Courses Handbook 2007 - [ Archived ]

300712 (v.2) Nursing and Health 111


Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Individual perceptions of health - values, beliefs, practices. Characteristics of the current health industry, consumers of health. Codes and standards of practice. Measurement and recording of health data. Accessing information using technologies. Nursing informatics. Goal setting, organisation of study commitments. Legal implications in nursing practice. Nurses Act. Public and private health services and health policy in Western Australia. Learning techniques and practices. Academic expectations - referencing, annotated bibliography, literacy and critical thinking. Introduction to Gordon's Functional Health Pattern (GFHP). Scope of Nursing Practice - Decision Making Framework (SONP-DMF).
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

060307 Community Nursing

Funding Cluster:

12 - Nursing

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2007 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2007 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 Y        
2007 Geraldton University Centre 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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