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Unit Code: NUR633

Unit Name: Health Promotion Across the Life Span

Description: Health and wellness of the community members are the main focus of the community health nurses. In this unit students will be able to explore the different health services offered to the individual, family and the community members across the life span. The unit allows the student to be able to explore and describe the different types of health promotion services offered across the lifespan e.g. Reproductive sexual health services, maternal child health nursing and care of adult man and woman and the aged person in the community. Disaster management will be covered as a community response in the Pacific. The role of the nurse in community health promotion across the life span will be critiqued. The nurse will be expected to assess, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate the community health programs which will be implemented in their year 3 praxis. The role of the nurse also extends to preparation of communities to manage and minimize the impacts of a disaster locally on the families, total population and the environment.

Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss family as a client of the community health nurse and the role of the family in the promotion of health and prevention of illness. 2. Explain the reproductive health across the life span, the socio-economic impact and the nursing measures in promoting health and equities in health. 3. Outline the objectives and policies of family planning, its uses, potentials and effects on community & population. 4. Discuss the health of the child population of Fiji and the Pacific, the services, programs and laws in place to protect the welfare of children. 5. Relate the theories of aging and demonstrate the understanding of the health promotion strategies for adult, man and women in the community. 6. Explain food security, assessment, monitoring- growth, nutrition of infant, children & adult and managing nutritional problems. 7. Define disaster and emergency and develop plans for disaster management in the community. 8. Appraise a community through community assessment and profiling; community diagnosis and plan intervention. 9. and evaluate a health program.

Prerequisite: NUR611, NUR613, NUR631 & NUR643

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 15

Offered In: Semester 2