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NRS378 Health Optimisation 4: Family, Community and Rural Nursing (8)
Abstract| This subject will provide students with a broad knowledge base in the concepts and practices related to family, community and rural nursing, with particular emphasis on rural health and primary health care across the lifespan. The subject focuses on family and community theories and dynamics, with emphasis on regional, rural and remote communities. Using a variety of case studies, the student will be guided through the various aspects of caring for families and communities. |
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Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details prior to contacting their course coordinator: NRS378
Where differences exist between the handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
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Subject information| Duration | Grading System | School: |
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| One session | HD/FL | School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health |
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| Prerequisite(s) | Incompatible subject(s) |
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| (NRS291 and NRS293) or NRS240 | NRS372 NRS388 |
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Learning OutcomesUpon successful completion of this subject, students should:
1. be able to deliver safe, efficient and competent nursing care associated with communicating and interacting with a variety of families and communities in different contexts.
2. be able to competently assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for a variety of families.
3. be able to critically analyse epidemiological concepts that impact on the health of families and communities.
4. be able to identify, research and provide evidenced based solutions for specific health issues for rural families and communities.
5. be able to apply principles of community development as a strategy for enhancing community health within a primary health care framework.
6. be able to apply the principles of primary health care to family, community and rural health contexts.
7. be able to critically analyse the major concept and principles of caring for childbearing families, childrearing families, infants, children and adolescents.
8. be able to apply and evaluate critical thinking and reflection in the context of nursing.
9. be able to apply and evaluate planning, problem solving and decision making in the context of ante, intra and post natal care of women, infants and families.
10. be able to apply and evaluate planning, problem solving and decision making in the context of infants, children and adolescents.
11. be able to apply and evaluate evidence for best practice in nursing.
12. be able to work collaboratively in a nursing and inter-professional health care team in a variety of settings.
13. be able to apply, with minimal direction, interpersonal and therapeutic communication skills in a variety of health care settings.
14. be able to apply the principles of effective oral presentation skills in a variety of formal group settings.
15. be able to safely complete, with minimal supervision, the nursing documentation required in a variety of health care settings.
16. be able to demonstrate consistent application of formal writing skills and evidence of critical thinking, in a variety of genres.
17. be able to use technology expertly to aid research and present information in a professional manner, consistent with organisational requirements.
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SyllabusThe subject will cover the following topics:
1. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention and health care for families, communities and rural populations:
(a) Family and community theories
(b) Partnership models of care involving nurses
(c) Governmental and non-governmental initiatives to support families
(d) Factors that influence family development, (eg. culture, disability)
(e) Barriers to health care for families from different cultural backgrounds (eg. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, refugees)
(f) Barriers to health for families living in rural areas (eg. access and availability of services, farm accidents)
(g) Risk assessment and mandatory reporting
(h) Family and community assessment models
(i) Rural nursing practice.
2. Caring for childbearing families, childrearing families, children and adolescents a number of common themes are addressed across each area:
(a) Factors impacting on normal healthy processes (family member/s with developmental disability; foetal abnormality)
(b) Nursing assessment (childbearing processes; developmental assessment of infants and children; screening; common issues for adolescents and their families
(c) Investigations
(d) Interprofessional care (eg. counselling)
(e) Nursing interventions (education/support/advocacy; immunisation
(f) Primary and secondary prevention and health care
(g) Education for health optimisation.
3. Care for childbearing families, child rearing families, children and adolescents:
(a) Educating, supporting and advocating in childbearing and child rearing families
(b) Promotion of health and self-care during childhood, adolescence, child bearing and child rearing families
(c) Nursing interventions to support the healthy development and sustainability of infants, children, adolescents and families
(d) Promoting self-care strategies to achieve healthy lifestyles. |
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Residential School| This subject contains a compulsory 1 day residential school.
Relevant lectures, tutorials, practical classes and/or assessment activities.
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The information contained in the 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 01 October 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.
