This subject instroduces students to academic writing skills through the critique of concepts central to modern nursing practice. Topics covered include health and nursing that have pertained historically and in current literature and practice; and the function of the World Health Organisation and primary health care delivery of nursing care.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health
Bachelor of Nursing Science/Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration) and Bachelor of Nursing (Re-entry)
Module 1: Developing Academic Writing Skills *Understand and apply the principles of formal academic writing. *Understand the principles that underpin the concepts of critical thinking and reflection. Module 2: Historical developments in Nursing * Review of the history of nursing. * Discuss the current issues in relation to the status of nursing in the 21st Century. Module 3: Primary Health Care * The role of governments in the delivery of primary health care services. * Function of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation. * Relevant primary health care and health promotion initiatives. * The role of the nurse in the delivery of care in a primary health care framework.
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