Assignment: Health and Illness

UNIT RATIONALE, DESCRIPTION and AIM: This unit provides students with the opportunity to synthesise theory and experience acquired in previous and concurrent units in order to prepare them for a specific nursing context. Students will actively engage in critical reflection on their ability to undertake appropriate assessment(s) and maintain holistic perspectives and cultural awareness during the delivery of nursing care to the person, family and community across the life span. This unit will allow students to explore nursing care and /or health from a specialty and /or international perspective. Students will critically evaluate their practice in order to create new knowledge from which they may develop further, both personally and professionally.

Mode: Includes the following: • 3-hour lecture (online or face-to-face); • Clinical practicum; • Online learning modules. Attendance pattern: One three-hour lecture Duration: This unit is run as blended learning unit during the course of the 10 weeks. Lectures for this unit will occur during the scheduled intensives timetabled for final semester units. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including clinical placement, completion of online modules, lecture attendance, readings and assignment preparation. LEARNING OUTCOMES The Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Business Administration (BNBADM) and the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Paramedicine (BNBP) courses are professional program that require development of particular attributes for accreditation purposes. These are also included in the learning outcomes -please see below PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR PRACTICE The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has Registered Nurse Standards for Practice. The standards developed in this unit are: 3 Version: FINAL 201860_05.07.18 NMBA Registered nurse standards for practice: Learning Outcomes: 1.

Assignment: Health and Illness

Assignment: Health and Illness

Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice. 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1. 1, 5, 7, 8 2. Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 4, 6 3. Maintains the capability for practice. 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 3, 8 4. Comprehensively conducts assessments. 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 2, 3 5. Critical Thinking and Analysis: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 2, 3 6. Provision and Coordination of Care: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 1, 2 7. Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice. On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to: 1. Distinguish the roles and responsibilities of a nurse in the selected speciality practice area. 2. Utilise a collaborative approach to plan, coordinate and implement, after meticulous and comprehensive assessment, evidence based, safe person-centred care of individuals experiencing alterations in health specific to the elected specialty; and their families;(GA6) 3. Demonstrate safe use of selected technologies in the environment of the elected specialty 4. Utilise effective communication skills when interacting with people and the health care team;(GA9) 5. Utilise a clinical decision-making framework in the provision of appropriate ethical, legal, evidence-based, holistic care to people and their families/carers; 6. Promote the rights of clients and carers and their role in treatment planning and recovery. (GA1) 7. Reflect upon personal perceptions and meanings of health, illness, dying and death as appropriate in the specialty practice area; (GA4) 8. Extend your professional portfolio reflecting on your learning and development towards the NMBA Registered nurse standards for practice using examples of skill development and nursing. (GA4,10) Additional Learning Outcomes for students undertaking an international health study program: 9. Explain how health and illness and health care practices are constructed by people within the culture of a host country 10.Discuss factors that can impact on the roles and functions of health care professionals within the host country
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