Course Outline
NUR212 Contexts of practice: child, youth and family
Course Coordinator:Jessie Johnson-Cash (jjohnson@usc.edu.au) School:School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
2026Semester 2
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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teaching sessions and campuses where this course is usually offered.
What is this course about?
Description
This course introduces you to essentials for caring for children young people and their families; principles of health promotion, primary health care and advocacy in health care. You will develop skills in communicating, assessing and caring for children, young people and families in a variety of practice contexts. You will reflect on health inequalities that exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Peoples' families and their children and consider culturally safe practice to respond to their health needs.
How will this course be delivered?
| Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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| Learning materials – Asynchronous learning and teaching materials | 1hr | Week 1 | 12 times |
| Tutorial/Workshop 1 – On campus tutorial | 2hrs | Week 1 | 12 times |
Course Topics
Childrens rights in Australia
Psychosocial development and response to illness
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Pregnancy birth and Infant Health
Early Year, Primary school health
Adolescence and mental health
The child with acute or chronic illness
Palliative care for children
Health promotion and primary health care - developing health care programs.
What level is this course?
200 Level (Developing)
What is the unit value of this course?
12 units
How does this course contribute to my learning?
| Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Mapping Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | Professional Standard Mapping * Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia | |
| 1 | Reflect on and appraise the concept of family in contemporary society to inform decision making in child youth and family healthcare practice |
Creative and critical thinker Sustainability-focussed |
2.1, 2.2, 2.6 |
| 2 | Identify key health priorities and health promotion principles and use these to develop evidence based health promotion practices | Creative and critical thinker |
1.3, 1.6, 4.1 |
| 3 | Recognise and apply principles of equity, self-determination, rights and access as these explain health inequalities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families |
Ethical Sustainability-focussed |
1.1, 1.5, 2.5, 2.6 |
| 4 | Apply principles of health promotion, primary health care and advocacy to planning care for children, young people and their families |
Ethical Sustainability-focussed |
1.7, 4.1 |
* Competencies by Professional Body
| CODE | COMPETENCY |
| Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia | |
| 1.1 | The midwife identifies what is important to women as the foundation for using evidence to promote informed decision-making, participation in care, and self-determination |
| 1.3 | The midwife uses health assessment and health education to support birth and reproductive health, and minimise the potential for complications |
| 1.5 | The midwife supports access to maternity care for the woman |
| 1.6 | The midwife supports the development, implementation and evaluation of evidenced-based health initiatives and programs |
| 1.7 | The midwife identifies and promotes the role of midwifery practice and the midwifery profession in influencing better health outcomes for women |
| 2.1 | The midwife supports the choices of the woman, with respect for families and communities in relation to maternity care |
| 2.2 | The midwife partners with women to strengthen women’s capabilities and confidence to care for themselves and their families |
| 2.5 | The midwife practises cultural safety that is holistic, free of bias and exposes racism |
| 2.6 | The midwife practises in a way that respects that family and community underpin the health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples |
| 4.1 | The midwife works in partnership to determine factors that affect, or potentially affect, the health and wellbeing of women, communities and populations |
Am I eligible to enrol in this course?
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
Pre-requisites
Enrolled in Program SC393
Co-requisites
Not applicable
Anti-requisites
Not applicable
Specific assumed prior knowledge and skills (where applicable)
Not applicable
Microcredential Information
Not applicable
How am I going to be assessed?
Grading Scale
Standard Grading (GRD)
| High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
Details of early feedback on progress
In Week 4 of this course you will undertake a quiz so that you can reflect on your knowledge, understanding and engagement with the course material, presented throughout the first three weeks of the course.
Assessment tasks
| Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
| All | 1 | Quiz/zes | Individual | 25% | 1 hour |
Week 4 | Online Test (Quiz) |
| All | 2 | Written Piece | Individual | 35% | 1500 words |
Week 8 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All | 3 | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece | Individual | 40% | 1000 words |
Week 13 | Online Assignment Submission with plagiarism check |
| All - Assessment Task 1:Quiz | |||||||
| Goal: | This task requires you to reflect on the course content and attempt a quiz in order to determine if you are correctly understanding and interpreting the course concepts. |
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| Format: | Individual submission. The quiz will include multiple choice questions. |
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| Generic Skills: | Problem solving |
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| All - Assessment Task 2:Written Critical Review | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | To critically review and appraise practices that contribute to the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families. |
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| Product: | Written Piece | ||||||||||||
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| Format: | You will be provided with 2 topics. Choose one topic. For your chosen topic, you will: Review and reflect on the national framework for protecting Australia's children. Review and critique contemporary health promotion practices which address the issue applying principles of primary health care and health promotion. Address equity, rights and access issues relevant to the topic in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Further information will be provided in the course Canvas under Task 2. |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Organisation |
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| All - Assessment Task 3:Health Promotion Poster | |||||||||||||
| Goal: | To apply principles of health promotion, research, develop and present a health promotion poster. |
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| Product: | Artefact - Creative, and Written Piece | ||||||||||||
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| Format: | The requirement for this activity is to design and present a health promotion poster aimed at the target audience on a nominated topic chosen by you. The content focus will be specific to the child, youth, and family health context. Your poster will deliver a key health promotion message to this audience. |
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| Generic Skills: | Communication, Applying technologies |
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Directed study hours
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
What resources do I need to undertake this course?
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
Prescribed text(s) or course reader
You need regular access to the resource(s) below. Many texts are available as ebooks through the Library at no additional cost.
| Required? | Author | Year | Title | Edition | Publisher |
| Required | Jennifer Fraser,Donna Waters,Elizabeth Forster,Nicola Brown | 2017 | Paediatric Nursing in Australia | 2nd Edition | Cambridge University Press |
Specific requirements
Not applicable
How are risks managed in this course?
What administrative information is relevant to this course?
Assessment: Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Assessment: Additional Requirements
Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconductAssessment: Submission penalties
Late submission of assessment tasks may be penalised at the following maximum rate: - 5% (of the assessment task's identified value) per day for the first two days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - 10% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the third day - 20% (of the assessment task's identified value) for the fourth day and subsequent days up to and including seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. - A result of zero is awarded for an assessment task submitted after seven days from the date identified as the due date for the assessment task. Weekdays and weekends are included in the calculation of days late. To request an extension you must contact your course coordinator to negotiate an outcome.Links to relevant University policy and procedures
For more information on Academic Learning & Teaching categories including:
- Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs
- Review of Assessment and Final Grades
- Supplementary Assessment
- Central Examinations
- Deferred Examinations
- Student Conduct
- Students with a Disability
For more information, visit https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/policies-and-procedures#academic-learning-and-teaching
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