This unit emphasises the critical role communication, technology-enhanced care and collaboration plays in delivering compassionate, empathetic, equitable and safe nursing care. Through simulations and case studies including narratives, you will develop and apply therapeutic communication strategies that address the diverse needs of people in healthcare settings. You will also learn how technology...

This unit builds on your clinical assessment and management skills by examining emergency presentations in acutely unwell adult and paediatric patients. You will develop the knowledge and skills to practice as an emergency nurse able to critically assess, interpret and respond to the patient's condition using advanced problem solving skills. ...

You will acquire knowledge about workplace culture and its impact on quality service delivery, factors that facilitate or act as barriers to the development of a quality culture in the workplace and apply this knowledge to critically analyse workplace scenarios. ...

This unit is designed to be experiential and practice focused. It will build upon paediatric theoretical knowledge and focus on the complex healthcare needs of the paediatric patient and their family/s when requiring specialised nursing care. The skills required in practice to address complex nursing situations in paediatric settings will be covered. You will examine paediatric complications and...

This unit explores specialised concepts in emergency nursing, including triage, trauma, disaster management, toxicology, paediatrics, mental health, and environmental emergencies. Students will develop advanced assessment skills and evidence-informed management strategies for high-acuity and fast-track patient presentations. By the completion of this unit, you will develop clinical decision-making...

This unit introduces you to ceramics practices through hands-on exercises, demonstrations, and creative projects. You will undertake a number of small experiments to gain and apply knowledge of a range of ceramic techniques and explore surface possibilities through the firing process. An independent project will allow you to explore techniques further, resulting in a realised creative project....

City Lives brings together practical skills in urban analysis and observation to promote critical consideration of the pressing urban issues of our times. In particular, this unit tackles contemporary issues of urban inclusion, exclusion, diversity, and creativity. It interrogates who and what is given ‘place’ in the city and the norms which shape urban governance, encounter, interaction, and...

This Unit provides you with an introduction to studies in addictive behaviours in preparation for employment in the areas of alcohol and other substance counselling, treatment and prevention. It provides an overview of models of treatment and prevention of addictive behaviours with an emphasis on substance use disorders and behavioural addictions, such as gambling. Policy options and approaches...

In this unit students will undertake self-directed knowledge development through negotiated contracted learning. This learning will incorporate a review of literature around an area on oncology nursing of their choice in order to examine the patient experience of cancer and outcomes. ...

This unit (concurrently with KHA457) involves developing, conducting, and reporting a substantial independent study of a psychological nature. There are three major components to the research project. First, under the guidance of your supervisor, you will review the relevant research literature, develop a research question, design a study, and prepare a written (four A4 page) research proposal....