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UNE unit code: HSNS364

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  • Trimester 1 - Online
24/7 online support
  • Yes
Intensive schools
  • No
Supervised exam
  • No
Credit points
  • 6

Unit information

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Gain hands-on experience as a member of multidisciplinary teams, and develop nursing knowledge and skills to coordinate, support, enable and evaluate self-care strategies for people of all ages living with cancer or chronic conditions.

With 80 hours of professional placement, you will explore a range of cancers and chronic conditions, including some conditions specific to developing countries.

Using case-based learning to examine evidence-based approaches and extend your discipline knowledge, themes relating to cancer and chronic conditions will be explored. These include pathophysiology and aetiology, diagnosis and treatment (including complementary therapies), health promotion and current national and global health priorities, and an evaluation of care provision in diverse settings including metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas.

You may also have opportunities to complete your clinical placement overseas. Find out more today.

Offerings

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Teaching period
Mode/location
Trimester 1Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites
For candidates admitted prior to 2019: candidature in BN (Enrolled Nurse entry pathway); or candidature in BN (International entry pathway) and (48cp and HSNS406) or (HHSC157 and HSNS206); or candidature in BN and either [HSNS263 and (HHSC156 or HHSC157)] or [HSNS263 and (HHSC111 or HHSC112)]; or for candidates admitted prior to 2019: candidature in MNP and HSNS406 or (HHSC157 and HSNS206)
Restrictions
HSNS314 or HSNS362

Notes

This unit includes a 80 hours of professional experience placement.

Professional experience placements will only be arranged for students who meet pre-clinical requirements in the first eight weeks of their enrolment in the course and maintain the currency of these requirements throughout the duration of the course.

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

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Elaine Gilbody TownerLecturer - School of Health

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. apply an understanding of cancer pathophysiology, diagnosis, aetiology and common treatment options;
  2. critically analyse and utilise a range of assessment techniques and apply evidence based clinical reasoning in theory, clinical and simulated environments;
  3. recognise self management capacity and outcomes for a person living with cancer or chronic conditions within a person centred framework;
  4. plan, deliver and implement evidence based nursing care that incorporates physical, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual and environmental aspects of person centred care in a variety of settings relevant to the person affected by cancer and chronic diseases within a legal and ethical decision making framework;
  5. critique the history of prevention, public health and the evolution of health promotion in local, national and international contexts; and
  6. demonstrate respectful and skillful interprofessional teamwork that values the contributions of each member of the health care team, to the management of chronic health problems.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

TitleMust CompleteWeightOfferingsAssessment Notes
Assessment 1Yes60%All offerings

Written assignment

No. Words: 1500

Assessment 2Yes40%All offerings

Online Proctored Quiz
This online Quiz will be supervised via webcam and screen sharing technology. Coordinated by UNE Exams Unit.

No. Words: 2000

Assessment 3Yes All offerings

Professional Experience Placement
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Successful completion of 80 hours of professional experience placement.
Must pass this assessment item to pass the unit.

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Chronic Care Nursing

ISBN: 9781108701020

Deravin-Malone, L., Anderson, J., Cambridge University Press 2nd ed 2019

Text refers to: All offerings

Principles of Pathophysiology

ISBN: 9780655708377

Bullock, S. and Hales, M., Pearson 3rd ed. 2023

Text refers to: All offerings

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