Navigating the Cancer Experience
NURS5058
This unit of study will examine the diagnoses and treatment of cancer as experienced by the patient and their family. Students will examine how culture, age, socio-political situations and health beliefs can influence the cancer experience. This unit of study will draw on a range of media (narrative, film, audio, images) that inform the understanding of cancer and haematological illness experiences. Interpersonal communication as an integral component of the therapeutic work of nursing will be interactively explored. Students will examine how our understanding impacts clinical practice and health care delivery, and will explore the interface between the social context of the lived experience of illness and that experienced within the context provided by current approaches to health care service delivery. Approaches to patient management within the total patient experience will focus on collaborative decision-making and the ways in which synthesised evidence informs patient care.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 2
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: NURS5058
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No