Required texts

Required texts, readings and online resources:

Crisp, J., Douglas, C., Rebeiro, G. & Waters, D. (2021). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (6th Ed.). Elsevier. 

Med+Safe (please see purchase details in 4b Materials and Equipment below)

Gillespie, M. & Paterson, B. (2009). Helping novice nurses make effective clinical decisions: The Situated Clinical Decision-Making Framework. Nursing Education Perspectives, 30(3), 164-170. (Link to this online resource in unit reading list)

Students must be familiar with the  and the Faculty of Health Placement Guidelines.

All UC nursing courses use APA 7th Edition for referencing - American Psychological Association (2019). Publication manual of the American Psychology Association (7th ed.). APA.

Recommended Text:

Estes, M.E.Z., Calleja, P., Theobald, K. & Harvey, Theresa. (2020). Australian and New Zealand Health Assessment and Physical Examination (3rd Ed). Cengage Learning Australia.   

Recommended Resources:

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (2016) Registered Nurse standards for practice. NMBA. Available from: 

International Council of Nurses. (2021). ICN code of ethics for nurses. ICN. Available from: 

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Special assessment requirements

Information on extensions and special considerations for assessments can be found in the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures.

Integrating Nursing Concepts (INC) Units 

PEP assessments provide opportunities to evaluate the student's ability to assess and derive clinical understandings in practice using their learnt theoretical framework. Students will be assessed for their ability to respond to and care for those around them using professional ethical nursing practice at year level. Students are required to implement skills safely and effectively in a variety of settings and are assessed against the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia registered Nurse Standards for Practice.

As such, a satisfactory grade must be obtained in the clinical component to pass this unit.

To achieve satisfactory progress, you must:

• Attend all rostered PEP.
  • If you are unable to attend for any reason, you must notify the PEP site as soon as possible (before the scheduled shift) that you are unable to attend and notify your supervising Clinical Liaison Nurse (CLN)/Clinical Facilitator (CF).
  • Absences must be reported and approved by the CLN, CF or unit convenor.
• Complete all Clinical assessment tasks as stipulated within the INC Canvas site.

Assessment will be moderated by the CLN team and Unit Convenor to ensure that judgments of students' performance are fair and valid. If you require further information on how the assessment tasks of this unit are assessed and moderated, please see the unit convenor.

Moderation

Moderation will be undertaken for assessment items to ensure that marking is fair and consistent. Moderation will take place in line with the Faculty of Health guidelines and the University Assessment Procedures /Policies/PolicyProcedure/Index/369

Late submissions

Late submissions will only be accepted for a limited period. If more than one late submission is made within that period, only the first last submission will be accepted for marking and may be subject to penalties as detailed in the .

Supplementary assessment

Supplementary assessment is NOT offered for this unit.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at ºÚÁÏÍø. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

In order to get the most out of your studies, it is strongly recommended that you plan your time commitments, actively engage in class discussions (online or face-to face) and work with your peers as part of your study. The amount of time you will need to spend on study in this unit will depend on a number of factors including your prior knowledge, learning skill level and learning style.

Please note that as per UC guidelines, for each 3 Credit Point unit of study students shoudl expect to spend approximately 150 hours per teaching period on both directed and self directed activities in order to engage meaninfully in the unit content and to develop assessments for learning.

In nursing where PEP is requirement for professional registration, hours expected for engagement and to meet the unit requirements are necessarily adjusted and may fluctuate during the teaching period.

All Bachelor of Nursing students are expected to undertake up to 5 hours per week per unit of directed/self-directed (SDL) related to content engagement, assessment preparation, clinical learning or revision in addition to their timetabled unit contact (i.e., lectures, workshops, tutorials).

Inclusion and engagement

Any student with a reasonable adjustment plan (RAP) is asked to contact inclusion@canberra.edu.au to discuss any reasonable adjustments that may be required for PEP. 

Students within 364JA Bachelor of Nursing must ensure that they meet the Inherent Requirements relevant to the profession of nursing – it is each students responsibility to read and understand these UC Nursing Inherent Requirements statements. For support in meeting the inherent requirements, please make a time with inclusion@canberra.edu.au and your course convenor BNConvenor@canberra.edu.au

Participation requirements

It is expected that students participate in all learning opportunities in this unit. This is inclusive of all timetabled activities. Assessment items are linked to the unit learning outcomes, the NMBA Registered Nurse standards for practice and professional codes. Therefore, all students are required to attend and actively participate in all learning activities scheduled for this unit. Student can self-select their preferred classes via the Allocate+ system.

The theoretical underpinning of caring science is fundamental to ensure safe nursing practice. Completion of all learning modules, including directed and self-directed study, and active participation in workshops is expected. Participating in workshop discussions to clarify concepts and to develop confidence with professional communication and verbally expressing ideas can be helpful for students and also supports the learning of student peers (see  Standard 2 and related criterion)

INC Units

All INC Units are linked to PEP and as such, completion of all learning modules, including directed and self directed study, and active participation in seminars and face to face workshops is expected. Participating in seminar/workshop discussions to clarify concepts and to develop confidence with professional communication and verbally expressing ideas can be helpful for students and also supports the learning of student peers (see Standard 2 and related criterion)

Pre-PEP Requirements

Pre-PEP requirements must be attended to and submitted via InPlace. Please consult with the Placement Team if your crimal record check or immunisation schedule will become out-of-date while on PEP for 2022.

Required IT skills

Please note the materials required for this unit in Section 4B. You will require computer skills to access the internet upload to the Canvas university site submissions in various formats. This unit may involve online meetings in real time using a virtual room. To participate verbally, rather than just typing, you will need a microphone. For best audio quality we recommend a microphone and speaker headset. For more information and to test your computer, please visit the UCLearn Student Help link.

