NS3320 - Community Approaches to Care
Credit points: |
3 |
Year: |
2014 |
Student Contribution Band: |
Band
1
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Administered by: |
School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition (pre 2015) |
Community Approaches to Care offers the nursing student an introduction to some of
the issues associated with providing nursing care in the community. The students are
given electronic (online) directed learning packages that guide them through the relevant
information throughout the semester. The subject covers the theoretical foundations
of working with the community, such as applied primary health care, epidemiology,
and health care systems. It guides students through the process of community assessment,
and program planning and evaluation. It also applies the principles of health promotion
to a number of vulnerable populations.
Learning Outcomes
- (1) Outline the link between the Primary Health Care Movement and contemporary community
health; (2) Describe contemporary quality and safety processes for community nursing
and care:;
- (3) Apply demographic and epidemiological principles to community health; (4) Define
cultural competence in the context of community nursing and care;
- (5) Describe the process of community assessment and program planning;;
- (6) Transfer theoretical concepts in community health to various vulnerable populations
and across the lifespan;
- (7) Identify community based services for families and the role of the community nurse;
and (8) Describe the nurse's role in providing education to individuals and communities.
Prerequisites: |
NS2022 AND NS2214 AND NS2112 AND NS2015 AND PP2131 AND PP2231 AND HS2101 |
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:
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NS4320 NS3310 NS3370 |
Availabilities
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External,
Study Period 2
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Census Date 28-Aug-2014 |
Coordinator: |
Ms Marie Bodak |
Lecturers:
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Dr Ylona Chun Tie, <Person not found>. |
Method of Delivery: |
WWW - LearnJCUandOther
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Assessment: |
(50%); assignments (50%). |
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Note:
Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process,
and in case
of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
official information.