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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

300716 (v.2) Foundations of Health Care 112

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 300712 (v.2) Nursing and Health 111 or any previous version
OR
Admission into 301591 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Nursing) Conversion Program for Registered Nurses or any previous version
OR
313032 (v.1) Inquiry for Nursing Practice 263 or any previous version
OR
313027 (v.1) Inquiry for Nursing Practice 161 or any previous version
OR
7713 (v.9) Health Science Communication 180 or any previous version
Syllabus: Theory development. Models of health. Nursing, medical, social and behavioural models of health. Problem solving in nursing, including nursing process. Nursing modalities - team nursing, primary nursing and case load. Wellness and health. Perceptions and adaptation to health across the lifespan. Further Development Gordon's functional health pattern (GFHP), scope of nursing practice-decision making framework (SONP-DMF).
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 060301 General Nursing
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Singapore Campus Trimester 1A Y        

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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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