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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

NURS3001 (v.1) Behavioural Responses to Acute Illness

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Individual Study: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Seminar: 3 x 4 Hours Once-only
Equivalent(s): 313039 (v.3) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing and Paramedicine 365 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     313035 (v.3) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine 264 or any previous version
    OR
    NURS2003 (v.1) Behavioural Perspectives of Lifespan or any previous version
AND
    313036 (v.1) Inquiry for Nursing Practice 264 or any previous version
    OR
    313031 (v.2) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing and Paramedicine 263 or any previous version
    OR
    NURS2004 (v.1) Inquiry for Professional Practice or any previous version
    OR
    NURS2000 (v.1) Behavioural Responses to Chronic Illness or any previous version
AND
    Admission into 174910 (v.8) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or any previous version
    OR
    314460 (v.1) Paramedicine Clinical Practice 162 or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-NURS (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or any previous version
    OR
    PARA1000 (v.1) Preparation for Paramedic Clinical Practice or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Factors influencing individual and family responses to illness. Sociocultural factors influencing social support and structure and function of the family. Adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies adopted by individuals, families and carers in dealing with the critically unstable patient. Communication strategies and interventions applied to nurses to aid adaptive responses to illness. Inter-professional and intra-professional communication and practice.
Field of Education: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2         Y
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Great Southern TAFE Albany Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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