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Offerings

MANDURAH-S2N-INT-2021-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2N-INT-2021-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Enrolment in the Bachelor of Nursing

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Explain the varied psychosociocultural models and frameworks of health. (Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (Murdoch Graduate Attributes (MUGA) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9) (Nursing Graduate Attributes (NGA) 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14) (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2 & 6.1) (National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS) 1, 2 & 5) (Patient Safety Competence Framework for nursing students (PSCF) 1, 2, 3 & 5)

2.

Compare the social determinants of health and wellbeing from the global and Australian multicultural perspectives. (CLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (MUGA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9) (NGA 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14) (NMBA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2 & 6.1) (NSQHS 1, 2 & 5) (PSCF 1, 2, 3 & 5)

3.

Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to provide culturally safe nursing care. (CLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (MUGA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9) (NGA 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14) (NMBA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2 & 7.3) (NSQHS 1, 2 & 5) (PSCF 1, 2, 3 & 5)

4.

Discuss the principal health issues confronting migrant populations and the national multicultural health priorities. (CLO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) (MUGA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9) (NGA 10, 11, 12, 13 & 14) (NMBA 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2 & 6.1) (NSQHS 1, 2 & 5) (PSCF 1, 2, 3 & 5)

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Additional information

Unit content:

Key topics in this unit include: the importance of culture, values and social practices, and their influence on health outcomes; culturally appropriate, safe and sensitive communication that facilitates trust and the building of respectful relationships; knowledge of best practice in clinical presentation and disease prevention for Australian culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) peoples; demographic and health statistics, as well as features of effective policies and strategies relative to CALD peoples in the context of health care; the influence of one’s own cultural identity and the culture of the Australian health care system on perceptions of Australian CALD peoples; advocacy for equitable outcomes and social justice for CALD peoples; and leadership in advocating for equitable health outcomes and culturally safe services.
1. Historical, social and economic impacts on health, and psychosociocultural frameworks and models of health and wellbeing (Australian Government, 2013-2023; Australian Refugee Health Practice guide, 2019; Crisp et al., 2017, ch 14 )
• Cultural conceptual frameworks and models for living, and health and wellbeing
• Role of worldviews in health
• Human rights and multicultural health in a global context
• Overview of Migrant and Refugee Health status in Western Australia
• Multicultural health services and resources:
o Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
o Multicultural Services Centres
2. Concepts relating to cultural nursing care: cultural safety (Government of Western Australia, 2019 ;Taylor & Guerin, 2014, ch 4, 9 & 11)
• Diversity, acculturation and assimilation
• Race, prejudice and stereotyping
• Ethnocentrism, discrimination and racism
• Negotiating the cultural interface
• Critical thinking and reflection and reflexivity
3. Providing cultural nursing care (Taylor & Guerin, 2014, Ch 9 & 12; NSQHS, Standard 2;)
• Cultural assessment; heritage consistency:
• Multicultural Mental Health and Assessment Tools
• Communication in cultural assessment
• Diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care
o Diversity in Palliative care
• Liaison and advocacy
• Inter and Intra professional practice

Other notes:

It is a requirement of the course that all students have a smart device (mobile phone, laptop, iPad, tablet) with WiFi capability.