NSB613 Pain Management and Nursing Practice

Making decisions about pain and its management is a key component of nursing practice across a wide variety of patient groups and health service contexts. This unit examines the experience of peoples’ pain and explores the nurse role in relation to pain assessment and management, to facilitate effective pain relief. The unit will provide you with employability skills to prepare for practice in all areas of nursing specialty however, specifically in areas where pain is a focus such as emergency departments, chronic pain, surgery or burns units.

Unit information

Unit code: NSB613
Faculty: Faculty of Health
School/Discipline: School of Nursing
Study area: Health
Credit points: 6

Dates and locations

Teaching period	Dates	Locations
6 Week Teaching Period - D, 2028	4 September 2028 - 20 October 2028	Kelvin Grove

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Previous study requirements

Prerequisites: Successful completion of 144 cp including NSB131
Anti-requisites: NSB609

Guide to previous study requirements

Prerequisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have completed these prerequisite units (or have credit, advanced standing or exemption for them), or be able to demonstrate that you have equivalent background knowledge.
Anti-requisites: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these anti-requisite units.
Co-requisites: To enrol in this unit, you must have already completed these co-requisite units, or you must enrol in them at the same time.
Equivalents: You can’t enrol in this unit if you have completed any of these equivalent units.
Assumed knowledge: We assume that you have a minimum level of knowledge in certain areas before you start this unit.

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