Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Community Health)

• The course
• Aims
• Objectives
• Entry requirements
• Course outline
  • Year one
    • First semester
    • Second semester
  • Year two
    • First semester
    • Second semester

The course

Gippsland campus (distance education)
Course code: 1246
Course coordinator: Associate Professor Tony Barnett
This course is of two years duration, offered part-time and by distance education. The structure consists of three core subjects and five specialist subjects in community health.

Aims

The course has been designed to provide registered nurses with in-depth knowledge and specialist skills to promote effective functioning in the community health area. Graduates should therefore be capable of functioning as advanced care givers in the community health settings, be able to demonstrate an ability to apply advanced problem-solving skills to patient and community care, and be equipped to respond to an increasingly complex health care environment.

Objectives

On successful completion of the course, it is expected that students should be able to:

• clearly identify the role of the nurse in community health and primary health care practice;
• apply research into community health nursing;
• understand social policy as it is applied to regional and community health care issues and the provision of nursing services;
• effectively carry out individual, family and community assessments which identify health problems and obstacles to health and well-being, and outline strategies/interventions through which these can be overcome;
• compile a detailed community profile which identifies obstacles to health, well being and outlines community development strategies/interventions through which they can be overcome;
• effectively act as a health educator and resource person to individuals, families and communities;
• act as catalyst for change and innovation in community health nursing.

Entry requirements

To be eligible for admission, an applicant would normally:

• have relevant registration (eg Division 1 with the Nurses Board of Victoria);
• have at least one year of nursing experience; and
• have a degree in nursing or related discipline.

Please note: to satisfy the requirements of subject assessments within the course, it is expected that students will 'network' with practitioners and agencies in the field of community health nursing. Also, students who are not currently working in a community health setting will be required to undertake four weeks practice in a community setting of their choice.

Course outline

Year one

First semester

• GHS7642 Health promotion
• GHS7742 Community health: principles and practice

Second semester

• GHS7741 Family health
• GHS8746 Lifespan development: a psychosocial perspective

Year two

First semester

• GHS7640 Methods of information collection, analysis and usage
• GHS7743 Community health: practice specialities

Second semester

• GHS7740 Population health
• GHS7744 Clinical project

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