NURS 1006 Human Relationships and Life Transitions

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Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 401005

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Description This unit enables students to develop an understanding of human relationships and life transitions, and introduces concepts that inform nursing and midwifery practice. The unit explores frameworks that support an understanding of the psychological, social, cognitive and moral components of human development throughout the lifespan, the development of self, and normative (expected) and non-normative (deviation from the expected) life transitions in the context of people realising their health potential.

School Nursing & Midwifery

Discipline Nursing

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 1 10cp

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Level Undergraduate Level 1 subject

Restrictions Students must be enrolled in 4691 Bachelor of Nursing or 4693 Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced) or 4780 Bachelor of Nursing - WSU Online or 4684 Bachelor of Midwifery. Students must be enrolled in 4780 to enrol in WSU Online Campus subjects. Unitrack students may study this subject as a miscellaneous subject.

Assessment

The following table summarises the standard assessment tasks for this subject. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated, where there is a difference your Learning Guide takes precedence.

Item Length Percent Threshold Individual/Group Task
Online Quiz 60 minutes 30 N Individual
Presentation 15 Minutes 30 N Group
Final Exam - Online 1 hour/50 MCQ's 40 N Individual

Prescribed Texts

  • Hoffnung, M., Hoffnung, R. J., Seifert, K. L., Hine, A., Paus?, C., Ward, L., Signal, T., Swabey, K., Yates, K., & Burton Smith, R. (2019). Lifespan development: A chronological approach (4th Australasian ed.) Milton, Australia: John Wiley and Sons Australia. Available as E-Book

Teaching Periods