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NUR3201 Quality, Safety and Risk

Semester 2, 2023 Toowoomba On-campus
Units : 1
School or Department : School of Nursing and Midwifery
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

Staffing

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Requisites

Pre-requisite: ((NUR3397 and NUR3398) or (NUR2000 and NUR3101)) and NUR2399 and NUR3300 and NUR3599

Overview

Students entering healthcare environments need to have adequate knowledge and skills that can mitigate risk associated with patient care and broader health care issues. High-risk concepts, as identified by the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, are revisited and applied to practice in high risk environment.

Students will explore safety and quality principles and standards with particular focus on integrated risk management, corporate and clinical governance, root cause analysis, and evidence-based applications as they relate to positive patient care outcomes. In addition, students will learn and apply legislative and professional standards as they relate to inter-professional practice. Students will further develop critical thinking/reasoning and decision-making skills to apply principles of quality, safety and risk to their practice and patient care.

This course contains a mandatory residential school. Residential School attendance is mandatory to pass the course.

As per the BNSG Program Rules, students are required to meet all mandatory course requirements including - mandatory residential school or clinical laboratory requirements where this is present in courses.


As per the BNSG Program Rules, students are required to attempt and submit all assessment items in a course. This program rule forms part of the UniSQ accreditation agreement with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council [ANMAC].
These program rules form part of the UniSQ accreditation agreement with the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council (ANMAC).

Course learning outcomes

On completion of this course students should be able to:

  1. Identify, analyse and apply concepts of integrated risk management as they relate to inter-professional healthcare.
  2. Apply digital literacy and communication skills to promote and lead patient safety initiatives and wellbeing as they relate to inter-professional care.
  3. Articulate and apply clinical governance as it relates to quality and safety standards and the importance of leading risk mitigation in healthcare.
  4. Describe and apply risk management legislation, regulations, policies, and or guidelines when making decisions.
  5. Apply the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, the Aged Care Quality Standards and ethical frameworks to evidence based healthcare deliver.
  6. Apply clinical reasoning and critical thinking skills as they relate to teamwork, interprofessional collaboration for safe patient care.
  7. Synthesise and apply principles of quality, safety and risk management into simulated healthcare practice settings.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Clinical governance, integrated risk management as it relates to quality, safety and risk. Including: legal and professional mandates, reporting, monitoring and evaluation for health care safety, partnering with consumers 30.00
2. Critical thinking, clinical reasoning, inter-professional communication and the role of the nurse in mitigating and managing risk in healthcare across the lifespan 30.00
3. Awareness of self, scope of practice, interpersonal skills, inter & intraprofessional relationships, ethical and legal responsibilities and skills for speaking up for patient safety 30.00
4. Access, apply and integrate contemporary evidence and policy into clinical care 10.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%)
Assignments Written Quiz 1 No 10
Assignments Written Case 精东传媒app 1 No 35
Assignments Written Case 精东传媒app 2 No 45
Assignments Written Quiz 2 No 10
Assignments Practical Laboratory skills No
Assignments Practical Practical No
Date printed 9 February 2024