306943 (v.1) Advanced Practice - Sexually Transmissible Infections 562

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.75

Individual Study:

2 x 3 Days Weekly

Syllabus:

Taking a sexual history, contract tracing, counselling and client education, notification procedures. Cultural perspectives and epidemiology. Regulations and disease control legislation. Physical examination, diagnostic tests, specimen collection and interpretation of pathology reports. Pelvic inflammatory disease, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV, AIDS, Hepatitis B, donovanosis, chancroid, non-notifiable diseases. Treatment regimes and best practice guidelines.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have - Gathered and interpreted local data and utilised state and national epidemiological data on sexually transmissible infections (STIs) to assess disease patterns. Demonstrated competence in the collection, handling, storage and transport of specimens and the interpretation of pathology reports required to make accurate diagnoses. Demonstrated clinical competence in the assessment, treatment and management of STI clients using regional and State, Best Practice Guidelines. Critically analysed the process of contact tracing and recommended strategies to enhance its implementation and effectiveness. Implemented culturally appropriate client and community STI education programs, based on identified community needs.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

ANCARD. (1997). 'Current Knowledge About HIV/AIDS, STDs and Other Blood-Borne Diseases in Indigenous Australian Communities'. In C. Pirie (Ed.), The National Indigenous Australians' Sexual Health Strategy 1996-97 to 1998-99, pp. 24-31. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra. Denham, I. (1994). 'Gonorrhoea in the 1990s'. Current Therapeutics, December, pp 41-44. Henahan, S. (1995). 'Bacterial Vaginosis - The Missing Link in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?' Current Therapeutics, June, pp 105-106. Marshall, L., and Atrie, J. (1996). Sexually Transmissible Diseases - Annual Report. Health Department of Western Australia, Perth. Mein, J. (1996). 'Syphilis and Women's Health in the Northern Territory'. Infection Control, pp 13-15. Plummer, D. C., and Furner, V. (1996). 'HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases'. Medical Journal of Australia, 164, pp 608-611. Scully, M., and Keith, J. (1997). Contact Tracing. Unpublished Information Sheet. Communicable Diseases Department. Health Department of Western Australia, Perth . Skov, S., Bowden, F., McCaul, P., Thompson, J., and Scrimgeour, D. (1996). 'HIV and Isolated Aboriginal Communities'. Medical Journal of Australia, 165, pp 41-42.

Unit Texts:

Health Department of Western Australia. (2001). Guidelines for Managing Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Clinical competence, concept paper, problem based case study. This is a pass/fail assessment. All three assessments must be passed.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1			Y
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2			Y