Course Coordinator: Ellen Davies
Phone: +61 8 8313 2887
Email: ellen.davies@adelaide.edu.au

1	Retrieves, critically evaluates and applies evidence in the management of patients with complex health care needs who are ill in the acute care setting
2	Demonstrates/ advocates cultural competence in clinical practice in an acute care scenario
3	Retrieves, critically evaluates and applies evidence based recommendations to clinical practice in an acute care scenario.
4	Expresses critical thinking skills through reflection of nursing practice in relation to quality in health care in an acute care scenario
5	Appraise the rationale and effectiveness of assessment and interventions applied to seriously ill patients in the acute care setting.
6	Reflects on current skills, knowledge and attitudes and plans ongoing personal development and demonstrates application of contribution to the professional development of others through leadership.

Gilbert, J & Coyne E 2018, Acute Care Nursing, 1st edn, Cambridge Univeristy Press, Melbourne, Australia.

Available from:
Cambridge University Press
477 Williamstown Road
Private Bag 31
Port Melbourne
Victoria, 3207
email: enquiries@cambridge.edu.au
tel: +61 (03) 8671 1400 fax:: +61 (03) 9676 9966

Craft, J A & Gordon, C J 2018, Understanding Pathophysiology, 3rd edn, Mosby Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW, Australia.

Available from:
Mosby Elsevier Australia
Tower 1
475 Victoria Avenue
Chatswood
NSW, 2067
tel: 1800 263 951 (Australia)

Lewis, P & Foley, D 2013, Weber & Kelley's Health Assessment in Nursing (First Australian and New Zealand Edition), 2nd edn, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Sydney, Australia.

Available from:
Wolters Kluwer Health
Suite 303
55 Mountain Street
Broadway
NSW 2007
Email: customerservice@lww.com
Tel: 1800 638 3030




Online Classroom
To attend Zoom online classroom you will require the following :
a computer - either a PC based or macintosh- based machine
Internet access 
Minimum of 56K modem
A multimedia headset with both earphones and a microphone

A reading list has been compiled for this course that will be made available through MyUni. Lectures have been carefully chosen that are supported with carefully selected and recommended readings that aim to optimise your knowledge on the topic areas. The readings for this course are available electronically via MyUni. Please note: it is your responsibility to organise printing should you prefer a hard copy of the readings.

Zoom Online Classroom
The Zoom Online classroom (OC) will be used for lectures and tutorial discussions on a weekly basis. There may be some pre-recorded sessions for you to access prior to our Zoom online classroom session. Please ensure you familiarise yourself with the content available on Canvas before attendance to Zoom OC each week. The scheduled weekly online classroom will be indicated in Canvas with a timeframe of 2 hours each week during this semester. During these Zoom OC we will discuss case scenarios and
clinical events relevant to the topic, which is why it is imperative you have familiarised yourself with the materials made available
beforehand. There is information regarding Zoom available on the Canvas course website, you need to familiarise yourself with this technology tobecome reasonably comfortable with using it prior to the start of the semester. To connect to the VC you will require:• a computer – either a PC-based or a Macintosh-based machine• Internet access – there seems to be little difference between broadband and dial-up connections other than the speed of the initial connection• minimum of a 56K modem• a multimedia headset – it must have both earphones and microphone (These are available in computer variety stores).

MyUni
Allstudents enrolled in a postgraduate coursework nursing program have access to the School of Nursing – Postgraduate Coursework Student Centre on MyUni. If you would like the opportunity to network with other students, you can use the Communication features in the site. This site will also feature information about the latest news and events at the
School of Nursing.

Unified
http://unified.adelaide.edu.au/ UNIFIED is your one-stop shop for email, calendar, MyUni and Access Adelaide. It even allows you to search the Library. UNIFIED is available to all active students; with a single login you can access your student systems and personal information through a central website. Login with your Student ID ("a1234567") and Password. For more information, including easy to follow instructions visit https://unified.adelaide.edu.au/web/mycampus/home.

Library Resources Help for Nursing Students
The University of Adelaide Library has a website to help nursing students use the library and its resource
(www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/nursing).

Remote student library service
The University of Adelaide Library provides a document delivery and loans service to non-metropolitan students who do not visit a University of Adelaide campus to attend classes (www.adelaide.edu.au/library/docdel/external.html).

