NRS325 Child Health Care and Promotion (8)

This subject provides the opportunity for students, as professionals working in multidisciplinary environments to explore the promotion and maintenance of health and wellbeing for children to ensure that they reach their potential. Students will review and critique evidence-informed practices and frameworks to meet the healthcare needs of children with illness, injuries, disabilities, and those affected by maltreatment. Child healthcare will be considered across global, national and local healthcare contexts.

Students will explore a range of multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary frameworks for care; theories and strategies for optimising growth and development; theories and strategies to acknowledge the rights of the child and child safety. Students will extend their existing knowledge and experience to include the healthcare of First Nations children in family contexts.

Availability

Session 1 (30)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus
Session 2 (60)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: NRS325. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Nursing, Paramedicine and Healthcare Sciences

Subject Relationships

NRS528 Paired Subject

Incompatible Subjects

NRS528

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to discuss current health issues that affect the health and well-being of children globally, nationally and locally;
  • be able to apply evidence-informed frameworks, theories, and practices to enable children to reach their potential for growth and development;
  • be able to apply the International Convention of the Rights of the Child to professional roles including responsibilities for keeping children safe from maltreatment;
  • be able to discuss and acknowledge the impact of colonisation on the health and well-being of First Nations children and families and identify strategies to address the health inequities experienced by First Nations children and families;
  • be able to reflect on their role in the interdisciplinary context of promoting and maintaining children's health; and
  • be able to compare and contrast evidence-informed strategies for promoting and maintaining child health and well-being at individual, family and community levels.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Promoting and maintaining growth and development;
  • Health promotion and care of children with a disability;
  • Health and care of children who are experiencing/have experienced illness or injury;
  • Care and health of First Nations children 0-2 years; and
  • Health and care of children who are experiencing/have experienced maltreatment.

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of NRS325 in Session 2 2021. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Contributions to online discussion and reflection
40
2
Health promotion report
60

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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