Applied psychology VI
Course code: 0727
Dr B Evans
3 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisite: NSG2633, NSG2644
Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to describe the nurses role in the context of the organisational setting; apply strategies for management of conflict; explain the psychological factors in specific health problems.
Synopsis Group behaviours; conflict and conflict resolution; the individual in the health organisation; the nurse as part of the health team; role expectations and behaviours in nursing. Applications of health psychology to special areas in nursing: smoking, alcoholism, obesity and eating disorders; childbirth and paediatrics. The subject is taught by lectures and seminars.
Assessment Workshop report: 30% * Examination: 70%
Prescribed texts
McConnell J and Philipchalk R Understanding human behaviour 8th edn, Harcourt Brace, 1994
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