309704 (v.1) Health in Ageing Nursing Specialisation 562

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

50.0

** 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. **

Syllabus:

Normal and abnormal ageing. Wellness to illness health continuum. Growth, development across the adult lifespan. Diagnostic-reasoning. Assessment, diagnosis, planning, management, evaluation, and consultation. Interdisciplinary practice. Family centred practice and welfare. Evidence based clinical decision-making. Case management for acute, post-acute, chronic and complex, illness and disability health needs. High and low level long term care. Nursing practice relevant to older people and their families.

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Field of Education:

060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)

Funding Cluster:

12 - Nursing

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Categorised
*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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1			Y	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				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