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Staffing

Examiner: Lee O'Malley

Requisites

Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in the following Program: BNSG

Rationale

Registered Nurses engage in therapeutic communication with patients, families and inter-professional colleagues in a myriad of dynamic clinical contexts. This communication often occurs in intimate and stressful situations that challenge the equilibrium and resilience of all involved and which requires the development of self-awareness, self-care, empathy and therapeutic skills to ensure optimal outcomes. The significance of effective collaboration and communication with individuals and groups is reflected in the national standards for practice for a registered nurse and is linked to quality practice. Students also need to become familiar with academic, digital and health literacies to succeed at university and within their future professional practice.

Synopsis

This course will introduce communication concepts and frameworks relevant to health care and prepare students for engaging in therapeutic communication in a variety of clinical and professional situations. Students will develop and demonstrate an early capacity to communicate effectively with individuals, families and colleagues within health and academic contexts. The learning activities in the course will equip students with self-awareness and self-care strategies to build their resilience in practice. Students will develop foundational aspects of therapeutic communication practices for nurses working in inter and intra professional teams, and continue to develop health and digital literacy and academic writing skills. Students will commence building a professional e-portfolio. Verbal and written communication requisites for professional and academic student success will be introduced to build quality communication attributes.

Objectives

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Reference materials

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Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   It is the students’ responsibility 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.
   
   
   
   
2. Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
   
   To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item. Refer to Statement 4 below for the requirements to receive a passing grade in this course.
   
   
3. Penalties for late submission of required work:
   
   Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4)
   
   
4. Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
   
   To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course.
   
   
5. 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.
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   NO EXAM: There is no examination in this course.
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   NO EXAM: There is no examination in this course; there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations.
   
   
8. ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Policies:
   
   Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene ¾«¶«´«Ã½app policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
   
   

Assessment notes

1. Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (.
   
   
2. American Psychological Association (APA) is the referencing system required in this course. This system should be used by students to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA referencing style to be used is defined by the USQ library’s referencing guide. These policies can be found at
   
   

Evaluation and benchmarking

In meeting the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app’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

1. 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 .