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
Chief examiner(s)
Coordinator(s)
Ms Cath Wilson
(Clayton)
Mr Cliff Connell
(Peninsula)
Unit guides
Synopsis
This unit further develops the concepts of ageing, and chronic and life limiting illness introduced in NUR1111, NUR2225, NUR2227 and NUR2229.
It encompasses the relationship of these concepts to primary care practice and advances the skills of the nurse/midwife in the application of research evidence and the role of educator.
The development of these domains assists the nurse/midwife to translate these fundamentals into the practice of contemporary primary health care.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the unit, students will:
- Demonstrate research literacy skills in searching, critiquing and applying evidence;
- Develop, conduct and evaluate an effective evidence-based peer teaching session;
- Analyse health literacy as it applies to self-management for people with chronic illness/es
- Identify the legal and ethical issues that arise from changes to cognition, chronic and life limiting illness and the impact on chronic illness management
- Incorporate knowledge of the social determinants of health and public policy to support people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and culturally and linguistically diverse population groups, to engage with health services;
- Evaluate the impact of ageing in the context of health and illness for older people in the community;
- Differentiate the roles of nurses working in interprofessional teams who care for people with chronic and/or life limiting illness in different healthcare environments;
- Utilise the health promotion, supportive and palliative approaches to care for people with chronic and life limiting illness in a range of healthcare settings.
- Apply the Evidence Base Practice Framework to nursing practice focusing on chronic illness management and ageing in primary healthcare practice
Assessment
- Peer lesson plan (20%)
- Contemporary issue paper (3,000 words) (35%)
- iSAP Case study (30%)
- Peer teaching and evaluation (15%) (hurdle)
- IPL Activity (hurdle)
Workload requirements
On Campus: 7 weeks On- Campus: 2 x 2hour workshops each week
Off Campus: Online teacher directed activities 10 hours each week
Self-Directed Learning 12 hours each week
Total 292 hours
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