This course will be delivered through the Flexible Delivery Mode with Zoom online classroom lectures. This classroom can be accessed via the web link on ‘MyUni/Canvas’, which is the learning platform for the delivery of this course. Students will participate in synchronous online collaborative learning for 2 hours each week. The course materials will be available prior to these sessions so that students can prepare for each online classroom.

topics through the available readings and activities which will then be discussed in detail using the ‘Zoom on-line classroom’ (OC). Additional to this is a 1 day workshop that is scheduled in the last teaching week of semester.

Zoom online classroom
The Zoom online classroom (OC) technology will be used for lectures and tutorial discussions on a weekly basis as scheduled during this semester. On-line learning using ‘Zoom on-line classroom’ (OC) and ‘MyUni Canvas ’ are
used in the delivery of this course. To get the most out of this course it is recommended that you attend these classroom sessions. There is also a 1 day workshop associated with this course in the University's Simulation Centre. Student participation and discussion will be expected in all sessions. You will need to invest about 24 hours per week of
study to successfully complete this course.This includes all study activities, attendance at workshops, online activities, readings and assessment. There will be some weeks that will include more content. You are advised to plan your study commitments to the course at the beginning of the semester.

Online Readings
A reading list has been compiled for this course and will be made available through Course on MyUn/Canvasi. Lectures have been carefully chosen that are supported with recommended readings which aim to optimise your knowledge on the topic.
 

The course content will include but not be limited to the following:

Fluid and Electrolytes

Respiratory Physiology
    • Acute Respiratory Failure
    • Respiratory monitoring – oximetry; spirometry, CO2

Common Respiratory Disorders
    • COPD
    • Asthma
    • PE
    • Pneumonia

Advanced Respiratory Nursing
    • NIV
    • CXR interpretation
    • Pandemic Flu Precautions

Cardiac Monitoring
    • Supraventricular arrhythmias
    • AV Blocks
    • Rate control versus rhythm control
    • Inotropic agents

Cardiovascular Physiology
    • Ventricular arrhythmias
    • Pacemakers

Common Cardiovascular Disorders
    • Heart Failure
    • Acute Coronary Syndrome
    • 12 Lead ECG

Drug and Alcohol Issues in Mental Health
    • Comorbidities of mental disorders and substance abuse
    • Mental Health Emergencies

Neurological Physiology/ Pain Management
    • Pain
    • Delirium
    • Comparison of acute and chronic pain assessment and management

Cultural Considerations in Clinical Practice
    • Cultural safety/diversity
    • ATSI patients

Dysmetabolic Syndrome
    • Diagnosis /risk assessment
    • Significance of the disease

This specialist course builds upon your existing knowledge of acute disease and the appropriate management strategies and nursing skills employed to treat acute conditions. This course offers a wide variety of topics that impact the activities of acute care nurses in their practice context. Obviously everything cannot be covered in such a short time frame so issues that are common and of current relevance will be explored. Participation in the tutorials is pivotal in making this course a constructive and enjoyable learning experience.

Assessment Task	Task Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Online Quiz	Formative	Non-graded pass (NGP)	4-6
Portfolio	Summative	40%	1-3
Presentation	Summative	30%	4-6
Online quizzes	Summative	30%	2-3, 5-6

Formative Assessment
Due Week 3 NGP 0%

Presentation – (30%) Due Date : individual student online presentation to class scheduled during Weeks 11- 13.
• A brief non-graded synopsis paper will be required to facilitate feedback and direction for the 15 minute presentation that students will present to their colleagues
• The topic can be chosen from any of the subjects and sub-groups of topics, that have been covered in this course, or that is topical and will benefit your clinical environment. The content may reflect clinical issues pertinent to the acute care patient or focussed on specific nursing intervention or equipment in the acute care setting. It must not be a duplicate of work you have already submitted. It is essential that you discuss your topic with the course coordinator at your earliest convenience to ensure a wide variety of topics are presented and that each student presents a different topic. This will benefit all students and maximise learning opportunities.

Presentation Guidelines
It is a requirement of the assessment that the presentation is made to fellow students and the course coordinator during Zoom online classroom. It is expected that the presentation will take 15 minutes with 5 minutes allowed for discussion on completion of the presentation. It is mandatory that the presentation be made in PowerPoint. This exercise will be a valuable asset to the student as PowerPoint is a skill that is required in many educational settings and is the standard tool used for conference presentations and interviews. A copy of your presentation must be available to your course coordinator before presentation online.

