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

    Professional Practice: Primary Health Care
  • Unit Code

    NSP6102
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Helena Sara HALTON

Description

This unit involves clinical placement and will support the student to actively engage in learning activities to develop expertise in conducting comprehensive patient assessment and high level skills in clinical reasoning and clinical communication. Students clinical learning activities will be framed by contextual and philosophical models of primary health care and development of knowledge, skills and leadership attributes to bridge the gap between interventional and primary care, from the perspective of both contexts. The unit includes 200 hours of integrated professional practice experience located in clinical settings in or at the interface of the primary care context. Student learning will focus on approaches to holistic health assessment taking into account the biophysical and socio-cultural influence on health and illness.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed MNP6100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Relate the philosophy and the global and local goals of the primary health care agenda and the contribution to continuity of care and community and individual health.
  2. Develop a systematic approach to health assessment that includes use of relevant evidence based assessment tools and technologies.
  3. Construct clinical skills in advanced and comprehensive health assessment that: a. incorporates evaluation of biophysical, mental health and sociocultural data b. attends to the specific health issues and cultural sensibilities relevant to health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  4. Apply a patient-centred approach to differentiate between normal and abnormal in human structure and functioning and to communicate these findings to the person and their family.
  5. Develop skill in verbal communication of patient assessment process and outcomes including documentation and oral communication modalities.

Unit Content

  1. Primary health care philosophy and the principles of integrated care.
  2. Systems and processes to guide comprehensive health assessment.
  3. Application of a systematic approach to comprehensive patient assessment.
  4. Selection and administration of evidence based assessment tools relevant to a range of patient presentations.
  5. Approaches to health assessment that are sensitive to cultural imperatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other cultural groups.
  6. Processes for requesting diagnostic and radiography tests.
  7. Clinical communication skills relevant to modalities of professional communication and to engaging patients and families.
  8. Collaborative and team practice in patient assessment.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is a contextual, practical application of learning in Unit 201 Holistic Health Assessment. Students will work with their Clinical Mentors to develop skills, confidence and judgement in conducting comprehensive health assessment. Accordingly learning is experiential, iterative and structured and guided by a Clinical Learning and Teaching Handbook customised for each of the student and the Clinical Mentor users. To support the experiential component three two hour tutorials will be conducted on campus. Additionally each student will have an academic counsellor to assist in development of their learning objectives and support academic governance of learning and teaching.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for performance and/or practical based 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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ONLINE
TypeDescription
Performance ^Clinical mentor report
ExerciseCritical analysis of health assessment tools
Reflective Practice ^Clinical log of 8 completed patient assessments

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Binkley, L. M. (2013). Bates’ guide to physical examination and history taking (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/801810287?databaseList=638

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

    Professional Practice: Primary Health Care
  • Unit Code

    NSP6102
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Helena Sara HALTON

Description

This unit involves clinical placement and will support the student to actively engage in learning activities to develop expertise in conducting comprehensive patient assessment and high level skills in clinical reasoning and clinical communication. Students clinical learning activities will be framed by contextual and philosophical models of primary health care and development of knowledge, skills and leadership attributes to bridge the gap between interventional and primary care, from the perspective of both contexts. The unit includes 200 hours of integrated professional practice experience located in clinical settings in or at the interface of the primary care context. Student learning will focus on approaches to holistic health assessment taking into account the biophysical and socio-cultural influence on health and illness.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed MNP6100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Relate the philosophy and the global and local goals of the primary health care agenda and the contribution to continuity of care and community and individual health.
  2. Develop a systematic approach to health assessment that includes use of relevant evidence based assessment tools and technologies.
  3. Construct clinical skills in advanced and comprehensive health assessment that: a. incorporates evaluation of biophysical, mental health and sociocultural data b. attends to the specific health issues and cultural sensibilities relevant to health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  4. Apply a patient-centred approach to differentiate between normal and abnormal in human structure and functioning and to communicate these findings to the person and their family.
  5. Develop skill in verbal communication of patient assessment process and outcomes including documentation and oral communication modalities.

Unit Content

  1. Primary health care philosophy and the principles of integrated care.
  2. Systems and processes to guide comprehensive health assessment.
  3. Application of a systematic approach to comprehensive patient assessment.
  4. Selection and administration of evidence based assessment tools relevant to a range of patient presentations.
  5. Approaches to health assessment that are sensitive to cultural imperatives for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other cultural groups.
  6. Processes for requesting diagnostic and radiography tests.
  7. Clinical communication skills relevant to modalities of professional communication and to engaging patients and families.
  8. Collaborative and team practice in patient assessment.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is a contextual, practical application of learning in Unit 201 Holistic Health Assessment. Students will work with their Clinical Mentors to develop skills, confidence and judgement in conducting comprehensive health assessment. Accordingly learning is experiential, iterative and structured and guided by a Clinical Learning and Teaching Handbook customised for each of the student and the Clinical Mentor users. To support the experiential component three two hour tutorials will be conducted on campus. Additionally each student will have an academic counsellor to assist in development of their learning objectives and support academic governance of learning and teaching.

Assessment

GS2 GRADING SCHEMA 2 Used for performance and/or practical based 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.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit plan may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ONLINE
TypeDescription
Performance ^Clinical mentor report
ExerciseCritical analysis of health assessment tools
Reflective Practice ^Clinical log of 8 completed patient assessments

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Binkley, L. M. (2013). Bates’ guide to physical examination and history taking (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/801810287?databaseList=638

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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