NURSING 301 : Child and Family Health Nursing

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester One (1203) (60 POINTS)

Course Prescription

An understanding of concepts related to family, women's and child health. The focus is on childbirth as a healthy event in the life of a family, care in the community, together with the nursing care of children suffering illness in a hospital setting. Older persons' health focuses on an alternate aspect of family health. Clinical attachments are in a variety of clinical and community settings.

Course Overview

This  course comprises four modules. It is offered in Semester one of the third year of the Bachelor of Nursing programme. Students rotate through community, child and young people, older person and maternal infant health. Theoretical content and  clinical placements focus on developing all domains of Registered Nursing practice.

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: NURSING 201, 202

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities
Graduate Profile: Bachelor of Nursing

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate cognitive abilities in developing, refining, enhancing and validating nursing practice in relation to community as partner, family care, older person, maternal, infant and child health. (Capability 1.1)
  2. Participate in the development and use of research by critically analysing existing research and demonstrating its application in the practice of caring for women and children, the older person, families and the community (Capability 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3)
  3. Demonstrate skill in assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating health through positive nurse client relationships with communities, families, older persons and mothers and children under their care. (Capability 3.1 and 3.2)
  4. Apply an understanding of professional, ethical, and legal issues as they relate to aspects of caring for a community, family, older person and mother and child (Capability 5.1 and 5.2)
  5. Act in a manner that safe guards the interests of communities, families, older persons, women and children, recognising actions that might compromise this, such as, potential breaches of confidentiality and limitations in own current scope of practice (Capability 1.1, 4.1, 5.1 and 5.2)
  6. Discuss the implications of the Treaty of Waitangi/ Te Tiriti o Waitangi on child and family health nursing
  7. Respect client’s culture, values and beliefs in the context of community care, family care, care of the older person, and care of women and children. Demonstrate an understanding of the potential impact of biological, social, political, psychological and environmental factors on the well-being of communities, families, older persons and women and children. (Capability 6.1 and 6.2)
  8. Demonstrate an understanding of the knowledge base underpinning safe and effective practice in caring for communities, families, older persons and women and children (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 6.1 and 6.2)
  9. Plan care, taking into account individual responses to biological, social, political, psychological and environmental impacts on community health, family health, older persons’ health and the health of women and children. (Capability 1.1 and 1.2)
  10. Collaborate with other health professionals in caring for communities, families, older persons and women and children. (Capability 4.1 and 4.2)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Community Health Project 20% Group & Individual Coursework
Research critique 5% Individual Coursework
Child health Clinical practice Individual Coursework
Child health E Portfolio Individual Coursework
Child health Practical assessment 12.5% Individual Coursework
Child health Case Studies 12.5% Individual Coursework
Older person clinical practice Individual Coursework
Older person E Portfolio Individual Coursework
Older person Practical assessment 12.5% Individual Coursework
Older preson critical analysis Assignments 10% Individual Coursework
Older person online Project 2.5% Individual Coursework
Maternal infant online Portfolio Individual Coursework
Maternal infant MCQ Test 10% Individual Coursework
Final Exam 15% Individual Examination
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Community Health Project
Research critique
Child health Clinical practice
Child health E Portfolio
Child health Practical assessment
Child health Case Studies
Older person clinical practice
Older person E Portfolio
Older person Practical assessment
Older preson critical analysis Assignments
Older person online Project
Maternal infant online Portfolio
Maternal infant MCQ Test
Final Exam
All four modules must be passed in their entirety to achieve an overall pass in this course. This includes a pass/fail component for clinical practice and E portfolios.
Attendance at theory weeks is essential for safe practice. All assessed work must be completed and submitted in order to pass the course.

Learning Resources

COURSE TEXTBOOKS
Text - Required:  Haley, C. (Ed).(2016). Pillitteri’s child and family health nursing in Australia and New Zealand (2nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer. 
Text - Recommended: Francis, K., Chapman, Y., Hoare, K., & Birks, M. (Eds). (2013). Australia and New Zealand community as partner: theory and practice in nursing (2nd ed.). Sydney, Australia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 
Text - Recommended:  Hunter, S., & Miller, C. (2016). Miller’s Nursing for wellness in older adults (2nd Australia & New Zealand ed). North Ryde, Australia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Both Maternal infant and older person components utilise online learning and resources. These are available on CANVAS

For other readings please see the N301 course 'Reading List' on CANVAS.

Course Contacts

Nursing 301 team contacts
N301 Course Director and  Child health/maternal infant coordinator: Michelle Adams
E:  m.adams@auckland.ac.nz
Community coordinator:  Dr Willoughby  Moloney
E:  w.moloney@auckland.ac.nz
Older Persons’ Health Coordinator: Dr Lisa Stewart 
E: lisa.stewart@auckland.ac.nz
Course Administration: Sarah Dayal
E: s.dayal@auckland.ac.nz






Workload Expectations

This course is a 60 point course, over an extended semester starting on February 3rd January 2020. 

For this course, you can expect 144 hours of lectures, 320 hours in clinical placements and 176 hours of associated reading,  reflection and preparation for assessments. 

Other Information

Fitness to Practise:
In order to complete the requirements for this course and the BNurs degree, a student must meet the applicable fitness to practise requirements as outlined in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences’ Fitness to Practise Policy.
Information about fitness to practise, the Fitness to Practise policy and procedures can be found at
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about/the-university/how-university-works/policy-and-administration/teaching-and-learning/fmhs-code-of-fitness-to-practise/fmhs-fitness-to-practise-policy.html#94a7265f6104770808586a29c54a9f4f

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

92.3% of students found this course helped them develop their thinking skills, i.e. framing an enquiry, critical analysis and problem solving.
86.8 of students were overall satisfied with the course.
What students liked about the course:
• The mixture of theory, online modules and clinical placements to solidify learning.
• The clinical skills workshops prior to  clinical placement.
• Guest speakers from the clinical settings  and the  anecdotal details they share.
Aspects students would like to see improved:
• Lectures to be recorded and made available to assist with learning.
• More overt structure to the timetabling of lectures,  at times the content seems to jumps between different modules.
Responses to student feedback:
• Lecture recordings will be available from 2020. However, guest lecturers may not consent to their lecture being recorded. In addition, editing of lecture recordings will occur for the removal of anecdotal and personal nursing experiences to ensure confidentiality of the situations discussed.
• The timetable is reviewed each year. The value of clinical guest speakers is rated highly by both students and lecturers. However, given the busy clinical roles of guest speakers there are some restrictions and limitations  to their teaching availability. Wherever possible the timetable attempts to follow a logical flow of information.



Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 17/12/2019 08:50 a.m.