| Semester 1, 2020 On-campus Toowoomba | |
| Short Description: | Medications Management |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Student contribution band : | National Priority - Nursing |
| ASCED code : | 060301 - General Nursing |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
Staffing
Examiner:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: BIO1203 and NUR1299
Rationale
Significant patient harm and sub-optimal use of medicines frequently result from a lack of continuity in the medication management cycle. Continuity in medication management occurs when all components of the medication management cycle, relevant to the episode of care, are completed and information is transferred to the next care setting. Registered Nurses (RN鈥檚) play a pivotal role with the quality use of medicines, in ensuring optimal use of the medicine, compliance with legislation, clinical appropriateness, and verification of prescribing intent and expected outcomes. RN鈥檚 need to prepare and administer medications safely and accurately. As per the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia鈥檚 Registered nurse standards for practice, RN鈥檚 are responsible and accountable for ensuring they are safe, appropriate and responsive with patient care. RN鈥檚 must build a capability for practice ensuring they provide effective timely direction and supervision to ensure that delegated practice is safe and correct. This course builds on the foundations outlined in NUR1100 and NUR1299, and is foundational for acute and chronic care courses within the BNSG program.
Synopsis
The importance of the nurse's role in the safe and proficient administration of medications will form the basis of the student learning journey. Nursing students will develop an understanding of the medication management cycle encompassing all the activities required to manage the quality use of medicines for patients in variety of episodes of care. Students will develop an understanding of how medications are prescribed, dispensed, and administered, and the nurse's role in the reduction of actual or potential harm. The student will develop fundamental knowledge and experience in medication administration in the simulated clinical environment within the context of a 2nd year nursing student. This course contains an ANMAC mandated medication calculations quiz that revises and assesses student's ability to problem solve and calculate required medication dosages with accuracy.
This course contains a mandatory residential school for external students and mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes for on-campus students.
Objectives
On completion of this course students will be able to:
- Demonstrate an advancing knowledge by aligning the core principles of pharmacotherapy, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for a range of medications used in contemporary practice;
- Apply an understanding of the medication management cycle encompassing all the activities required to manage the quality use of medicines for patients in a variety of episodes of care;
- Correctly administer a variety of simulated medications in complex care scenarios using critical thought and therapeutic communications;
- Accurately calculate a range of medication dosages at an advancing level in the provision of safe, appropriate quality care;
- Apply an understanding and application of current and future digital medication management systems and report potential or actual risk;
- Apply and adhere to the legal regulations and professional standards governing the safe administration of medications in the Australian health care context.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Leadership for Medication Management (responsibility, and accountability) | 10.00 |
| 2. | Medication Safety: Understanding the registered nurses role in the medication management cycle. | 30.00 |
| 3. | Medication administration including the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics involved in medication absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion | 20.00 |
| 4. | Assistive technology as it relates to eliminating or reducing human error in the management of medications. | 10.00 |
| 5. | Medication dosage calculations: Numeracy skills for difficult drug calculations. | 30.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2020&sem=01&subject1=NUR2000)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
(Expected publication date is November 2019.)
Reference materials
Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
|---|---|
| Assessments | 40.00 |
| Directed 精东传媒app | 75.00 |
| Laboratory | 24.00 |
| Tutorials | 26.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Med Calculations Quiz | 20 | 10 | 27 Mar 2020 | (see note 1) |
| Lab Assessment - Med Skills | 20 | 20 | 05 Jun 2020 | (see note 2) |
| Lab Attendance & Participation | 1 | 5 | 05 Jun 2020 | (see note 3) |
| Online Exam | 85 | 65 | End S1 | (see note 4) |
Notes
- Specific details for this assessment task will be given to the student at the commencement of the semester. Students have three attempts to achieve 100% for this assessment item with the first attempt on the due date. Second attempt on 26th May and third attempt on 2nd June.
- Specific details for this assessment task will be given to the student at the commencement of the semester.
- 80% laboratory attendance is mandatory. Lab Attendance and Participation assessment is due by end of Week 15 of the semester.
- This will be an open examination. Students will be provided further instruction regarding the exam by their course examiner via 精东传媒appDesk. The examination date will be available via UConnect when the official examination timetable has been released.
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: On-campus students must attend 80% of the allocated on-campus laboratories. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures 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. Students must attend and complete the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety training program for this course where required. Engagement in online discussion forums forms part of the directed study component of this course.
Requirements after S1 2020: On-campus students must attend 100% of the allocated on-campus laboratories. It is the students' responsibility to attend and participate appropriately in all activities (such as lectures 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. Students must attend and complete the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety training program for this course where required. Engagement in online discussion forums forms part of the directed study component of this course. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: Students must attempt all assessment items. To satisfactorily complete the Lab Attendance and Participation assessment students must attend the mandatory laboratories and achieve 100% (a mark of 1) and to satisfactorily complete the Online Medication Calculation quiz, students must achieve 100% (a mark of 20) for that item. To satisfactorily complete all other assessment students must attempt these the assessment items and achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for each item.
Requirements after S1 2020: Students must attempt all assessment items. To satisfactorily complete the Lab Attendance and Participation assessment students must attend the mandatory laboratories and achieve 100% (a mark of 1) and to satisfactorily complete the Online Medication Calculation quiz, students must achieve 100% (a mark of 20) for that item. To satisfactorily complete the examination students must achieve at least 40% of the marks available. To satisfactorily complete all other assessment students must attempt these the assessment items and achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for each item. -
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:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: 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 have satisfied the Secondary Hurdles (Proficiency), i.e. obtain 100% for the Online Medication Calculations quiz (a mark of 20), and obtain 100% for the Lab Attendance and Participation.
Requirements after S1 2020: 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 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, and have satisfied the Secondary Hurdles (Proficiency), i.e. obtain 100% for the Online Medication Calculations quiz (a mark of 20), and obtain 100% for the Lab Attendance and Participation.
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 assessment items in the course. -
Examination information:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: An Open Examination is one in which candidates may have access to any printed or written material and a calculator during the examination.
Requirements after S1 2020: RESTRICTED: The total working time for the examination (parts A and B) is 2 hours. Students are allowed access only to specific materials during a Restricted Examination. The only materials that students may use in the restricted examination for this course are:
a. writing materials (non-electronic and free from material which could give the student an unfair advantage in the examination);
b. calculators which cannot hold textual information -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S1 2020 are: The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date.
Requirements after S1 2020: Any deferred or supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period. -
精东传媒app Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene 精东传媒app 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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American Psychological Association (APA) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use APA style in their assignments 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.
Evaluation and benchmarking
In meeting the 精东传媒app鈥檚 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 mandatory residential school are available from the Residential School Timetable (