Courses Handbook 2010

313036 (v.1) Inquiry for Nursing Practice 264


Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** 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
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 313032 (v.1) Inquiry for Nursing Practice 263 or any previous version
Syllabus: Student nurse's role within the health care team in a health care agency setting. Nursing communication in regards to client and family's response to illness within a health care agency setting. Communicating with families and other health care agencies.Professional knowledge within a health care setting - client advocacy, channels of communication, client centred care, documentation. Discharge planning (from / between the health care agency). Partnerships in care within health care agencies. Integratedhealth care including mental health. Use of the ecological model to deal with nursing problems in the unstable hospitalised client, i.e solutions within the context of the individual, no one size fits all. Nurses' contribution to the Inter-professional health team. Qualitative approaches to nursing research.
** 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: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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