Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On successful completion of the subject, students should be able to explore the common causative agents and pre-disposing factors which may have an impact on cognition, sensation and motor function; assess physiological and psychosocial consequences of alterations in cognition, sensation and motor function; describe human responses to health breakdown; differentiate between the consequences of impairment, disability and handicap and the implications of these for nursing practice; demonstrate assessment skills and the ability to develop a nursing diagnosis; plan, implement and evaluate appropriate care in supplementing the activities of daily living; demonstrate skills for effective communication; identify clients needs in order to carry out the activities of daily living throughout the life cycle; assist the client in maintaining and supporting the activities of daily living within a safe environment; evaluate their own practice in terms of nursing care.
Synopsis The subject is designed to enable the student to develop an understanding of the processes and consequences of health breakdown in relation to cognition, sensation and motor function across the life span. It aims to further develop skills for the maintenance and support of the activities of daily living involved in the notion of habilitation and rehabilitation. The subject is taught by lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, laboratory and clinical practice. As part of the clinical component associated with this subject students will be placed in health and community services facilities and will be required to give permission for a check of police records before entering these venues.
Assessment Examination (2 hours): 40% + Practical skills assessment: 25% + Assignment: 35% + 80% attendance at lectures and practical classes and 100% attendance at clinical practice is mandatory + Clinical performance assessment is based on competencies + In order to be credited with a pass or higher grade for NSG1002, a satisfactory level must be achieved in the clinical area