NUR301: Family and Community Health

This unit explores the history and current context of community nursing. It examines social, environmental, economic and political influences on contemporary community nursing practice within a primary health care framework, and investigates the unique contextual challenges of diverse community settings and specific client groups across the life span. Examination of the scope of practice and varied roles of the community nurse will prepare students for placements in community nursing settings.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Peel: DE9-internal
Contact Time	Lectures: 3 hours per week; workshop: 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Completion of all 100 and 200 level units and NUR302 Maternal and Newborn Health, NUR303 Children and Adolescent Health, NUR305 Nursing Specialties.
School	School of Nursing and Midwifery
Unit Coordinator	Ms Sharryn Batt Position: Part time Teaching E-mail: S.Batt@murdoch.edu.au Location: Phone: Prefix: +618
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Ms Sharryn Batt (S.Batt@murdoch.edu.au) PEEL DE9: Internal (02/08/2010 - 17/12/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)