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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

303779 (v.3) Health Assessment 261

Note

Tuition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Once-only
Individual Study: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Interview techniques, health history, nursing documentation. Physical assessment skills using system, body segment approaches. Adaptation of the health history and physical assessment to suit a particular client population. Use of inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion techniques. Recording of findings.
Syllabus: Interview techniques, health history, nursing documentation. Physical assessment skills using system, body segment approaches. Adaptation of the health history and physical assessment to suit a particular client population. Use of inspection, auscultation, palpation and percussion techniques. Recording of findings.
Field of Education: 060301 General Nursing
Result Type: Pass/Fail

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 Singapore Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 Singapore Campus Summer Semester 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