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This course will enable students to understand the responsibilities of nursing and the inter-professional team, to communicate professionally and to understand ethical, legal and regulatory frameworks for health care delivery and practice.
Indicative Course Outline- The interprofessional health care team- Therapeutic communication and group processes - Self-awareness, sensitivity to others, critical reflection on practice- Professional behaviour and boundaries- The Treaty of Waitangi- Ethics, legalisation/regulations, cultural safety
1. Analyse and critique trends in nursing practice and health care, the role of the nurse and the interprofessional team.2. Describe, evaluate and analyse healthcare policies, practices, as well as ethical and legal frameworks applicable to the professional nurse.3. Define and critique the principles of cultural safety that underpin interpersonal relationships in health care practice.4. Explore and critique the principles of therapeutic communication and interpersonal relationships. 5. Evaluate the significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/ the Treaty of Waitangi in the provision of health care services and as a partner in health care delivery.
Subject to approval of the Head of School of Health Sciences
HLTH452
(M, Tu, W): Feb 17, 18, 19 (M, Tu, W): Mar 23, 24, 25
Isabel Jamieson and Sandy Kathryn Richardson
New Zealand Nursing JournalsKai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (an NZNO publication)Nursing Praxis in New Zealand Resources from ARA library at section RT16-RT40 include:• Freed to care, proud to nurse: 100 years of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation RT16OCO• A nursing odyssey: An account of the beginning of registered nursing in New Zealand RT37GRE • Grace Neill : the story of a noble woman RT37.N4NEIOther:Hester Maclean (Te Ara) http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m25/maclean-hesterGrace Neill (Te Ara) http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2n5/neill-elizabeth-graceBrief history of nursing (Te Ara) http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/health-practitioners/page-3Papers Past http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast• Go to ‘More search options’ (top right) to limit search to just Kai Tiaki, or just 1910-20, or just articles • When searching Kai Tiaki, don’t limit to just articles – this usually gives no results.• Useful search terms for Kai Tiaki and news articles in general: “Male nurses”, nurse AND hours (interesting stuff about 8 hour days and nurses).NZResearch http://research.digitalnz.org/ has quite a few theses and journal articles that might be useful secondary sources.
College of Nurses Aoteroa New Zealand http://www.nurse.org.nz/ International Council of Nurses (Ethics) http://www.icn.ch/ New Zealand Ministry of Health (health related information) http://www.health.govt.nz/ New Zealand Ministry of Health-Nursing in New Zealand (links to nursing organisations) http://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/nursing New Zealand Nursing Organisation (Ethics) http://www.nzno.org.nz/ Nursing Council of New Zealand (HPCA Act 2003/Code of Conduct/Professional Boundaries/Scopes of Practice/Domains of Practice/Competencies etc.) http://nursingcouncil.org.nz/
Late submission of work, without an approved extension, will incur a 5% penalty for that assignment.
Students are expected to actively engage with the materials available on the LEARN site. Students are expected to complete readings in advance and engage in the participatory activities of the course, both web and class-based.
Please contact the course coordinator.
• *One resubmission opportunity is available for assignment 1 if the minimum pass criteria is not met on the first submission. • The maximum grade possible for the resubmitted assignment is C-.• The resubmission date will be negotiated with the course coordinator.
Domestic fee $2,193.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Health Sciences .