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School: Nursing and Midwifery

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  • Unit Title

    Chronic Conditions and Supportive Nursing Care

  • Unit Code

    NSI2303

  • Year

    2026

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Carol CREVACORE

Description

This unit will enable students to develop their knowledge of global trends in chronic conditions and how nurses can support people to live well in this context. An interprofessional person-centred approach to working with people living with one or more chronic conditions will be explored across the lifespan. Perspectives on ageing, chronic conditions, legal and ethical aspects and a palliative care approaches will also be considered.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Block teaching may occur in some locations depending on regulatory requirements Classes may be scheduled for the weekend

Prerequisite Rule

Only students enrolled in Y61 - Bachelor of Science (Nursing Studies) - can enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded {FCA2303, NCS1202, NUM1204}

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Explain theoretical models that can be applied to promote the health and wellbeing of people with chronic conditions.
  2. Discuss the role of the nurse and the interprofessional team in working collaboratively with the person with one or more chronic conditions.
  3. Discuss strengths-based approaches to the care of people with chronic conditions within diverse populations.
  4. Identify global challenges in the management of chronic conditions.
  5. Review the provision of culturally safe, person centred for people living with chronic conditions.

Unit Content

  1. Interprofessional and evidence-based management of chronic conditions.
  2. Contemporary issues such as voluntary assisted dying, advanced directives and palliation.
  3. Models and approaches to care within chronic conditions such as strengths-based approaches and nursing theory.
  4. The role of the nurse in the interprofessional team in the context of chronic condition management.
  5. Conducting a review of the literature focussing on chronic conditions.
  6. Person and family centred care.
  7. The epidemiology of chronic condition management.
  8. Health promotion in the context of chronic conditions.
  9. Theories of self-determination and nursing, relevant to the person living with chronic conditions.
  10. The role of the primary healthcare team in the management of chronic conditions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
EssayReview of the literature relating to chronic disease50%
AssignmentCritical reflection50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

  • Plagiarism: Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
  • Unauthorised collaboration (collusion): Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
  • Contract cheating: Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
  • Cheating in an exam: Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment Procedure - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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