SNPG903 Developments in Nursing Care
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Subject Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students will be able to:
1. Discuss the role of the nurse in the delivery of compassionate care as it relates to historical, social and political factors in healthcare environments
2. Explore evidence-based strategies for practicing and sustaining compassionate care
3. Evaluate the significance of human-to-human connection in the provision of care in the healthcare environment
4. Critically examine and reflect on professional values and beliefs of compassionate care and how this impacts the provision of care for others
5. Investigate, analyse and synthesise data from a practice environment in order to recommend changes for improving a caring workplace culture
Subject Description
Developments in Nursing Care explores the concepts of person-centred care, courage and compassionate care within the nursing profession. This subject focuses on caring as a nurse and encourages self-reflection in regard to individual attributes in caring and the caring culture of health care environments. Participants are enabled to explore the historical, social, and political underpinnings of nursing care within the cultural context of practice. Participants will be challenged to explore their specialty area of nursing practice and consider this in the perspective of solution focused nursing, empowering recipients of care to be the expert in their journey. The developments of nursing care and the impact this has on the nursing workforce will be explored from a local, national and international perspective.
Readings, References and Materials Prescribed Readings (includes eReadings) A list of prescribed readings for this subject is available on the eLearning site for this subject. Students are not expected to purchase these. They are available to students through the library on the subject’s eLearning site. Recommended readings are not intended as an exhaustive list, students should use the Library catalogue and databases to locate additional resources.
Learning modules
There are no lectures in this subject. Students complete a variety of activities in the weekly online modules.
Inherent Requirements
Inherent requirements are the essential components of a course or unit that demonstrate the abilities, knowledge and skills to achieve the core learning outcomes of the course or unit. Further information on Inherent Requirements can be found on the following link on the UOW School
of Nursing.
Learning modules
There are no lectures in this subject. Students complete a variety of activities in the weekly online modules.
