NS3322 - Nursing in the North

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
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This subject focuses upon the impact of tropical environments on health eg heat related disorders; provision of health services/health policy in relation to geography (finance, service provision, population density, rural and remote issues); tropical trauma envenomation: land and marine; barotrauma; retrieval of victims of industrial and other trauma from remote areas; tropical diseases arboviruses; malaria; melioidosis; mycobacterium; skin cancers; kidney disease.

Learning Outcomes

• describe the impact of climate and rural/remote location on the health of northern Australians;
• discuss health problems (and their management) that are prevalent in northern Australia;
• provide students with foundation knowledge regarding health service delivery across the north of Australia.

Prerequisites:

NS1222

Availabilities
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Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	nscat
Contact hours:	30 hours - Web-based delivery
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
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Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	nscat
Contact hours:	30 hours - Web-based delivery
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	nscat
Contact hours:	30 hours - Web-based delivery
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	nscat
Lecturer:	Mrs Elspeth Wood.
Contact hours:	30 hours - Web-based delivery
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).
, , Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2005
Coordinator:	nscat
Lecturers:	Doris Ahmat, jc157509.
Contact hours:	30 hours - Web-based delivery
Assessment:	(50%); (50%).

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