Professional Experience Placement 1 Nursing

Students will apply nursing knowledge and skills gained in previous units to professional practice in a healthcare setting. Aligned with quality and safety principles, students will demonstrate the provision of safe, person-centred care within their scope of practice. They will operate under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and will receive feedback on their professional practice. Before commencing placement, students will be asked to provide mandatory documentation for allocations as part of DHHS requirements for Professional Experience Placement (PEP).

1. Students will undertake 7 hours of preparation for PEP inclusive of simulation in the first week, then four weeks of PEP (160 Hours)
2. Students will remain on a PL grade until 160 hours of PEP have been successfully completed.

Please note: Students who have not completed HNB1205 and/or submitted all mandatory documentation on VU WIL at least two weeks prior to the commencement of the block, will not be able to enrol or remain enrolled in HNB1003.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate respect for all people irrespective of culture, values, beliefs and socio-economic status across the lifespan;
2. Apply nursing care activities using a person-centred approach demonstrating therapeutic communication and effective communication within intraprofessional and interprofessional teams;
3. Exhibit performance and behaviours that meet the Registered Nurse (RN) Standards for Practice relevant to first year scope of practice;
4. Contextualise the impact of the code of conduct, code of ethics and the decision-making framework in PEP;
5. Initiate safe clinical reasoning within a first-year scope of practice; and
6. Reflect on and respond appropriately to feedback regarding performance and behaviour during PEP.