Overview

This unit provides students with knowledge of the health-care needs of the older person, and the role of the nurse in promoting their health and preventing illness. This unit also focuses on the essential requirements of the registered nurse to understand patient safety and health informatics in the context of aged care. Building foundational knowledge and skills to improve patient safety will assist in preparing the student to practice safely across a range of healthcare contexts.

Requisites

Prerequisites
NUR10006 Concepts of Aged Care

Rules

Pre-requisite
Admission into BA-NUR - Bachelor of Nursing

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
15-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
28-July-2024
Census date
09-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
06-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 2
Location
Wantirna
Start and end dates
15-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
28-July-2024
Census date
09-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
06-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
21-July-2025
09-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-August-2025
Census date
15-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025
Semester 2
Location
Wantirna
Start and end dates
21-July-2025
09-November-2025
Last self-enrolment date
03-August-2025
Census date
15-August-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
19-September-2025
Results released date
09-December-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Recognise the physiological changes that occur in adults and ageing populations and how this impacts health
  • Describe aspects of active ageing and how to support and maintain health and independence
  • Discuss the impact of specific cognitive conditions affecting the older population
  • Design appropriate discharge planning focusing on a holistic, person-centred approach to the ageing individual
  • Identify different elements of advanced care planning with consideration of legal and ethical requirements
  • Identify and evaluate the principles of clinical risk and current technologies in health informatics

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Online
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 6 weeks 12
On-campus
Practical		2.00 4 weeks 8
Specified Activities
Various		3.00 12 weeks 36
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		6.83 12 weeks 82
TOTAL150

Sarawak

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Case StudyIndividual 40% 1,2,6 
Online QuizzesIndividual 20% 1,2,3 
Oral PresentationGroup 40% 1,2,3,4,5 
Case StudyIndividual 40% 1,2,6 
Online QuizzesIndividual 20% 1,2,3 
Oral PresentationGroup 40% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Physiological differences of ageing
  • Concepts of health in an older person (active ageing)
  • Evaluation of the health needs or challenges of ageing
  • Legal considerations for the ageing population
  • Clinical Risk
  • Health informatics

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.