Health assessment of individuals, families and groups is the foundation of accurate nursing judgements and is a process that occurs with each nurse-patient encounter. This represents the first two steps in the nursing assessment process of the Framework for Practice Thinking. In this unit of study, the student will be introduced to the theoretical and practical aspects of health assessment. Ways in which holistic assessment assists in making clinical judgements that form the basis for comprehensive care planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care will be addressed. Processes and mechanisms to collect physiological, psychosocial, developmental, sociocultural and spiritual data, in both objective and subjective forms, will be explored. Students’ skills in the use of health assessment tools will be introduced and developed.
Unit details and rules
Academic unit | Nursing and Midwifery |
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Credit points | 6 |
Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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NURS1004. Students unable to take NURS1002 and NURS1004 concurrently are advised to attempt NURS1004 before undertaking NURS1002 |
Prohibitions
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None |
Assumed knowledge
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff
Coordinator | Jay Balante, jay.balante@sydney.edu.au |
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Laboratory supervisor(s) | Kazuma Honda, kazuma.honda@sydney.edu.au |
Jill Cooper, jill.cooper@sydney.edu.au | |
Belinda Clough, belinda.clough@sydney.edu.au | |
Tutor(s) | Kylie Lovato, kylie.lovato@sydney.edu.au |