Overview

This unit builds on the requirements of the registered nurse to understand patient safety, risk management and health informatics. Extension of knowledge and skills to improve patient safety will assist in preparing the student to practice safely across a range of healthcare contexts. This unit explores the concept of harm in health and the developing complexities of healthcare contexts.

Requisites

Prerequisites
NUR30004 Clinical Governance and Quality Care

Rules

Pre-requisite
100 Credit Point in BA-NUR - Bachelor of Nursing

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
10-February-2025
16-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-February-2025
Census date
07-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-May-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025
Semester 1
Location
Wantirna
Start and end dates
10-February-2025
16-June-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-February-2025
Census date
07-March-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
02-May-2025
Results released date
08-July-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Identify, describe and evaluate the principles and methods of patient safety within the complexity of varying healthcare contexts
  • Identify and evaluate the principles of clinical risk, near misses, errors, risk assessment and incident monitoring
  • Analyse and apply risk-management principles to identify, assess and report potential risk in the healthcare context
  • Describe the components of governance within healthcare contexts in relation to patient safety
  • Describe the principles of quality improvement
  • Critically analyse current technologies and patient reporting for assisting with health

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		1.50 8 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 8 weeks 16
Specified Activities
Various		3.00 8 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		8.17 12 weeks 98
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 40% 1,2,3 
Oral PresentationGroup 40% 1,2,3,4,5,6 
TestIndividual 20% 1,2,4 
AssignmentIndividual 40% 1,2,3 
Online QuizzesIndividual 20% 1,2,4 
Presentation and ReportIndividual/Group 40% 1,2,3,4,5,6 

Content

  • Patient Safety
  • Clinical Risk
  • Clinical Governance
  • Health informatics, health and emerging technologies

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.