Monash University Handbook 2011 Postgraduate - Unit

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Synopsis

This unit introduces nurses to the role they play in emergency preparedness and disaster management in local and international settings. Areas of focus include the role in planning, partnerships, disaster response, and delivery of services.

Objectives

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Describe the essential elements of leadership and management for nursing in health services in emergency preparedness and disaster recovery;
2. Identify resources and strategies to enhance the resilience of the nursing workforce in disaster and emergency settings;
3. Identify strategies for developing the role/s of nurses from a range of clinical and nonclinical backgrounds, in these settings;
4. Identify and contribute to directions for education in disaster and emergency nursing;
5. Identify and contribute to directions for research in disaster and emergency nursing.

Assessment

Written assignment (40%),
Presentation (30%)
On-line discussion (30%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Virginia Plummer

Contact hours

24 hours per week including contact time (2 hour lecture, 2 hr tutorial/small group classes or team activities), site visits and/or fieldwork, and self-directed learning (reading, worksheets, assignments, database and web-based research, analysis of published articles and case studies, informal study groups and reflective activities); averaged over the 13 week semester - a total of 312 hours.