Online Quizzes – (30%)
• Students will be assessed on their understanding of the material presented throughout this course via online quizzes that are linked to each module of work throughout the semester.



Combined these assessments will distinguish the students’ ability to apply a rigorous academic knowledge of the sciences that inform nursing practice in the specialty of acute care nursing. They will also assess the students’ ability to apply critical thinking skills to problem solving and to evaluate nursing care according to professional standards of practice.

Assessments, unless otherwise stated in your Study guide, are to be submitted electronically via Assignments in MyUni (throughTurnitin)on the due date specified. Instructions for assignment submission are available for all students under Tutorials at www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/.
An assessment submitted via MyUni must be submitted as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file. If submitting a PowerPoint presentation for marking, the .ppt or .pptx must be submitted as .pdf file. It is also important to submit your file under your name, such as surname.firstname. MyUni stamps all the other details against your filename once you submit your assessment.
If you have difficulty submitting your assignment, you can call the MyUni helpdesk from 8am to 6pm 08 8303 3335.

Late Submission of Work
All assessments should be submitted by the specified due date. Late submission without an approved extension will be penalised at the rate of 10% of available marks for each day after the due date. Work submitted more than ten days after the due date may be returned unmarked. This action will be taken to prevent students who do get their work in on time being disadvantaged.

Work Limit
You are advised to comply with word limits. You are, of course, not expected to achieve exactly the required length and a 10% leeway on either side is acceptable. However, a penalty of 5% of available marks will apply for word limit in excess of the 10% leeway.

Presentation
Your written work must comply with the formatting and referencing indicated in the School Academic Manual. Marks will be lost for failing to do so.

Return of Assignments
Marked assignments and feedback will be returned via MyUni. For further information relating to assessment refer to the Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy.

Requesting a remark
Any student who, after discussion of the result with the course coordinator, is still dissatisfied with the final grade awarded for a course, and who has specific grounds for objecting to the grade, may lodge a written request for a review of the result or an independent second assessment with the Head of School within 10 University business days from the date of notification of the result. Such a written request must contain details of the grounds on which the objection is based. Requests must include a summary of the reasons the student believes his or her assessment work deserves a higher grade. These reasons must be directly related to the academic quality of the work. Re-marks, for example, will not be granted where the grounds are that the student has paid tuition fees or incurred liability under HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP, or needs one or two additional marks to get a higher overall grade for the course. The Head of Learning and Teaching may seek the advice of the Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Sub-Committee, and will make a determination on review or second assessment, and inform the student of his or her decision in writing.

The grade awarded to a piece of work following review or second assessment as provided for in this policy or as a consequence of appeal to the Student Appeals Committee will usually stand as the final grade for the work, regardless of whether it is higher or lower than the grade originally awarded.Further guidelines and policies regarding examinations may be found on the examinations website www.adelaide.edu.au/student/exams/rules_policies.html.

Resubmitting failed assignments
In accordance with University Policy, the guidelines and conditions regarding resubmission are stated below. It should be noted that these guidelines concern work that has been assessed as ‘FAIL’.Course coordinators, in consultation with Head of Learning & Teaching and/or the Pre-Registration or Postgraduate Learning and Teaching Sub-Committee Chairperson, are responsible for determining the circumstances in which students may resubmit assessment tasks.

In determining these circumstances, the following are considered:

1. Students may only resubmit their work when:
•  It will allow them to demonstrate that they have understood feedback on their work; and/or
•  They might otherwise be at risk of failing the course; and/or
• When they have received a Fail grade with an underlying mark of 45-49%; or
•  The final assessment task in the course is weighted at 20% or more of the total course assessment.
2. In granting a resubmission, the deadline will be negotiated.
3. The resubmitted work will be awarded no more than the minimum pass mark (i.e. 50%).
4. If the resubmitted work does not achieve a pass, it cannot be submitted a third time, and a fail will be recorded.
5. Students who accept an offer of resubmission must take into account the possible implications, such as eligibility for graduation should the reassessment not be able to be completed in time for their preferred ceremony.

Unsatisfactory Academic Progress
Students whose academic progress is considered to be unsatisfactory may be precluded from taking further studies in the program for which they are enrolled; or further enrolment in that program may not be permitted for one academic year; or they may be permitted to re-enrol, but with a restricted program of study. More information is available at www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/1803/.

