NS4320 - 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

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

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:	NS3004
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	NS3320

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Coordinator:	Mr Matt Mason
Lecturer:	Mr Alan Ramsay.
Contact hours:	80 hours professional experience
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); (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.