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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313029 (v.2) Nursing Practice 162

Note

Tutition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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.

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 84.0
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 4 x 2 Hours Once-only
Laboratory: 6 x 2 Hours Once-only
Clinical Practice: 1 x 80 Hours Once-only
Prerequisite(s):     1643 (v.7) Human Biology 133 or any previous version
    OR
    313391 (v.1) Human Structure and Function 100 or any previous version
AND
    313026 (v.1) Nursing Practice 161 or any previous version
    OR
    304268 (v.1) Introduction to Nursing Practice 121 or any previous version
AND
    313394 (v.1) Foundations for Professional Health Practice 100 or any previous version
    OR
    7713 (v.9) Health Science Communication 180 or any previous version
    OR
    300712 (v.2) Nursing and Health 111 or any previous version
    OR
    313027 (v.1) Inquiry for Nursing Practice 161 or any previous version
AND
    313398 (v.1) Imagining Health in Social and Cultural Contexts 100 or any previous version
    OR
    300718 (v.4) Sociocultural Perspectives on Health 131 or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to nursing processes, scope of practice and decision making framework. Physical, mental state and risk assessment data collection, documentation and interpretation of data. Apply therapeutic communication and meet nursing competency standards in selected clinical contexts. Apply principles of primary health care. Utilise Australian and International health data to review health issues and determine strategies for promotion of wellness across the lifespan in community contexts. Utilise existing data to evaluate contemporary health care issues and outcomes across Australia; individual, family, and community. Apply principles of client / patient education and educational resource development. Provide nursing care to support patient self care/ well-being across the lifespan. Medication mathematics competency.
Field of Education: 060301 General Nursing
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2011 Geraldton University Centre Semester 1 Y        
2011 Great Southern TAFE Albany Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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