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<p>This unit delves into the complexities of managing chronic conditions, emphasising their profound impact on individuals, groups, and communities in Australia. The unit equips nursing students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide high-quality, evidence-based, and person-centred care for people living with chronic conditions from a strengths-based nursing perspective.</p>
<p>Students will critically evaluate the multifaceted impact of chronic conditions, exploring how these conditions affect not only the physical health of individuals, but also their psychological well-being, social interactions, and economic status. By understanding these broader impacts, students will appreciate the importance of a holistic approach to care that addresses the diverse needs of individuals, ensuring that care strategies and interventions are tailored to one’s needs.</p>
<p>The unit emphasises the identification and utilisation of an individual’s strengths and resources available to promote health and well-being. Additionally, the role of interprofessional teams is explored in depth, highlighting how collaboration among healthcare professionals and health care consumers enhances empowerment and outcomes.</p>
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<p>The content development of this unit has been guided by the following key standards and requirements:</p>
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<li>NMBA Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (Registered nurse standards for practice, Midwife standards for practice, Code of conduct, and ICN Code of ethics for nurses)</li>
<li>NSQHS National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards</li>
<li>National Safety and Quality Primary and Community</li>
<li>ACQS Aged Care Quality Standards</li>
<li>National Health Priority Areas</li>
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<p>Content may include:</p>
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<li>Chronic condition models of care</li>
<li>Chronic conditions across the lifespan</li>
<li>Lived experience, social isolation, financial impacts, family, carers, siblings, workplace</li>
<li>Stigma/ language</li>
<li>Strengths based nursing approaches to support cognition, emotion, behaviour</li>
<li>Motivational interviewing, stages of behaviour change, self-management plans, goal setting.</li>
<li>Empathy</li>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>This unit delves into the complexities of managing chronic conditions, emphasising their profound impact on individuals, groups, and communities in Australia. The unit equips nursing students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide high-quality, evidence-based, and person-centred care for people living with chronic conditions from a strengths-based nursing perspective.</p> <p>Students will critically evaluate the multifaceted impact of chronic conditions, exploring how these conditions affect not only the physical health of individuals, but also their psychological well-being, social interactions, and economic status. By understanding these broader impacts, students will appreciate the importance of a holistic approach to care that addresses the diverse needs of individuals, ensuring that care strategies and interventions are tailored to one’s needs.</p> <p>The unit emphasises the identification and utilisation of an individual’s strengths and resources available to promote health and well-being. Additionally, the role of interprofessional teams is explored in depth, highlighting how collaboration among healthcare professionals and health care consumers enhances empowerment and outcomes.</p>
Unit content
<p>The content development of this unit has been guided by the following key standards and requirements:</p> <ul> <li>NMBA Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (Registered nurse standards for practice, Midwife standards for practice, Code of conduct, and ICN Code of ethics for nurses)</li> <li>NSQHS National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards</li> <li>National Safety and Quality Primary and Community</li> <li>ACQS Aged Care Quality Standards</li> <li>National Health Priority Areas</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p>Content may include:</p> <ul> <li>Chronic condition models of care</li> <li>Chronic conditions across the lifespan</li> <li>Lived experience, social isolation, financial impacts, family, carers, siblings, workplace</li> <li>Stigma/ language</li> <li>Strengths based nursing approaches to support cognition, emotion, behaviour</li> <li>Motivational interviewing, stages of behaviour change, self-management plans, goal setting.</li> <li>Empathy</li> </ul>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Nursing
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
060301 - General Nursing
Offering:
<p><strong>Early Semester 2 Nursing</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Berwick (Blended)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Gippsland (Blended)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Mt Helen (Blended)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Wonthaggi (Blended)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/nurbn3106">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
<p>must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NURBN2102" target="_blank">NURBN2102</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NURBN2023" target="_blank">NURBN2023</a> AND must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NURBN2105" target="_blank">NURBN2105</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NURBN2027" target="_blank">NURBN2027</a></p>
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed <a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=NURBN3033" target="_blank">NURBN3033</a></p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Critically evaluate the bio-psycho-socio-cultural impact of chronic conditions on individuals, families, groups, and communities within the Australian context</p>
S1
<p>Identify and assess chronic disease management resources, including community-based and interprofessional supports, that enhance health outcomes. </p>
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<p>Use therapeutic communication skills and strategies to clearly and effectively collaborate within interprofessional teams to support person-centred care through verbal, written, and digital means.</p>
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<p>Apply evidence-based strategies to plan and deliver holistic nursing care for people with chronic conditions across diverse settings.</p>
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<p>Group critical analysis of a current Australian health care strategy for people with chronic illness within a diverse multicultural population </p>
<p>Asynchronous Oral presentation</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, S1, S2
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<p>Self-management</p><p>plan for a person with a chronic illness</p>
<p>Written Assessment</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
S1, S2, A1
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<p>Attendance at Active Learning Sessions</p>
<p>80% Attendance at Active Learning Sessions</p>
<p>S/U Hurdle</p>
K1, S1, S2, A1
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<p>100% Attendance/attempt at assessments 1 and 2</p>
<p>100% Attendance/attempt at assessments 1 and 2</p>
<p>S/U Hurdle</p>
K1, S1, S2, A1
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Nursing
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
060301 - General Nursing
Offering:
<p><strong>Early Semester 2 Nursing</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Berwick (Blended)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Gippsland (Blended)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Mt Helen (Blended)</p><p>Blended Delivery - Wonthaggi (Blended)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/nurbn3106">View unit fees</a>
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