300712 (v.2) Nursing and Health 111

Area:	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	2.0
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.
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Individual perceptions of health - values, beliefs, practices. Characteristics of the current health industry, consumers of health. Codes and standards of practice. Measurement and recording of health data. Accessing information using technologies. Nursing informatics. Goal setting, organisation of study commitments. Legal implications in nursing practice. Nurses Act. Public and private health services and health policy in Western Australia. Learning techniques and practices. Academic expectations - referencing, annotated bibliography, literacy and critical thinking. Introduction to Gordon's Functional Health Pattern (GFHP). Scope of Nursing Practice - Decision Making Framework (SONP-DMF).
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.
Field of Education:	060307 Community Nursing
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2008	Geraldton University Centre	Semester 2	Y
2008	Great Southern TAFE Albany	Semester 2	Y
2008	Kalgoorlie Campus	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