NS3320 - Community Approaches to Care

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition

This subject covers the theoretical foundations of working with the community, such as applied primary health care, epidemiology, and health care systems. It guides students through the process of community assessment, and program planning and evaluation. It also applies the principles of health promotion to a number of vulnerable populations.

Learning Outcomes

• outline the link between the Primary Health Care Movement and contemporary community health;
• apply demographic and epidemiological principles to community health;
• define cultural competence in the context of community nursing and care;
• transfer theoretical concepts in community health to various vulnerable populations and across the lifespan;
• describe contemporary quality and safety processes for community nursing and care.

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 ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:	NS2022 and (NS2213 OR NS2214) and NS2112 and NS2015 and PP2131 and PP2231 and HS2000 and HS2101
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NS4320 NS3310 NS3370

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Mr Matt Mason
Lecturers:	Mr Matt Mason, Mr Alan Ramsay.
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU and Other
Assessment:	(50%); assignments (50%).

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.