NUR3204 - Integrated community care - 2017

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Coordinator(s)

Ms Catherine Wilkin

Not offered in 2017

Synopsis

This unit focuses on an integrated structure for health and wellbeing in the community using the continuum from birth to end of life. This unit will provide opportunities for students to develop fundamental knowledge, incorporate primary health care theories and concepts. This process will expand their burgeoning skills and attitudes relevant to the prevention, restoration and maintenance of optimal health and wellbeing, specific to a range of community settings. Students will be supported to explore and develop knowledge significant to the family and health care needs so the individual and/or family become central to their management of optimal health. The clinical practice component will provide students with opportunities to incorporate theoretical learning into care and begin the transition to graduate practice.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. analyse the concepts of primary health care and population health;
  2. demonstrate knowledge of contemporary rural and remote community needs;
  3. assess factors that predispose, enable, or reinforce behaviours contributing to health risks;
  4. describe the roles and functions of the members of the multidisciplinary primary health care team;
  5. analyse ethical issues which pertain to primary health care;
  6. apply a range of therapeutic interventions to meet the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of patients/clients in the community;
  7. communicate effectively with people who are experiencing complex health issues;
  8. demonstrate cultural sensitivity and deep respectful listening to all rural and remote community members;
  9. provide evidence based interventions and resources that support the person and their family experiencing complex care needs;
  10. practice in accordance with ANMC Competencies for the Registered Nurse and other professional standards.

Assessment

  • Critique of a journal article (2,000 words) (20%)
  • Literature review (2,000 words) (30%)
  • Written assignment: Journal article format (3,000 - 4,000 words) (50%)
  • Clinical practice assessment (Pass / Fail)

Workload requirements

Lectures: 4 hours x 4 weeks = 16 hours; Tutorials: 2 hours x 4 weeks = 8 hours;

Clinical: 160 hours; Individual Study: 128 hours.

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Chief examiner(s)

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Prerequisites

NUR2002, NUR2004.