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Child and Family Health (NURS90025)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2024
Overview
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The focus of this subject is to utilise an ecological approach to understand the importance of family relationships when assessing, planning, and implementing the health care needs of children. The effects of social disadvantage on the child and family will be explored with special emphasis on families of children with special needs.
Intended learning outcomes
At the completion of this subject the student should be able to:
- understand the diversity of families and the impact of cultural, economic, gender and social, political influences on child-rearing practices;
- understand aspects of cultural safety with specific reference to issues of concern within Australian communities;
- utilise capacities for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation to identify hospital and community supports and programs for families;
- utilise capacities for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation to identify the needs of families who require support and assistance;
- demonstrate capacities in critical thinking, problem-solving and analysis required to implement and evaluate care that addresses health care needs of children;
- demonstrate communication skills (oral and written) by providing anticipatory guidance to parents/caregivers of children at different stages of development.
Generic skills
On completion of the subject students should have developed the following generic skills of the Melbourne graduate and postgraduate coursework student:
- a capacity to articulate their knowledge and understanding in oral and written modes of communication;
- a capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed project work.
Last updated: 30 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 30 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One essay
| Week 8 | 70% |
Student presentation of 10 minutes and five minutes question time
| Week 11 | 30% |
Last updated: 30 January 2024
Dates & times
Not available in 2024
Time commitment details
170 hours In addition to the subject contact hours, students are expected to devote approximately 6 hours a week to this subject.
Last updated: 30 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
n/a
Recommended texts and other resources
A list of recommended texts and readings will be supplied upon commencement of the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Advanced Nursing Course Master of Advanced Nursing Practice - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 30 January 2024