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NUR360 - Preparation for Nursing Practice 3

2026

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Nursing

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Must have passed 3 units in (NUR252, NUR257, NUR258, NUR259, NUR260)

Incompatible

Coerequisites

Must be enrolled in course version {WNUR01, WNUR02, WNURA1, WNURE1}

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

This unit prepares third-year nursing students to advance their clinical nursing skills in recognising and managing complex patient conditions. With a focus on clinical reasoning and culturally safe person-centred care, students will be guided to enhance their proficiency in patient assessments within a simulated clinical environment. The unit emphasises the application of evidence-based practice across the lifespan, ensuring students are well-equipped to make informed clinical decisions in rapidly changing situations.

Students will build on and consolidate theoretical and practical knowledge gained from other units in the degree program and have the opportunity to think critically about the clinical, psychosocial and cultural complexities they will face as registered nurses. A key feature of this unit is a mandatory 32-hour clinical simulation (hurdle), immersing students in high-pressure scenarios that will enhance critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and advanced clinical skills.

Important Information

The unit includes a 32-hour (4 days) simulation block at one of CDU's simulation suites. The simulation block is compulsory, and students are expected to meet all costs for travel and accommodation in relation to the simulation block.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Justify comprehensive nursing care supported by evidence and underpinning knowledge to provide holistic person-centred care, including responding to acute deterioration in patient condition.
2.	Advocate for culturally safe, person-centred, nursing care at a third year scope of practice, across the lifespan, when managing conditions that require complex interventions in a simulated environment.
3.	Critically analyse evidence-based practice to support clinical reasoning across diverse patient populations and settings, showing integration of theoretical knowledge with practical application.
4.	Demonstrate culturally safe, person-centred care adhering to professional standards expected of a registered nurse.
5.	Demonstrate and contextualise professional responsibility in alignment with the Registered Nurse Standards for Practice.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Online Quiz (20 mins)	10%	5
2.	Presentation (10 mins)	40%	1,2,3,4
3.	Professional Simulation Portfolio (equivalent to 1,500 words)	50%	1,2,3,4,5
4.	Simulation Block - ANSAT assessment (32 hours attendance) (Hurdle)	P/F	1,2,3,4,5
5.	Pre-placement portfolio (500 words) (Hurdle)	P/F	5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2026	Semester 1	Internal	CDU Sydney	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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