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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health and Healthcare Systems

  • Unit Code

    NCS1101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit will enable students to understand their future role as a Registered Nurse within the Australian health care system both in its current state; and as it adjusts to the changing Australian demographic. In order to achieve this, students will need to understand the role of the Registered Nurse as bound by professional regulation, and how this relates to other nursing and health professional roles. This unit will introduce the need to work within interprofessional teams in order to provide effective and efficient services in a manner that is responsive to the changing health care needs of the Australian population.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NST1103, NST1104

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Access and utilise information about nurse regulation to inform decision making in practice.
  2. Describe the necessary requirements for effective team work and its contribution to interprofessional practice.
  3. Describe the role of the nurse as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the health service industry.
  4. Explain the relationship between self- regulation and their responsibilities of accountability and autonomy.
  5. Reflect upon their future role as a Registered Nurse in response to the changing health care needs of a population.

Unit Content

  1. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council: Competencies for the Registered and Enrolled Nurse, codes of practice.
  2. Clinical Governance.
  3. Health care teams.
  4. Introduction to population health.
  5. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: Self-regulating professions and relationship to personal accountability.
  6. Overview of the changing health demographics in Australia.
  7. Regulated and unregulated health workers: Roles and responsibilities.
  8. Scope of Nursing Practice for the Registered Nurse.
  9. Teams and teamwork.
  10. The Australian Health Care System.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, online activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quizzes60%
Assignment - Written FormatEssay40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quizzes60%
Assignment - Written FormatEssay40%

Text References

  • ^ Crisp, J., & Taylor, C. (2012). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (Eds.), (4th ed.). NSW, Australia: Elsevier.
  • Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D. (2013). Contexts of Nursing, (4th ed.). Churchhill Livingstone: Australia
  • Duckett, S., & Willcox, S. (2011). The Australian health care system. (4th ed.). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Keleher, H., & MacDougall, C. (2012). Understanding Health. (3rd ed.). NSW, Australia: Elsevier.
  • Andre, K., & Heartfield, M. (2011). Nursing and Midwifery Portfolios: evidence of continuing competence. (2nd ed.). NSW, Australia: Elsevier.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Nursing and Midwifery

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Health and Healthcare Systems

  • Unit Code

    NCS1101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit will enable students to understand their future role as a Registered Nurse within the Australian health care system both in its current state; and as it adjusts to the changing Australian demographic. In order to achieve this, students will need to understand the role of the Registered Nurse as bound by professional regulation, and how this relates to other nursing and health professional roles. This unit will introduce the need to work within interprofessional teams in order to provide effective and efficient services in a manner that is responsive to the changing health care needs of the Australian population.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NST1103, NST1104

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Access and utilise information about nurse regulation to inform decision making in practice.
  2. Describe the necessary requirements for effective team work and its contribution to interprofessional practice.
  3. Describe the role of the nurse as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the health service industry.
  4. Explain the relationship between self- regulation and their responsibilities of accountability and autonomy.
  5. Reflect upon their future role as a Registered Nurse in response to the changing health care needs of a population.

Unit Content

  1. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council: Competencies for the Registered and Enrolled Nurse, codes of practice.
  2. Clinical Governance.
  3. Health care teams.
  4. Introduction to population health.
  5. Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia: Self-regulating professions and relationship to personal accountability.
  6. Overview of the changing health demographics in Australia.
  7. Regulated and unregulated health workers: Roles and responsibilities.
  8. Scope of Nursing Practice for the Registered Nurse.
  9. Teams and teamwork.
  10. The Australian Health Care System.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, online activities

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz60%
AssignmentEssay40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz60%
AssignmentEssay40%

Text References

  • ^ Crisp, J., & Taylor, C. (2012). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing (Eds.), (4th ed.). NSW, Australia: Elsevier.
  • ^ Daly, J., Speedy, S., & Jackson, D. (2013). Contexts of Nursing, (4th ed.). Churchhill Livingstone: Australia
  • Andre, K., & Heartfield, M. (2011). Nursing and Midwifery Portfolios: evidence of continuing competence. (2nd ed.). NSW, Australia: Elsevier.

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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