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

    Culture and Health
  • Unit Code

    NCS2202
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Carol Anita SQUIRE

Description

This unit provides students with foundational understandings in culture and its implications for health care. Topics such as culture, self and diversity, understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, cross cultural health and wellness; and migrant health issues will be explored throughout the unit. Additionally, the concept of values and ethical principles within healthcare communities will be introduced.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass both units NCS1201 and NCS1202

Only students studying courses C33, Y61, Y76, Y19 or Y79 can enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNT1103, NNT1105, NNT1106, NNT1107

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise social and ethical wellbeing within the context of equity and cultural safety.
  2. Discuss the concept of Indigeneity and critically compare the demography, context and lifestyles of different cultural and indigenous groups'.
  3. Discuss the influence of community, culture and religion in influencing health care practice.
  4. Evaluate the distribution of healthcare resources in relation to healthcare needs and concepts of health and wellbeing.
  5. Explore and describe contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations and issues, and include the socio-cultural factors that impede health care provision.
  6. Justify a position on the influence that globalisation will have on nursing workforce culture.

Unit Content

  1. What is Culture?
  2. Frameworks for analysis of context and lifestyles of different cultural groups.
  3. Self & Diversity.
  4. Health, wellness, care, illness and spirituality.
  5. Migrant health issues.
  6. Understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
  7. Contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations, issues and provisions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, E-learning resources.

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
ParticipationDiscussion Board30%
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayEssay60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationDiscussion Board30%
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayEssay60%

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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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

    Culture and Health
  • Unit Code

    NCS2202
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Carol Anita SQUIRE

Description

This unit provides students with foundational understandings in culture and its implications for health care. Topics such as culture, self and diversity, understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, cross cultural health and wellness; and migrant health issues will be explored throughout the unit. Additionally, the concept of values and ethical principles within healthcare communities will be introduced.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass both units NCS1201 and NCS1202

Only students studying courses C33, Y61, Y76, Y19 or Y79 can enrol in this unit.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNT1103, NNT1105, NNT1106, NNT1107

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise social and ethical wellbeing within the context of equity and cultural safety.
  2. Discuss the concept of Indigeneity and critically compare the demography, context and lifestyles of different cultural and indigenous groups'.
  3. Discuss the influence of community, culture and religion in influencing health care practice.
  4. Evaluate the distribution of healthcare resources in relation to healthcare needs and concepts of health and wellbeing.
  5. Explore and describe contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations and issues, and include the socio-cultural factors that impede health care provision.
  6. Justify a position on the influence that globalisation will have on nursing workforce culture.

Unit Content

  1. What is Culture?
  2. Frameworks for analysis of context and lifestyles of different cultural groups.
  3. Self & Diversity.
  4. Health, wellness, care, illness and spirituality.
  5. Migrant health issues.
  6. Understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
  7. Contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations, issues and provisions.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, E-learning resources.

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
ParticipationDiscussion Board30%
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayEssay60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ParticipationDiscussion Board30%
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayEssay60%

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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