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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

    Contemporary Approaches to Communicating with Children and Young People

  • Unit Code

    NNT5102

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Esther Abena ADAMA

Description

This unit explores communication, interpersonal and critical thinking skills that enhance communication between paediatric nurses and children and their families. It will explore concepts of evidence based practice and principles of the research process in order to promote quality care to children and their families.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 units from NNT5100

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNT4102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Complete a critically evaluated quality improvement project.
  2. Critically evaluate the range of communication and interpersonal skills/strategies required to enhance care for children and young people.
  3. Critique the implementation of research based practice.
  4. Justify how effective communication enhances the therapeutic relationship with children, young people and their families.
  5. Justify the necessity for a quality improvement initiative.

Unit Content

  1. Evidence based practice and improving quality care within a children and young people's health care setting.
  2. How to plan, implement, evaluate and disseminate the results of a quality improvement project within a children and young peoples' health care setting.
  3. Research principles and concepts.
  4. Strategies of communication that may enhance the care of families from all cultural and diverse backgrounds.
  5. Verbal and non-verbal communication processes that enhance family centred care.
  6. Verbal and non-verbal communication strategies that promote the therapeutic relationship with children young people and their families.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, clinical reflection and on-line discussion/debate.

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 School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectLiterature review and quality improvement project.60%
PresentationPowerPoint presentation of Qi project to an academic forum.35%
ExercisePICO question.5%

Core Reading(s)

  • Glasper, E. Alan., Coad, Jane., & Richardson, J. (2015). Children and young people’s nursing at a glance. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=1813816
  • Haley, C., & Pillitteri, A. (2015). Pillitteri’s child and family health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. North Ryde N.S.W.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1058182018

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

    Contemporary Approaches to Communicating with Children and Young People

  • Unit Code

    NNT5102

  • Year

    2021

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Esther Abena ADAMA

Description

This unit explores communication, interpersonal and critical thinking skills that enhance communication between paediatric nurses and children and their families. It will explore concepts of evidence based practice and principles of the research process in order to promote quality care to children and their families.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass NNT5100

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNT4102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Complete a critically evaluated quality improvement project.
  2. Critically evaluate the range of communication and interpersonal skills/strategies required to enhance care for children and young people.
  3. Critique the implementation of evidenced based practice.
  4. Justify how effective communication enhances the therapeutic relationship with children, young people and their families.
  5. Justify the necessity for a quality improvement initiative.

Unit Content

  1. Evidence based practice and improving quality care within a children and young people's health care setting.
  2. How to plan, implement, evaluate and disseminate the results of a quality improvement project within a children and young peoples' health care setting.
  3. Research principles and concepts.
  4. Strategies of communication that may enhance the care of families from all cultural and diverse backgrounds.
  5. Verbal and non-verbal communication processes that enhance family centred care.
  6. Verbal and non-verbal communication strategies that promote the therapeutic relationship with children young people and their families.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECUs LMS as well as additional ECU l

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, clinical reflection and on-line discussion/debate.

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 School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectLiterature review and quality improvement project.60%
PresentationPowerPoint presentation of Qi project to an academic forum.35%
ExercisePICO question.5%

Core Reading(s)

  • Glasper, E. Alan., Coad, Jane., & Richardson, J. (2015). Children and young people’s nursing at a glance. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=1813816
  • Haley, C., & Pillitteri, A. (2015). Pillitteri’s child and family health nursing in Australia and New Zealand. North Ryde N.S.W.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1058182018

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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