NS6260 - Traditions of Nursing Thought 2

Credit points:	06
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

Available to students enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Studies and Doctor of Nursing Science.

This is the second of two subjects which explore traditions of thought, from the Early Greeks onwards, which have contributed to the ways in which nursing and health care are conceived and conducted. Practice-related cases and problems are identified and used as a vehicle for exploring underlying social, metaphysical and axiological assumptions, including claims regarding the nature of moral obligation, virtues, rights, and other ethical notions. A variety of other perspectives are explored, which have their origins in social and political theory, including critical social science, and the subject includes discussion of ways in contemporary thinking about health care issues have been influenced by structural, poststructural, and postmodernist theories. These are, in turn, linked to cultural accounts, notably those with origins in the philosophy of language, including structuralism, poststructuralism, social constructionism and deconstructionism. These are introduced and explored in terms of their relevance to nursing and health care.

Learning Outcomes

• recognise philosophical approaches to knowledge and understanding that give perspective to health service and health service research.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	jc159085
Contact hours:	8 hours - Supervision
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	submitted review.
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	jc159085
Contact hours:	8 hours - Supervision
Method of Delivery:	Printed materials
Assessment:	submitted review.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.