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Unit of Study NURS2007 - Primary Health Care and Nursing Practices (2023)

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  • Enrolment information

    This unit contains professional experience learning/ laboratory activities that require students to meet mandatory compliance requirements prior to attending. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in you being unable to undertake the Professional Experience Learning and/or stipulated Laboratory Activity which may result in failure of the unit. Full details are available at https://www.scu.edu.au/health/health-placements/. Please note Full Covid-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement associated with the placement element of this unit of study. This requirement has been stipulated by the placement providers. It is strongly recommended that only students who meet this requirement enrol in this unit.


Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically review the role of the nurse in primary care settings within a primary health care framework

demonstrate knowledge and skills required to support vulnerable populations within a variety of primary care settings

demonstrate critical thinking skills for safe and competent nursing practice in primary care settings

investigate approaches used to work with the consumer and other health professionals to provide patient-centred care in primary care settings