NS3200 - Integrated Nursing 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	National Priority Band
Administered by:	Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Available only to level 3 nursing science students.

This subject is designed to allow nursing students to explore specialty areas of nursing. The two specialty areas include mental health nursing and family health. Students are expected to develop their assessment and planning skills and learn new techniques to implement nursing care for clients.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an understanding of normal physiological and psychosocial needs of a family with a new infant;
• discuss and institute appropriate nursing interventions for clients with mental health problems;
• utilise the most appropriate nursing care for clients within the specialty areas of family health.

Prerequisites:

NS2011 and NS2213 and PP2131 and PP2231

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturer:	Mrs Adele Baldwin.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 225 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Non-standard start/end 21-Jan-2007 to 22-Jun-2007
Face to face teaching 21-Jan-2007 to 25-Feb-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturer:	Mrs Adele Baldwin.
Contact hours:	20 hours practicals 40 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of lectures and tutorials 225 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturer:	Mrs Adele Baldwin.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures 20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 225 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).
Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturer:	Mrs Adele Baldwin.
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 20 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of receiving lectures 225 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).
Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Ms Tanya Park
Lecturer:	Mrs Adele Baldwin.
Contact hours:	20 hours tutorials 20 hours practicals 20 hours - Students utilise printed study modules in lieu of receiving lectures 225 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).

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