Unit of Study: NURS6001 - Nursing Observations and Bio Parameters

Intelligent observation and monitoring of patients' progress characterises that aspect of nursing that has often been referred to as the 'art of nursing'. Technology enhances, complements, and increases the complexity of nurses' practices in observing and monitoring and can itself become the focus of practice without the development of embodied clinical expertise. This unit of study allows the students to develop an understanding of the scientific basis of nursing observations by establishing links to the physiological concepts that support the methodology used in observation and monitoring of people across the life span in nursing practice; and it also provides a basis for understanding how more sophisticated clinical capabilities, such as pattern recognition, develop with experience and mindful attention to clinical matters. The development of these clinical capabilities is assisted through examining the wider nursing spectrum of knowledge underpinning observation and monitoring in order to facilitate patient care, the development of effective nursing practices, and the generation of nursing knowledge.

Classes: Nineteen 1 hour lectures

Assessment: mini-poster, essay, exam

Pre-requisites: NURS5001 and NURS5002 and NURS5003 and NURS5004 and NURS5005 and NURS5006 and NURS5007 and NURS5008

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