be returned to students within 21 days of submission.
Assessment details
Assessment 1: Case Study Part A (2 Case Studies)
This assessment is for these students only: Coffs Harbour; Gold Coast; Lismore.
Assessment 1: Case Study 1 & 2, Part A
Weighting: 40% (in total)
Case Study 1 Due: Friday 27th March 11pm
Case Study 2 Due: Friday 17th April 11pm
Length: Each Part submission = 500 words +/- 10%
Submission: Each Part A case study response to be submitted via Turnitin
See Assessment Guidelines for further details regarding the sequential submission requirements of each Case Study Part A.
Assessment 2: Case Study Part B (2 Case Studies)
This assessment is for these students only: Coffs Harbour; Gold Coast; Lismore.
Assessment 2: Case Study 1 & 2, Part B
Weighting: 40%
Due: Friday 15th May 11pm
Length: 1000 words +/- 10%
Submission: via Turnitin
See Assessment Guidelines for further details.
Assessment 3: Exam: closed book
This assessment is for these students only: Coffs Harbour; Gold Coast; Lismore.
You will be advised of the exam date during the study period. Refer to Examinations (http://www.scu.edu.au/exams) for more information about exams.
You are permitted to bring the following into the exam room: foreign language translation dictionary.
Please Note: foreign language translation dictionaries must be in book form and must be unmarked with no highlighting and no added tabs.
You are not permitted to bring the following into the exam room: electronic devices such as mobile phones, electronic dictionaries and computers.
Examination period: End of Session 1 (date to be confirmed)
Weighting: 20%
This is a closed-book exam comprised of 40 multiple-choice questions (worth 20% of final grade).
Students will be fully advised during the study period as to when the exam will be held and the format it will take.
