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STUDENT CLINICAL PLACEMENT MANUAL BACHELOR OF NURSING (BN)

Created and updated by the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine June 2020 – June 2021

Ratified: NCIC Chair R. Quinney June 12, 2020 Ratified Version NCIC 12-06-2020

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Table of contents Table of contents Useful definitions Aims and course learning outcomes Important contacts Roles and responsibilities Clinical placement Inherent requirements Reasonable adjustments Student responsibilities prior to clinical placement Work integrated learning and pre-placement requirements Health care provider or agency specific training prior to clinical placement InPlace Disclosure of information Fitness for practice survey Removal from placement related to fitness for practice Pregnancy and clinical placement Breastfeeding Disability Cultural and religious requirements Allocation to clinical placement Clinical placement calendar on LEO Clinical calendar and shift work Clinical placements according to enrolled campus Locations of your clinical placement Rural placement Self-selection process Integrated placements and flexible model placements Placement cancellations Attendance expectations during clinical placement Swapping shifts Swapping clinical placements Variation to clinical placement due to unforeseen or extenuating circumstances Absence during clinical placement Missed clinical hours Withdrawing from clinical placement Scope of practice Professional behaviour Late arrival for clinical placement Student conduct and discipline policy Working and clinical placement Ratified Version NCIC 12-06-2020

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Uniform and identification Confidentiality requirements Fraudulent information ACU policy on discrimination, harassment and bullying Use of electronic translators and mobile phones on clinical placement Insurance cover for students on clinical placement Clinical facilitation and assessment Student performance issues during placement Clinical learning contract Pre-clinical learning action plan Unsatisfactory performance Follow-up after failure or unsatisfactory performance during clinical placement Concerns about fairness of assessment Clarification of a NU decision Application for review or appeal against a decision Guidelines on the administration of medications during clinical placement Risk management and injury during clinical placement References Appendix A WIL Appendix B Variation to clinical placement

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Useful definitions Australian health practitioner regulation agency (AHPRA)

AHPRA is the regulatory body that works with 15 national boards across Australia to help protect the public by regulating Australia’s registered health practitioners.

Clinical coordinator (CC) An academic staff member assigned to coordinate student clinical placements. Clinical lecturer in charge (CLIC)

An academic staff member responsible for the administration and implementation of a designated unit at campus level.

Discipline

A field of knowledge. Nursing is one of the 13 disciplines within the Faculty of Health Sciences that undertake Clinical Placement as part of the course of study.

Health care provider or Agency

An organisation or facility which hosts students during clinical placement.

Inherent requirements

The essential components of a course or unit that demonstrate the capabilities, capacity, knowledge, and skills required to achieve the core learning outcomes of the course or unit, while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes.

InPlace

Student placement management system used by the Faculty of Health Sciences.

National professional practice lead (NPPL)

Academic staff member assigned to coordinate the student clinical placement program for a discipline nationally.

Placement

Clinical Placement that is undertaken as part of a student’s course or unit requirements.

Placement Services

Central unit within the Faculty of Health Sciences assigned to coordinate and administer clinical placements for nursing.

Placement supervisor or clinical facilitator

A qualified professional who guides students’ education and training on placement. Placement Supervisors can be employed by ACU or supplied by Agencies.

Simulation

designed to simulate real workplaces in your function, equipment, and mode of operation to provide students a variety of scenarios and activities reflective of real-world experiences in the nursing profession

Work integrated learning (WIL)

Activities that integrates the theory of learning with the practice of work.

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Aims and course learning outcomes Aim This Bachelor’s degree aims to develop a highly regarded, distinctive graduate who has excellent discipline knowledge; is emotionally intelligent and is extremely valuable to the local, national, and international fabric of society. We aim to develop highly skilled nurses who are ethical in their behaviour with a developed critical habit of mind as well as having an appreciation of the sacred in life and has a commitment to serving the common good. ACU graduates ultimately commit to their nursing profession by accepting responsibility for lifelong learning and accountability for their practice as independent and interdependent practitioners commencing with application to AHPRA for registration as a nurse.

Course learning outcomes Upon successful completion of the Bachelor of Nursing, graduates shall be able to: 1. Articulate the role of the nurse and how a nurse fits into the continuum of care as an independent and interdependent practitioner who functions as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide personcentered, culturally sensitive, globally informed health care which also recognizes and respects Indigenous Knowledge; 2. Utilise a broad and coherent theoretical and technical knowledge base to interpret assessment data and distill significant volumes of information to support an evidence-based approach to all nursing and health related care; 3. Demonstrate skills of advanced communication, collaboration, life-long learning, reflective and technical capabilities to support their health assessment, critical enquiry, and clinical judgment abilities; 4. Utilise the Clinical Reasoning Cycle to plan and provide evidence based, individualised, holistic nursing care for individuals, families and communities. Graduates of the BN course will be eligible to apply for registration as a nurse AHPRA.

