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Health Science

CNA309

Enrolment
Unit Code
Unit Title
CNA308 Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care
CNA309 Professional Issues in Nursing Practice
CNA315 Acute Care Nursing
CNA316 Community and Mental Health Nursing Practice

2010  CNA309  Professional Issues in Nursing Practice

Unit Level: Advanced

Available as a Student Elective: No

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SPECIAL NOTE:  This unit may also be offered as a spring school to selected students.

OFFERINGS

Unit Sem 1 Sem 2 Full Yr Spring Summer Winter
CNA309 Distance(H,L,W,I,N,O) Distance(H,L,W,I,N,R,V)

Key Semester Dates
Semester Note Start Date Census Date Final WW Date* End Date
Sem 2 12-JUL-2010 10-AUG-2010 30-AUG-2010 15-OCT-2010
Spring Offering in H 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 27-DEC-2010 04-FEB-2011
Spring Offering in I 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 27-DEC-2010 04-FEB-2011
Spring Offering in L 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 27-DEC-2010 04-FEB-2011
Spring Offering in N 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 27-DEC-2010 04-FEB-2011
Spring Offering in R 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 03-JAN-2011 11-FEB-2011
Spring Offering in V 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 03-JAN-2011 11-FEB-2011
Spring Offering in W 15-NOV-2010 03-DEC-2010 27-DEC-2010 04-FEB-2011

*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see Withdrawal dates explained for more information).

About Census Dates

DESCRIPTION

This unit explores contemporary issues inprofessional nursing practice. Students are encouraged to identify and critically engage with complexities of organisational and regulatory frameworks that impact on nursing as a profession. Consideration is given to the social and political contexts of health care and the position of nursing within those. Students will reflect on their own experiences in practice across a range of clinical settings to consider the implications of specific challenges facing the nursing profession.

WEIGHT:  12.5%

ASSESSMENT:

online tutorial work (60%) and written essay (40%).

TEACHING PATTERN: This unit is taught online.

FLEXIBLE & ONLINE STUDY OPTIONS
Note: Class attendance may still be required

   Fully online - H,I,L,N,O,R,V,W
This unit is taught entirely online
About Flexible Study Options

TEXTS
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 2) will be available from mid April 2010
Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Spring) will be available from mid July 2010

STAFF: TBA

FEES
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KEY

Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.

Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.



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