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NUR5833 - Refugee health and wellbeing

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Coordinator(s)

Ms Suzanne Willey

Offered

Peninsula

First semester 2016 (Flexible)

Synopsis

This unit has been developed in partnership with The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and the State Wide Refugee Nurse Facilitator and sponsored by the Victorian Government. The unit will assist nurses to work with refugees within a social model of health to identify gaps in health services and advocate for refugees in the context of their community through an analysis of the socio-political aspects of the refugee context and an indepth understanding of the effects of torture and trauma on the health and health care of refugees. The unit includes skill development in refugee health assessment and responding to issues of health literacy, organisation and community capacity building and evaluation in refugee health and wellbeing.

Outcomes

This unit will provide opportunities for students to:

Discuss the global and socio-political aspects of refugee and asylum seeker journeys and settlement
Examine primary health care and service co-ordination practices within the refugee context
Analyse and understand the impact of torture and trauma on refugee populations and the Australian health care system
Analyse approaches to cultural responsiveness, health literacy and consumer participation within the refugee context
Identify nursing skills required for refugee health assessment and care within the individual and family context
Recognise and develop professional boundaries and skills to assist the nurse/midwife when working with refugees.