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Important contacts National Professional Practice Lead (NPPL) Ms. Mandy Al Ali Email: [email protected] Phone: (03) 92308119

Ballarat Campus Position

Name

Email

Phone number

Clinical coordinator

Mr. Ashton Kline

[email protected]

(03) 5336 5352

[email protected]

(03) 9953 3797

Placement services

Brisbane Campus Position

Name

Email

Phone number

Clinical coordinator

Ms. Gillian Lewis

[email protected]

(07) 3623 7614

Deputy clinical coordinator

Ms. Annie Barclay

[email protected]

(07) 3861 6089

[email protected]

(07) 3623 7820

Placement services

Canberra Campus Position

Name

Email

Phone number

Clinical coordinator

Ms. Sharon Coman

[email protected]

(02) 6209 1366

[email protected]

Placement services

Melbourne Campus Position Clinical coordinator

Name

Email

Phone number

Ms. Paula Ince

[email protected]

(03) 9953 3624

[email protected]

(03) 9953 3797

Placement services

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North Sydney Campus Position

Name

Email

Phone number

Clinical coordinator

Ms. Irene Mayo

[email protected]

(02) 9739 2059

Deputy clinical coordinator

Ms. Lydia Taouk

[email protected]

(02) 9739 2568

[email protected]

(02) 9739 2651

Placement services

Other useful numbers ASK ACU Phone number 1300 275 228 SMS 0427 522 268 Online query https://acu.service-now.com/askacu Disability services Online query https://www.acu.edu.au/student-life/student-services/disability-support

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Roles and responsibilities Clinical lecturer-in-charge (CLIC) Your CLIC is the first person you contact if you have any concerns about your clinical placement. These concerns may include: • illness • unexpected emergencies • change in your fitness to practice • concerns about achieving your goals and meeting the requirements of placement • questions about your ANSAT documents • questions about your competencies If you are having difficulties meeting your required objectives and/or standards for practice the CLIC will, in collaboration with the Clinical Facilitator create a Clinical Learning Contract (CLC) to assist you to meet the level of competency required to pass the clinical placement. This is a supportive process as we all want to see you do your best on placement. The best way to contact your CLIC and set up an appointment is by email. You will locate your CLIC’s email address in the unit outline of your interprofessional practice unit.

Placement services Placement Services office allocates you to a clinical placement once you have met and submitted, all mandatory pre-placement requirements. Once you have been allocated a clinical placement, your placement will be available for viewing on InPlace. You are encouraged to Log onto and view the information on InPlace frequently as the information can change: https://inplace.acu.edu.au/inplace

Clinical coordinator The Clinical coordinator is the first person you contact if you: • have an Education Inclusion Plan (EIP) • are unable to have live vaccines or do not seroconvert • are a conscientious objector to immunization • require consideration for religious observance • are pregnant • are part of the Elite Athlete (EA) or PASS (Peer Assisted Study Sessions) program • have concerns about your placement and facilitation • have extenuating circumstances that you would like to discuss The Clinical Coordinator will consider requests and recommendations for variations to clinical placement in these situations if they are made prior to the start of semester. If we have advanced warning, we can best meet your needs. The best way to contact your Clinical Coordinator and set up an appointment is by email. Please be aware that all requests for Variation to Clinical Placement once the placement has been allocated will be reviewed by the Associate Dean, Learning, Teaching and Professional Experience. Ratified Version NCIC 12-06-2020

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Students As a student it is imperative that you are up to date with the latest clinical placement information and are aware of the requirements expected of you. You are required to establish good verbal and written communication skills. It is your responsibility to check your emails and relevant announcements on a frequent and consistent basis. It is also important that you respond to emails addressed to you at a timely manner and attend to any requirements at the specified time. Failure in communication such as not checking emails and miscommunication is often a factor that impedes successful completion of placement at a timely manner. IMPORTANT NOTE: When emailing ACU staff please follow this protocol: Include in the email subject line: your full name; your student ID, unit of study and the topic of the email.

ASKACU ASKACU will help you with all your general enquiries. For example: • student cards • timetables • copies of transcripts • advice on course progression and units to enroll in • student support programs

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Clinical placement Your clinical placement is an inherent component of the Bachelor of Nursing. The purpose of the clinical placement is to: • • • •

facilitate the expansion and integration of your theoretical knowledge to support your critical thinking; enhance your competency with clinical psychomotor skills; increase student integration within the healthcare team; achieve the required level of clinical practice competence to prepare you for the successful transition to the workforce (McNamara, 2015; Teel, MacIntyre, Murray & Rock, 2011)

As students you undertake clinical practice in a supernumerary capacity. This is a requirement of the Bachelor of Nursing course, which has been accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). This means you are not paid for clinical practice and are not part of the workforce in the health care setting.

