This subject deals has a strong nursing emphasis and presents health from a holistic perspective, rather than a medical one, focussing on diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The subject examines how stress affects physical health and the body's mechanism to adapt to the stress. Technology and its impact on health are critically analysed.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2018.
HD/FL
One session
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health
Module 1 - Health assessment Health assessment; health history; physical assessment; auscultation; palpation percussion. Module 2 - Adaptation, stress and coping Definitions and theory of stress; adaptation, stress and coping; physiological and psychological responses to stressors; assessment of coping and adaptation; Roys adaptation nursing model; application of adaptation theory; stress reduction measures. Module 3 - The impact of technology Technology; Critical analysis of effects technology can have on health.
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The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.