Nursing Practice 1 (NP1) is the introductory clinical unit that incorporates assessments which prepare students for professional registration as well as enhancing student understanding of the registered nurse as a professional, legal accountability, reflection in practice, clinical reasoning, and teamwork. This unit has a focus on integumentary, musculoskeletal, gastro-intestinal and respiratory systems, and recognition of vulnerable and at-risk groups and integrates anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacological knowledge into an understanding of nursing practice.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1.Demonstrates safety of self and others in relation to communicating for safety, risk assessment, infection prevention and control, and medication safety;
2. Demonstrates foundational knowledge through an accurate structured clinical assessment, by gathering holistic health data, and applying clinical reasoning to evaluate individual patient data across the lifespan, and bioscience concepts to inform nursing actions/care;
3. Reflect on the complexity of cultural diversity and model safe inclusive health care, through the application of a person-centred approach and communication approaches for people with varied health literacy; and
4. Demonstrates expected level of understanding and clinical performance commensurate with the scope of practice for Nursing Practice 1.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - make creative use of technology in their learning and professional lives
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.