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NS3320:03

Community Approaches to Care

Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa, External

HECS Band 1

10 hours tutorials, 30 hours other (LearnJCU) (Townsville, Cairns, Mount Isa campus). Semester 1.

Available to students enrolled in level 3 of the Bachelor of Nursing Science.

Staff:

Dr N Biedermann.

Community-based nursing offers the nursing students an opportunity to extend their knowledge in a practice area. Content will be focused on nursing in the community context. A range of community practice areas will be explored. These may include domiciliary nursing, substance abuse nursing, forensic nursing, occupational health nursing and palliative care nursing.

Learning Objectives:

compare and contrast nursing in community and hospital contexts;

outline the advantages of working within a multidisciplinary team;

discuss a specific area of contemporary community nursing care;

demonstrate the use of evidence-based practice in nursing care in the community;

describe the continuum of care between hospital and community.

On-course assessment - assignment 1 (40%); assignment 2 (60%).