NSB600 Introduction to Nursing Children and Childbearing Families
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| Unit code: | NSB600 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | Successful completion of 144cp including NSB131 |
| Antirequisite(s): | NSB232 or NSB228 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Semester 1 2027, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | NSB600 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | Successful completion of 144cp including NSB131 |
| Anti-requisite: | NSB610 |
| Coordinator: | Debbie Long | da.long@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This unit provides an overview of the theoretical concepts and clinical application principles for practice in nursing and midwifery care for children and childbearing families. It addresses the childbearing process and the developmental stages of childhood and family dynamics, allowing the nursing role to contribute to maintenance and promotion of family health. Learning activities in this unit aim to develop your understanding of the role of the nurse or midwife as provider of care for women and their families during the normal childbearing process and during childhood. The unit is offered in blended mode and a large amount of independent study is required using online resources.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Discuss the implications of physiological, psychological, social, and cultural factors on the childbearing process as they affect women and their families in Australia
- Discuss the implications of physiological, psychological, social, and cultural factors on critical events and milestones during childhood
- Interpret patterns of human growth and development across the life course to apply evidence-based strategies to deliver care
- Reflect on the role of the paediatric nurse and midwife in providing care for, including communication with, a) the childbearing woman and her family, and b) children across both acute and primary care settings.
Content
Key concepts/themes: Woman-centred care, Family-centred care, Growth and development, Therapeutic communication, Cultural safety and inclusivity, Health promotion and prevention, Partnership and collaboration with families
This unit introduces you to the principles and practices of nursing care for children, young people, and childbearing families. It aims to develop foundational knowledge and skills to support woman- and family-centred care across the continuum of pregnancy, birth, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
You will explore the physiological, psychosocial, and developmental processes that occur during childbearing and childhood, and apply evidence-based, culturally safe, and developmentally appropriate nursing approaches. Through integration of theoretical learning and scenario-based activities, the unit will build your understanding of holistic assessment, communication, health promotion, and partnership with families within both acute and community contexts.
Module 1
Adaptational changes in the woman during pregnancy, transition to parenthood, parturition, and puerperium
Principles of caring for the woman, foetus, and family (including health education).
Module 2
Human patterns of growth and development from infancy through primary school
Factors that lead to changes in or influence patterns of growth and development
Anatomical and physiological changes beginning with conception through to the beginning of adolescence.
Module 3
Principles of caring for children, including adaptation Thermoregulation, fluid, and nutrition
Psychological, physiological, social, and cultural effects, and responses to chronic and acute health problems
Common infectious diseases during childhood Immunisation
Common acute and chronic health problems during neonatal period and childhood.
Learning Approaches
A variety of approaches will be used to facilitate your learning during this unit. These have been developed to allow for flexibility. The unit will be taught through a series of self-paced modules supported by on-campus seminars and online supports. The teaching approaches during the seminars may include case presentations, discussions, and small group activities. Throughout these seminars, discussion will be used to encourage you to critically reflect on your clinical experiences and apply principles learnt during first and second year to specialty areas of practice. The application of relevant competencies, codes of practice, and ethics will also be discussed during the seminars.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback on your progress in the first assessment will inform your development of the second assessment piece.
Assessment
Overview
There are two summative assessments in this unit, a scenario-based essay reflection to develop your conceptual understanding and a podcast drawing upon critical engagement with children, childbearing and related family issues.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Scenario-based essay and reflection
You will be required to write an essay and reflection, based on a role-played scenario, depicting a real-world practice situation. Your responses should reflect your understanding of evidence-based nursing care provision. In your response you are required to discuss the implications of the factors relevant to the childbearing process and interpret patterns of human growth and development to apply evidence-based approaches to deliver care. You are also required to reflect on the role of the nurse in providing care, guided by concepts of cultural safety, reflective practice, or professional identity formation.
This is an assignment and eligible for the 48 hour and other extensions.
Assessment: Child health podcast for parents
You will be required to develop and record a topical child health- or child development-based podcast. Your response should reflect a narrative-style delivery designed for a parent audience. In your response you are required to discuss the implications of the factors relevant to the critical events and milestones during childhood and interpret patterns of human growth and development to apply evidence-based approaches to deliver care. You are also required to reflect on the role of the nurse in communicating and providing advice that is culturally safe, developmentally appropriate, and evidence-based.
This is an assignment and eligible for the 48 hour and other extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Online resources will be recommended for this unit.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Fraser, J., Waters, D., Forster, E., & Brown, N. (2022). Paediatric nursing in Australia: Principles for practice (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Risk Assessment Statement
If you are distressed by issues explored in the content of this unit you should approach academic staff or consult the university counselling service. You will be made aware of evacuation procedures and assembly areas in the first lectures. In the event of a fire alarm sounding, or on a lecturer's instruction, you should leave the room and assemble in the designated area which will be indicated to you. You should be conscious of your health and safety at all times while on campus. More information on health and safety can be obtained from http://www.hse.qut.edu.au/.