Key facts
UNE unit code: HSNS370
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- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Trimester 3 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
As Australia’s population ages and healthcare needs become more complex, your ability to understand the many factors that impact care delivery for older people is important in your role as a nurse.
Through virtual simulated professional experience placement, you will interact with case-based scenarios to explore the Registered Nurses' roles and responsibilities in a healthcare setting for the elderly.
This unit will consolidate your knowledge and understanding of better health outcomes framed by legal, ethical and policy influences that impact care for older people.
Reflecting on the role of the registered nurse in residential and community aged care in Australia, you will draw on psychosocial perspectives of aging, theory and evidence-based practice, regionally, nationally and globally transforming nursing practice.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 2 | Online |
| Trimester 3 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
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Notes
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Unit coordinator(s)
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- understand and apply the Aged Care Quality Standard to nursing practice;
- examine the psychosocial perspectives of aging and critically evaluate how these impact care provision for older persons regionally, nationally and globally;
- critically explore and apply consumer focused concepts of healthy and positive ageing in nursing practice;
- critically evaluate the role of the registered nurse in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for an older person in a range of healthcare settings including the quality use of medicines; and
- critically evaluate the ways nurses and the profession contribute to better health outcomes associated with the rights, challenges and concerns for older people.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Yes | 40% | All offerings | Oral Presentation No. Words: 1500 |
| Assessment 2 | Yes | 60% | All offerings | Professional Practice Project Virtual clinical placement 40 hours - mandatory attendance No. Words: 2500 |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library — purchase is optional.
Healthy Ageing and Aged Care
ISBN: 9780190326234
Bernoth, M. and Winkler D. , Oxford 2nd ed. 2022
Text refers to: All offerings
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