Students undertaking units where there are assessment items conducted online are strongly encouraged to test their setup during the semester. Where support for troubleshooting technical issued is identified by students, students are encouraged to seek support from Service Desk.

In-unit costs

The following costs are expected with this unit:

• Textbooks
• Access to EAQ/Med+Safe
• Self printing of any electronic material provided
• Potential costs associated with remote learning activities (e.g. reliable computer, transport, accommodation, and internet connection).

Work placement, internships or practicums

INC Units

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC) has accredited the UC Bachelor of Nursing program. For UC graduates to be eligible for registration as a nurse in Australia, attendance on PEP for the required number of hours over the course is mandatory. Therefore, attendance is compulsory for PEP.

To meet the requirements of the Bachelor of Nursing degree, students must successfully complete the set number of clinical hours within a variety of clinical settings. The University of Canberra has developed relationships with a range of public and private health service providers to achieve this requirement. Students are representing the University and are expected to meet the University student conduct requirements 

PEP are organised by the CareersUC Placement Team and are scheduled throughout the calendar year including during class free periods. Once allocated to a PEP, students are expected to be available to attend that PEP in the roster given by the PEP site. There are a range of important learning opportunities available throughout the shift and students are expected to avail themselves of these opportunities.

Students are required to be punctual for PEP and should receive their rostered shifts from the PEP site. Shift times commonly start between:

• Morning - 6-9 am (0600-0900)
• Evening - 1-3 pm (1300-1500)
• Night shift - 8-11 pm (2000-2300)

Required PEP Documents and Assessments

Each Integrating Nursing Concepts (INC) canvas unit contains activities whin the online Professional Experience Placement (PEP) Module that students are required to successfully complete prior to and during PEP. Documentation associated with each of the activities is provided within the module.    

In units where the platform SmartaBase is used students will be provided information and education on using the system and associated PEP requirements.

Prior to commencing PEP all students are required to:

• Review the PEP Module and SmartaBase instructions (where applicable)
  • This includes all associated due dates for each of the required activities.
• Accept the conditions and upload a signed copy of the ºÚÁÏÍø Student Agreement.

During PEP all students are required to:

• Complete and submit their mid-placement assessment.

After PEP all students are required to:

• Complete and upload a copy of their timesheets
  • This must be completed within seven (7) days of completion of PEP.

Students who do not complete the above activities, within the required timeframes, will not be able to commence/continue or finalise their PEP resulting in a fail (NC) grade.

Additional mandated pre-PEP requirements:

Students are advised to review InPlace regularly to check the status of their pre-PEP requirements and to ensure that all contact details are up-to-date. This information must include an emergency point of contact or next of kin.

The CareersUC Placement Team requires evidence of the following before PEP can be organised:

• Immunisations
• TB Screening
• NSW Health Forms
• National Criminal History Check
• Working with Vulnerable People Card
• Manual Handling Training Assessment

The student needs to upload this information to InPlace and ensure it is verified (green status) a minimum of four weeks prior to commencing PEP.

Students are required to be familiar with the Pre-placement requirements and Placement checks and clearances pages.

Industry mandatory requirements:

Students will be advised of any mandatory eLearning which must be completed for specific PEP sites via email or InPlace notification. Students are required to complete all eLearning as directed in this correspondence in order to participate in their PEP as scheduled.

Failure to complete mandatory eLearning, or pre-PEP requirements, within the advised timeframes will result in cancellation of PEP and a fail (NC) grade for the unit.

Please see the BN Clinical Placement Canvas site and the Clinial Placement website (www.canberra.edu.au/placement) for further detailed information.

Manual Handling

Students should check InPlace to ensure their Manual Handling training is current. Annual manual handling training is a pre-PEP requirement for all nursing students in any health care facility. This may be in addition to any other e-learning required by a Health Service. Training information can be found on the Faculty of Health Canvas site. Students must complete all of the online Manual Handling training modules and the quiz. Evidence of successful completion of the quiz is then uploaded to InPlace to show proof of completion of manual handling training. Sometimes a practical training session will be needed - you will be advised of this via unit convenor.

Students should ensure that enough time is allowed to complete the online modules (1-2 hours), leaving this until the last moment will result in the student not being able to complete Manual Handling training and subsequent cancellation of their PEP.

Failure to complete the required Manual Handling training, within the advised timeframes, will result in the cancellation of PEP and a fail (NC) grade for the unit.

Make up time

Students who need to complete make-up days as a result of missed days on clinical placement will have this arranged by the CareersUC Placement Team.

Students are strongly encouraged to self audit their clinical hours regularly and compare these to the hours recorded on their InPlace profile to ensure accuracy.

Unless they have evidence of extenuating circumstances, students are expected to complete all rostered PEP days to satisfactorily meet the requirements of the Integrating Nursing Concepts unit. The Bachelor of Nursing 364JA requires 880 hours of supervised practice for course completion.

Students who are approved to complete make-up days as a result of absence due to extenuating circumstances, will have this arranged by the CareersUC Placement Team and will be notified via InPlace.

Removal from PEP

Students who demonstrate unsatisfactory progress towards the expected standard of practice for their enrolled Integrating Nursing Concepts unit at any point throughout their PEP will be commenced on an Individual Support Plan (ISP) with specific learning strategies and goals.

If the strategies and goals are not met, students will receive an unsatisfactory Clinical Assessment, which will result in removal from PEP and a fail grade (NC) for the unit.

If the students conduct or practice constitutes a significant risk to public safety, as assessed by the clinical site, CLN, or CF, a student's PEP may be suspended or terminated immediately without an ISP in place. The student will meet with the unit convenor and discuss their progress in the unit, and alternate arrangements may be made depending on the outcome of the meeting and any investigations or inquiries.

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