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

    Primary Health Care in Nursing and Midwifery Practice
  • Unit Code

    NUM3511
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kylie MCCULLOUGH

Description

This unit will enable students to develop knowledge and skills in this increasingly important area of nursing and midwifery practice. Primary health care theory, including health education, health promotion and behaviour-change models will be explored. Students will learn how to access and analyse epidemiological health data in order to identify the health needs of communities and incorporate these into nursing and midwifery practice. The skills needed to plan health promotion activities to encourage good health and meet community health needs will be examined. An important aspect of this unit is the consideration of how good health can be encouraged within the role of nurses and midwives for individuals, families and communities, across all ages and cultures. The unit will have a wide geographical focus and will include local, national and international examples of primary health care practice.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass NUM2405, NPU2404 and HPU2404

Students studying the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or the Bachelor of Science (Nursing)/Bachelor of Science (Midwifery).

Equivalent Rule

NCS3102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate epidemiological data to determine community health needs and socio-ecological determinants of health.
  2. Plan theoretical primary health care activities and strategies to meet identified community health needs.
  3. Apply the concepts of health promotion, education and disease prevention across the lifespan and within different cultures and populations.
  4. Critically appraise the evidence in relation to the relevance of primary health care and inter-professional collaboration to the changing health needs of the Australian population.
  5. Evaluate the role of the registered nurse and midwife within the context of public health principles and interprofessional practice.

Unit Content

  1. The public health care system and nurses’ and midwives’ roles in the future of healthcare policy and National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
  2. Empowering communities in the context of socio-ecological determinants of health, social justice and community development.
  3. Epidemiological data and community health assessment.
  4. Health promotion and health behaviour change models.
  5. Communicable diseases, health screening, immunisations and sexual health.
  6. Interprofessional working with vulnerable communities and communities in crisis.
  7. The application of technology in primary health care.
  8. Nursing and midwifery roles in primary health care settings.
  9. Rural and remote practice nursing and generalist practice.
  10. Communicable diseases and immunisation strategies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot Offered13 x 2 hour lecture
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial
Semester 26 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 26 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz20%
AssignmentHealth promotion plan 40%
PresentationContemporary primary health care topic40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz20%
AssignmentHealth promotion plan40%
PresentationContemporary primary health care topic 40%

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, Examination and Moderation Procedures - 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, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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

    Primary Health Care in Nursing and Midwifery Practice
  • Unit Code

    NUM3511
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Kylie MCCULLOUGH

Description

This unit will enable students to develop knowledge and skills in this increasingly important area of nursing and midwifery practice. Primary health care theory, including health education, health promotion and behaviour-change models will be explored. Students will learn how to access and analyse epidemiological health data in order to identify the health needs of communities and incorporate these into nursing and midwifery practice. The skills needed to plan health promotion activities to encourage good health and meet community health needs will be examined. An important aspect of this unit is the consideration of how good health can be encouraged within the role of nurses and midwives for individuals, families and communities, across all ages and cultures. The unit will have a wide geographical focus and will include local, national and international examples of primary health care practice.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass NUM2405, NPU2404 and HPU2404

Students studying the Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or the Bachelor of Science (Nursing)/Bachelor of Science (Midwifery).

Equivalent Rule

NCS3102

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate epidemiological data to determine community health needs and socio-ecological determinants of health.
  2. Plan theoretical primary health care activities and strategies to meet identified community health needs.
  3. Apply the concepts of health promotion, education and disease prevention across the lifespan and within different cultures and populations.
  4. Critically appraise the evidence in relation to the relevance of primary health care and inter-professional collaboration to the changing health needs of the Australian population.
  5. Evaluate the role of the registered nurse and midwife within the context of public health principles and interprofessional practice.

Unit Content

  1. The public health care system and nurses’ and midwives’ roles in the future of healthcare policy and National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.
  2. Empowering communities in the context of socio-ecological determinants of health, social justice and community development.
  3. Epidemiological data and community health assessment.
  4. Health promotion and health behaviour change models.
  5. Communicable diseases, health screening, immunisations and sexual health.
  6. Interprofessional working with vulnerable communities and communities in crisis.
  7. The application of technology in primary health care.
  8. Nursing and midwifery roles in primary health care settings.
  9. Rural and remote practice nursing and generalist practice.
  10. Communicable diseases and immunisation strategies.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot Offered13 x 2 hour lecture
Semester 113 x 2 hour tutorialNot Offered13 x 2 hour tutorial
Semester 26 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 26 x 2 hour tutorialNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz20%
AssignmentHealth promotion plan 40%
PresentationContemporary primary health care topic40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline quiz20%
AssignmentHealth promotion plan40%
PresentationContemporary primary health care topic 40%

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, Examination and Moderation Procedures - 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, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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