Area: | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 8.0 |
Clinical Practice: | 1 x 8 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Development of the student as an independent learner. Selection of a practice area requiring change and which is relevant to a selected work environment or population. Development of a learning contract, which will be the framework to identify appropriate responses to the practice area issue or topic and achieve the outcomes identified in the contract. |
| |
Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have applied independent learning strategies for a selected area of nursing practices. Used critical thinking skills to reflect on a selected area of nursing practice. Evaluated professional practice against established professional standards. Developed a contract plan to achieve identifies outcomes. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Boak G., (1998), A Complete Guide to Learning Contracts, People Management, London, Gower Price. Knowles M.S., (1990), The Adult Learner, A Neglected Species, Houston, Gilf Publishing Company, pp 1-10; 212-217. Mazhindu G.N., (1990), Contract Learning Reconsidered, A Critical Examination of Implications for Applications In Nurse Education, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 15, 101-109. O'Donnell J.M. and Caferalla R.S., (1991), Learning Contracts In. Galbraith M.W., Adult Learning Methods, Florida, Kriger Publishing Company, pp.133-160. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
| |
Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Learning Contract 100%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
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 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Summer Period | | Y | | | 2004 | Pantai Coll Nursing Malaysia | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | S'pore HR Institute | Summer Period | 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 |
|
