Courses Handbook 2010

313039 (v.1) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing and Midwifery 365


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): 313035 (v.1) Behavioural Health Science for Nursing 264 or any previous version
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.
** 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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