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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’s) 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’s need to prepare and administer medications safely and accurately. As per the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s Registered nurse standards for practice, RN’s are responsible and accountable for ensuring they are safe, appropriate and responsive with patient care. RN’s 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.

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Assessment details

Important assessment information

1. Attendance requirements:
   
   External students must attend 100% of the mandatory residential school and on-campus students must attend 100% of the mandatory on-campus laboratories or practical classes. 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. 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:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
   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 achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for each item. Refer to Statement 4 below for the requirements to receive a passing grade in this course.
   
   Requirements after S2 2020:
   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 achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for each 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:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 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 must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdles (Proficiency), i.e. achieved 100% (mark of 1) for the Lab Attendance and achieved 100% (mark of 20) for the online Calculation medication quiz and must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdle (Supervised),
   
   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).
   
   Requirements after S2 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 must have satisfied the Secondary Hurdles (Proficiency), i.e. achieved 100% (mark of 1) for the Lab Attendance and achieved 100% (mark of 20) for the online Calculation medication quiz 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).
   
   
   
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 assessment items in the course.
   
   
   
   
6. Examination information:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 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 S2 2020:
   RESTRICTED: Candidates are allowed access only to specific materials during a restricted examination.
   The only material that candidates may use in the restricted examination for this course are:

   1. calculators which cannot hold textual information

   
   
   
   
7. Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
   
   Due to COVID-19 the requirements for S2 2020 are:
   The details regarding deferred/supplementary examinations will be communicated at a later date.
   
   Requirements after S2 2020:
   Any deferred or supplementary examinations for this course will be held during the next examination period.
   
   
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 .
   
   
2. 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.