School Of Nursing And MidwiferyChild & Family Health Nursing: Professional Practice and FrameworksWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400828.2
Discipline: MOTHERCRAFT NURSING AND FAMILY & CHILD HEALTH NURSING
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
An understanding of professional frameworks and competencies for the Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife at an undergraduate level, augmented with clinical experience at a general Registered Nurse or Registered Midwife level.
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Only students enrolled in course code 4649 - Master of Nursing (Child and Family Health - Karitane) and 4650 - Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Child and Family Health - Karitane) may enrol in this unit.
About this Unit
Child and family health nursing is a diverse speciality area with child and family health nurses required to work autonomously across a variety of clinical settings. This unit will focus on the scope and standards of practice of child and family health nursing exploring; historical beginnings and current models of care, appropriate legal and ethical issues and government policies and initiatives that influence practice. Informed by the principles of Primary Health Care, the student will gain skills in supporting families and children within the context of a strengths based partnership model. Health promotion, public health, health surveillance and cultural competence are introduced in this unit. The various strategies for the appropriate support of child and family health nurses will be addressed. In this unit emphasis is also placed on critical thinking and the developmetn of scholarly writing.