Professional Nursing Practice 6: Primary and Community Health Care (HSNS246)

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. relate the social determinants of health to the experience of individuals, families and communities and identify how this influences the scope and nature of nursing practice in primary and community settings;
2. during professional experience placement (PEP), apply and evaluate the principles of primary health care when working as a nurse in diverse health care settings, and demonstrate the application of the NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice;
3. identify and respond in culturally safe ways to diversity among individuals, communities and populations;
4. investigate and determine diverse nursing roles, including the nurse’s role in digital health, in primary and community health care such as maternal and child health, sexual health, aged care and Aboriginal health;
5. examine the relationship between health literacy and social determinants of health, critically evaluate and plan a range of health promotion strategies; and
6. review and analyse how social policy influences the provision of primary and community health and the impact on nursing practice particularly in rural and remote contexts in Australia;