NRS196 Context of Nursing (4)
CSU Discipline Area: Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health (NRMIH)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
The context in which health care is provided occurs in a complex environment and is a product of history and contemporary social, political, cultural, environmental and legal factors. Students undertaking this subject will explore the milieu in which nursing occurs, and their personal/professional self in the context of nursing practice.
The study of the discipline of nursing and 'self' within the discipline will involve a range of fundamental and essential generic skills directly related to the requisite competencies of the profession and the university. Students will thus, be introduced to these fundamental generic skills to support student engagement in the exploration and learning in this subject and to facilitate engagement in lifelong learning and attainment of graduate and professional skills and attributes.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: NRS196
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Enrolment in this subject is restricted to HSC Year 12 students who have completed Stage One (TAFE component) Year 11 nursing course.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1. to be able to discuss and reflect upon the history of nursing and development of the discipline.
2. to be able to demonstrate an understanding and reflect upon the discipline of nursing in a changing context.
3. to be able to demonstrate an understanding of how self impacts on and may be affected by nursing.
4. to be able to demonstrate an understanding of the principles that underpin the concepts of critical thinking and reflection, and significance of these concepts to nursing.
5. to be able to explore the influences of culture on nursing practice from an international perspective.
6. to be able to demonstrate an understanding and application, at a beginning level, the principles of formal academic writing.
7. to be able to use technology to aid research and present information in a professional manner, consistent with organisational requirements.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
1. The profession of nursing in a changing context (a) History of the nursing profession (b) Development of nursing as a discipline (c) Models, theories and theorists 2. Factors that influence the profession (a) Professional standards and practice (i) ANMC Code of Conduct (ii) ANMC Code of Ethics (iii) ANMC Competencies (b) Evidence based practice (c) Reflective practice (d) Inter-professional health care issues (e) The Australian health care system (f) International perspectives in nursing 3. Self in the context of nursing practice (a) The personal self (i) Self-awareness and belief systems (ii) Theoretical underpinnings (b) The professional self (i) Self care (ii) Development of self and the discipline of nursing 4. Ways of knowing in nursing and nursing studies (a) Graduate and professional skills and attributes (i) Critical thinking (ii) Active inquiry and research utilisation (iii) Academic writing skills (iv) Numeracy and literacy (v) Technological literacy
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.