Unit 1: The Evolution of the Nursing Profession
1. Nursing: The Evolution of a Profession
2. Legal and Ethical Frameworks
3. Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 2: Professional Practice in the Contemporary Environment
4. Australia s Healthcare Delivery System
5. Understanding and Promoting Health

Unit 3: Critical Thinking and Reflective Practice
6. Critical Thinking, Problem-Based Learning, and Reflective Practice
7. Nursing Process
8. Documentation, Health Informatics, and Technology
9. Quality and Safety in Healthcare
10. Communication and Clinical Handover
11. Models of Nursing Care, Management, and Leadership
12. Readiness for Practice

Unit 4: Health Beliefs, Cultural Diversity, and Safety
13. Cultural Competence and Safety
14. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Principles of Cultural Safety

Unit 5: Health Assessment
15. Health Assessment Frameworks: Initial and Ongoing
16. Vital Sign Assessment
17. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Processes

Unit 6: Basic Healthcare Needs
18. Infection Prevention and Control
19. Foundations of Care: Personal Care and Comfort
20. Administration and Monitoring of Medications and Intravenous Therapy

Unit 7: Nursing Care Throughout the Lifespan
21. Nursing Care Across the Lifespan: Conception to Late
22. Late Childhood to Younger Adulthood
23. Early Adulthood to Older Adulthood
24. Older Adult

Unit 8: Health Promotion and Psychosocial and Physiological Nursing Care
25. Cardiovascular and Respiratory
26. Fluid and Electrolyte Homeostasis
27. Rest and Sleep
28. Movement and Exercise
29. Maintaining and Promoting Skin Integrity and Wound Care
30. Nutrition
31. Urinary Health
32. Bowel Health
33. Pain
34. Nursing Assessment and Management of Sensory Health
34. Nursing Assessment and Management of Neurological Health
36. Nursing Assessment and Management of Endocrine Health
37. Nursing Assessment and Management of Reproductive Health

Unit 9: Specialized Nursing Practice
38. Palliative Care
29. Mental Health and Mental Health Conditions
40. Nursing Care in Rehabilitation
41. Nursing Care: Chronic Illness and Disability
42. Acute and Perioperative Care
43. Emergency Care
44. Nursing Care: Maternal and Newborn
45. Community, Rural, and Remote