Improving clinical communication
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Nursing students on clinical placement enter a new world with its own language, practices, hierarchy and documentation.
To assist students to improve their performance during clinical placements, the School has developed a new study aid, ‘Clinical communication’.
Students using the study aid can practise listening to a variety of patient handover sessions, reading charts, deciphering handwriting samples and medical abbreviations, reading body language, and properly addressing patients and health professionals.
Go to the study aid.
Exciting new Topic: Dementia, Delirium and Depression
This topic will enable Nurses and Health Professionals to effectively assess and deal with clients suffering from Dementia, Delirium and Depression regardless of the setting.
There are important and devastating effects on mortality and morbidity arising from misdiagnosis and under-diagnosis of ‘the 3D’s’.
Learning
through clinical
experience
Hi
-
I'm
Greg,
a
3rd
year
student
in
the
Bachelor
of
Nursing.
Having
an
opportunity
to
undertake
clinical
placements
is
one
of
the
things
I
like
best
about
studying.
So
far
I've
worked
in
a
rehabilitation
centre
and
a
community
health
service.
Clinicals
are
a
good
initiation
to
nursing
-
it's
very ‘hands
on’.
I've
found
the
staff
at
the
clinical
venues
to
be
very
helpful
-
they
encourage
you
to
ask
questions
and
won't
let
you
do
something
you're
not
confident
with.
It's
great
to
work
with
patients
-
from
kids
to
the
elderly.
And
it's
great
to
see
how
RNs
and
other
allied
health
professionals
work
together
in
creating
the
optimal
care
for
patient
wellbeing.
Learning
through
diversity
As
a student
of the
School
of Nursing & Midwifery
at Flinders,
you
will
work
and
study
with
people
from
many
different
countries,
backgrounds
and
age
groups.
Around
250
international
students
are
enrolled
in undergraduate
and
postgraduate
courses.
We have
students
from
Norway,
China,
Hong
Kong,
Singapore,
Japan
and
Kenya.
Student
ages
range
from
17 to
55 and
students
include
working
parents,
school
leavers,
and
RNs
and
midwives
returning
to further
their
skills
and
qualifications.
Getting
to know
others
from
different
backgrounds
gives
you
the
opportunity
to expand
your
horizons,
better
understand
diverse
perspectives
and
learn
how
to create
positive
relationships
with
a range
of people.
Learning
through
technology
Meet
SimManTM,
a newcomer
to the
School
of Nursing & Midwifery
at Flinders.
SimManTM is
a life-like
computer-controlled
patient
simulator
that
allows
students
to practise
a wide
range
of clinical
scenarios
with
no risk
or inconvenience
to actual
patients.
SimManTM talks,
breathes,
has
a pulse
and
can
be programmed
to simulate
a number
of medical
conditions
and
emergencies.
The
simulator
allows
students
to improve
their
basic
skills
as well
as practise
responses
to situations
they
might
not
easily
find
in clinical
placements.
Learning
through
engagement
with
ideas
As
a student
of the
School
of Nursing & Midwifery,
you
are
encouraged
to actively
engage
with
complex
ideas,
learn
how
to read
and
use
the
latest
research,
challenge
your
understanding
through
critical
thinking
and
immerse
yourself
in the
intellectual
discipline
of nursing
or midwifery.
Nurses
and
midwives
are
increasingly
expected
to be
able
to think
creatively
and
critically,
interpret
and
analyse
information,
evaluate
and
solve
problems
and
make
justifiable
decisions
as individuals
and
as members
of multidisciplinary
teams.
You
will
also
be expected
to be
a life-long
learner,
with
the
skills
and
attributes
required
to continue
your
professional
development
and
learning
after
graduation.
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