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307499 (v.1) Community Nursing Practice 562


 

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

36.0

Workshop:

1 x 24 Hours Weekly

Clinical Practice:

1 x 12 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

306931 (v.1) Advanced Nursing Practice - Primary Health Care 561
AND
306934 (v.1) Advanced Nursing Practice - Promoting Health 561
AND
307495 (v.1) Developmental Health 561

Syllabus:

Health appraisal theory, health assessment, health surveillance, monitoring, developmental assessment. Professional communication, family partnerships, developing helping relationships, advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural security, socialjustice, legal and ethical issues. Scope of practice, clinical protocols. Professional accountability, competency standards.
 

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Integrate family and community health nursing theory into professional and ethical practice in the community health setting. Establish and promote enabling interactions in professional relationships within the community. Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in the management of client care in the community. Synthesise and apply family and community health nursing theory to promote and maintain the health and well being of individuals, families and communities. Demonstrate competence to practice based on the Competency Standards for the Beginning Level Community Health Nurse.

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:

Bell, S.K., (2001), Professional Nurse's Portfolio, Nursing Administration Quarterly, 25(2), 69-73. Brooks, B., Barrett, S. and Zimmermann, P.G., (1998), Beyond Your Resume - A Nurse's Professional Portfolio. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 24(6), 555-557. Rae, K. and Cook, L., (2001), The Portfolio Experience - More Than Just A Paper Exercise, Primary Health Care, 10(7), 38-41. Tracey, S., Marino, G., Richo, K. and Daly, E., (2000), The Clinical Achievement Portfolio - An Outcomes Based Assessment Project in Nursing Education, Nurse Educator, 25(5), 241-246. Way, R., (2002). Assessing Clinical Competence, Emergency Nurse, 9(9), 30-34.

Unit Texts:

Community Nurses Special Interest Group, (2001), Competency Standards for Community Health Nurses, 2nd ed., Perth, Health Department of Western Australia. Australian Nursing Federation, (1997), Competency Standards for the Advanced Nurse, Melbourne.
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Clinical competency evaluation and Professional portfolio. This is by pass/fail 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:

 Pass/Fail


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y Y
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y 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

 
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