307498 (v.1) Community Nursing Specialisation 562


Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

8.0
 
** 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:

2 x 3 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

306931 (v.1) Advanced Nursing Practice - Primary Health Care 561
AND
306934 (v.1) Advanced Nursing Practice - Promoting Health 561
AND
307495 (v.1) Developmental Health 561
 

Syllabus:

Growth, development across the lifespan, motor, visual, communication, language, cognitive development. Assessment, diagnosis, planning, management, evaluation, consultation, resources, interdisciplinary collaboration, referral. Health appraisal theory, surveillance, monitoring. Deviations, dysfunctions, diseases. Capacity building, family structure, function/dysfunction, family centered practice, welfare. Partnership models, problem based learning strategies, diagnostic-reasoning, evidence based clinical decision-making. Policies.
 
** 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:

60300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2     Y
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area