Inherent requirements For you to be able to successfully complete your bachelor’s degree, you need to be able to meet the inherent requirements of the program of study (Australian Catholic University, 2017). While ACU is committed to making reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate in placement, in line with the Disability Standards of Education 2005 and ACU’s Students with Disabilities Policy Inherent Requirements statement, these adjustments must not fundamentally change the nature of the inherent requirement. You must meet the inherent requirements of a course or unit, to ensure you can demonstrate the capabilities, knowledge, and skills required on placements. The implementation of Inherent Requirements enables informed, transparent, and consistent decisions about reasonable adjustments to assist students with disability. There are eight domains of inherent requirements for the undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing course. The domains are: • • • • • • • •

ethical behaviour behavioral stability legal communication cognition sensory ability strength and mobility suitable performance

All students must be able to meet the inherent requirements of the role and the objectives of the course to attend clinical placement. You will find the inherent requirements for nursing on this site Ratified Version NCIC 12-06-2020

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https://www.acu.edu.au/study-at-acu/how-to-apply/inherent-requirements/inherent-requirements-fornursing-undergraduate Students may be removed from placement if you are unable to meet the inherent requirements, in accordance with withdrawal provisions of ACU’s Academic Regulations.

Reasonable adjustments ACU endeavors to offer you the best available clinical education opportunities. ACU has established robust relationships with health care providers across Australia. While ACU endeavors to accommodate students’ needs, this is not always possible. For fairness and equity amongst all ACU students, changes to placement related individual concerns of the following nature are not possible due to the large nursing cohort all requiring clinical placement. IMPORTANT NOTE: Reasons for reasonable adjustments/variation to clinical placement will not be considered in the following circumstances: • • • • • • • •

travel and holiday plans, transportation and accommodation requirements, except where this is relevant to the reason outlined above regarding chronic illness, work or other business commitments, childcare or family care commitments, weddings and/or other celebratory events, extra-curricular activities that are not associated with University requirements, preferences for specific or specialty placements and health service agencies requests to be re-allocated to a clinical placement other than a facility at which you withdrew from or were put on a learning contract

Consideration can be made to placement allocation for the reasons outlined below however, this should be done prior to semester unless circumstances change once placements are released. Variations and/or reasonable adjustments to your clinical placement may be considered in the following circumstances: • • • • • • •

if you have an Education Inclusion Plan (EIP); if you require consideration for religious observance; if you are pregnant and have discussed this with the Clinical Coordinator prior to Placement allocation; if you are a member of the Elite Athlete and PASS programs; if you have a chronic illness that requires frequent and specialized treatment that is only available at certain locations. This must be supported by medical documentation, for other extenuating medical, compassionate, or special circumstances beyond your control; and where there was no opportunity to plan, if your fitness for practice or capacity to undertake clinical placement changes.

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of the relevant semester. If the placement has been allocated the request will need to go to the Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching and Professional Experience.

Student responsibilities prior to clinical placement There are several steps involved in getting ready for clinical placement and it is important that you understand the requirements to ensure timely allocation. The main hurdles are related to meeting legislative and training requirements and showing evidence of immunisation. Each state has different requirements that we must uphold, and it is your responsibility to be aware of these requirements.

Work integrated learning (WIL) website and pre-placement requirements Pre-placement information is found on the WIL Website: https://www.wil.acu.edu.au/. Further instructions and support to navigate will is in Appendix A. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please contact your campus Clinical Coordinator and make an appointment to discuss any of the following that would impact your ability to meet pre-placement requirements: • • •

if you have a disclosable/reportable outcome on your National Police Check or Working with Children Check; if you have a contraindication to immunisation; if you are unable to seroconvert (your serology report would indicate that you have not developed the antibody necessary to fight the disease).

Faculty pre-placement requirements NATIONAL POLICE CHECK A note for International students: • You must obtain Australian national police check AND either of the following: • Option 1: Police certificate (with English translation) from your home country and any country you have resided in, incorporating any charges or convictions against your name • Option 2: Statutory declaration that lists any charges and convictions from your home country and any country you have resided in, or states that you have no pending criminal charges or convictions. WORKING WITH CHILDREN OR VULNERABLE PEOPLE CHECK IMMUNISATION This includes: • Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) • Hepatitis A • Hepatitis B • Measles, mumps, rubella • Tuberculosis (screening test) • Varicella (chickenpox) • Annual influenza Ratified Version NCIC 12-06-2020