Plagiarism
Students are reminded that plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty constitute a serious offence and can result in disciplinary procedures. Students are advised to read the policy Academic Honesty and Assessment Obligations for Coursework Students Policy & Coursework Students: Academic Dishonesty Procedures policy, available at www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/. 

The following definitions should be noted: 
Referencing - providing a full bibliographic reference to the source of the citation (in a style as determined by the School).
Quotation - placing an excerpt from an original source into a paper using either quotation marks or indentation, with the source cited, using an approved referencing system in order to give credit to the original author.
Paraphrasing - repeating a section of text using different words which retain the original meaning.
Please note that changing just a few words does not constitute paraphrasing.


MARKING GUIDES

Portfolio

Structure and Writing Style 20%
Structure (15%)
•    Introduces/outlines/situates the activity/discussion.
•    Each section of the portfolio is structured in a logical sequence so that the content flows (headings may be used to develop the structure of the portfolio).
•    Each section of the portfolio ends with a cogent, defendable conclusion that summarises the discussion within the body of the paper.
Writing Style (5%)
•    The portfolio is written with clear sentence structure and the spelling and grammar are correct.

Content  70%
•    Demonstrates an understanding of the activities/discussions chosen by identifying the main components/issues/focus of the topic area.
•    Provides evidence of support from contemporary literature to support argument/points of view.
•    Has grounded the topic within the clinical area but also includes the broad scope of nursing.

Referencing  10%
•    The referencing style used throughout the summary paper is congruent with the School Academic Manual.
•    The reference list is accurate (i.e. no missing page numbers, volumes, correct title etc), complete (i.e. no references in the body of the paper are missing from the reference list) and consistent with the School Academic Manual.
•    The references cited are contemporary (i.e. less than 10 years old unless seminal papers).
•    Primary references are used predominantly (i.e. the original reference has been cited rather than a secondary source).
•    There is evidence in the summary paper that the student has searched widely for information related to the topic/issue.
•    The student has acknowledged all sources of information.
•    Direct quotations are only used to make crucial points or to support the discussion/argument.


Presentation

Structure  20%
•    introduces the topic and states aims of the presentation
•    clearly describes the way in which the presentation will proceed
•    the presentation is structured in a logical sequence so that the content flows
•    the presentation ends with a brief cogent, defendable conclusion that summarises the discussion within the presentation. Final slide must list all references in accordance with the School’s Style guide
•    time for the presentation is managed well, allowing adequate time for questions/debate at the conclusion of the presentation.

Content and Critical Analysis  60%
Content (30%)
•    the presentation has covered the topic sufficiently
•    the presentation content has clear links to contemporary nursing theory and clinical practice
•    the student’s presentation demonstrates a depth of understanding of the topic and associated significant issues
Critical Analysis (30%)
•    the presentation demonstrates a high degree of critical thought and insight by:
      - providing justification/rationale for the discussion
      - demonstrating they have reflected on the complex issues surrounding the topic
      - discussing the topic from differing perspectives, thereby providing a balanced discussion.

Discussion and Presentation Style  20%
•    material is presented in an interesting manner
•    the student uses learning resources appropriately
•    the group's interest is maintained by the student
•    the student:
      - is audible
      - speaks clearly and slowly
      - responds to questions in an appropriate fashion
      - leads an interactive discussion that challenges the group to issues related to their nursing practice.


Pre-sighted exam
This will be a long answer exam. You will be given five questions three weeks prior to the exam for you to use in your revision. At the exam you will need to answer three of those five questions in the time allotted. The questions will only cover the work in this semester.  You will have 10 minutes reading time and 2 hours writing time.

If you live outside of Adelaide you can arrange to complete the exam remotely. You will need to have someone who is willing to supervise you for the 2 hours. Please contact the course coordinator to arrange this.

Best apects of course :
The topics of this course are very interesting.The compulsory workshop was very beneficial. I enjoyed the content of the workshop and the lecture material.

Areas for improvement identified by students
I felt the course had some critical care aspects that I do not feel are
relevant for an acute care course. It seems a bit ICU directed.

Coordinator's response: The course material has been reviewed and is now directed towards that of an acute care nurse rather than ICU.