| Semester 2, 2021 Toowoomba On-campus | |
| Short Description: | Chronic Care Across Lifespan B |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Student contribution band : | Band 1 |
| ASCED code : | 060301 - General Nursing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: NUR1299
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: NUR2101
Rationale
The management of chronic health conditions is a growing concern in Australia and around the world. The prevalence of chronic conditions in all age groups is increasing, creating a growing burden on individuals, families, communities and health care systems. Registered nurses are employed in a range of health care settings where the provision of care, education, and management of chronic conditions and end-of-life care is provided. This course extends the concepts learned in NUR2101 Chronic Care Across the Lifespan A and prepares students for NUR2299 Chronic Care Practice.
Synopsis
In this course students will identify strategies for caring for individuals with a chronic health condition from prevention, disease management, and subsequent exacerbations from a person centred, community, family and health care service perspective. Students will learn techniques such as behavioural change, psychosocial support and health literacy to effect change and support the individual's self-management of chronic illness. Students will apply theory to simulated practice through assessments, care planning and clinical skills in caring for individuals with a chronic health condition.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes for on-campus students.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Apply clinical reasoning skills and models of evidence-based care to work collaboratively with individuals with chronic conditions across the lifespan.
- Apply theoretical concepts in simulated practice to assess, plan and therapeutically intervene and evaluate care for people with various chronic conditions.
- Perform psychomotor clinical skills in relation to caring for individuals with chronic health conditions during health maintenance and times of disease exacerbation from assessment, care planning, support and education.
- Apply communication skills required as part of an inter-disciplinary healthcare team to support patient care and self-management across the lifespan
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
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| 1. | Managing chronic conditions in health care and community settings through care planning, intervention and evaluation. | 25.00 |
| 2. | Development and practice of psychomotor clinical skills in managing chronic health conditions in health care and community settings. | 30.00 |
| 3. | Role of the nurse in collaboration with families, and individuals in preventing and managing chronic illness and end-of-life care | 10.00 |
| 4. | Apply in simulation pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic management of chronic illness focused on individuals, families and communities. | 25.00 |
| 5. | Role of the nurse in applying health literacy concepts to patient education in public health initiatives to reduce the risk of developing chronic disease across the lifespan | 10.00 |
Text and Materials
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2021&sem=02&subject1=NUR2102)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference Materials
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Student Workload Expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Assessments | 40.00 |
| Directed Study | 76.00 |
| Laboratory | 24.00 |
| Online Lectures | 12.00 |
| Online Tutorials | 13.00 |
Assessment Details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Objectives Assessed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written Assignment | 50 | 25 | 06 Sep 2021 | 1 | |
| Lab Attendance | 1 | 1 | 22 Oct 2021 | 1,2,3,4 | (see note 1) |
| LabParticipate&Clinical Skills | 50 | 29 | 22 Oct 2021 | 1,2,3,4 | (see note 2) |
| Open Examination - Online | 100 | 45 | End S2 | 1 | (see note 3) |
Notes
- 80% laboratory attendance is mandatory. External students will undertake this component during the mandatory residential school. The dates and location of the mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (http://www.usq.edu.au/handbook/current/resschoolsched.html).
- Lab Participation and Clinical Skills consists of attendance and participation in lab learning and completion of defined clinical skills worksheets and psychomotor development activities.
- This will be an online exam. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via StudyDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the Alternate Assessment Schedule has been released.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
External students must attend 80% of the mandatory residential school and on-campus students must attend 80% of the mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lecturers and tutorials) scheduled for them, and to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. Engagement in online discussion forums forms part of the directed study component of this course. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To satisfactorily complete the Lab Attendance, students must attend the mandatory laboratories and achieve 80% (a mark of 1). To satisfactory complete the examination students must achieve at least 40% of the marks available. Refer to Statement 4 below for the requirements to receive a passing grade in this course. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4). -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must obtain at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course (i.e. the Primary Hurdle), and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdles (Proficiency), i.e. achieved 80% (mark of 1) for the Lab Attendance and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), i.e. the end of semester examination by achieving at least 40% of the marks available for that assessment item.
Supplementary assessment may be offered where a student has undertaken all of the required summative assessment items and has passed the Primary Hurdle but failed to satisfy the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised), or has satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised) but failed to achieve a passing Final Grade by 5% or less of the total weighted Marks.
To be awarded a passing grade for a supplementary assessment item (if applicable), a student must achieve at least 50% of the available marks for the supplementary assessment item as per the Assessment Procedure (point 4.4.2). -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative items for the course. -
Examination information:
An Online Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed, written, or online material as well as a calculator. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Deferred and Supplementary examinations will be held in accordance with the Assessment Procedure . -
University Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment Notes
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Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (
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Referencing in assignments must comply with the APA referencing system. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ library's referencing guide. This guide can be found at
Evaluation and Benchmarking
In meeting the University’s aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways. This course:
1. Conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement.
2. Forms part of the Bachelor of Nursing and is benchmarked against internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.
3. Forms part of the professional accreditation standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) through an external accreditation process.
Other Requirements
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Computer, e-mail and Internet access:
Students are required to have access to a personal computer, e-mail capabilities and Internet access to UConnect. Current details of computer requirements can be found at -
The dates and location of the residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (. On-campus students can follow the Class Timetables ( as a guide or enrolled students can refer to their student portal and navigate to Student Centre>Self Service>Timetables>My Weekly Schedule.