Unit Code: NUR413

Unit Name: Clinical Skills Practicum

Description: The purpose of this course is to teach the student skills needed to support and/or assist the patient in the areas of personal hygiene, areas of activities of daily living, and elimination. Appropriate methods and techniques of basic care are applied. The promotion of comfort and safety of the patient is addressed. Students also report and recognize changes seen in a patient. The overall role of the enrolled nurse of being a reflective, responsible, accountable and professional caregiver is realized. The Enrolled Nurse should assist with or perform personal care only when patients are unable to perform a skill for themselves. The course includes clinical skills application in selected hospital wards/units where skills are learned and applied using the supplied materials of guidelines and competencies.

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Prerequisite: NUR410, NUR411 & NUR412

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 60

Offered In: Semester 2