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NURS11168 Introduction to Person-centred Care
Introduction to Person-centred Care
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General Information

Overview

In this unit you will be introduced to primary healthcare as a philosophy, organising framework and way of working with individuals and communities. You will examine the role of primary healthcare in the Australian healthcare system and be introduced to social determinants of health, and the concept of person-centred care. You will investigate the stages and milestones of the lifespan and consider the implications of life stages on health including end of life experiences. You will identify individual circumstances that can impact on health outcomes and the provision of care.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 1
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in CL91 Bachelor of Nursing or CG41 Start Uni Now.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

Offerings For Term 3 - 2026

Online

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 14 September 2026
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Previous Student Feedback

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE data T2 2023

Feedback

Harsh assignment marking with hard-to-follow feedback.

Recommendation

The unit coordination will endeavour to provide continuing support to the marking team to facilitate marking consistency and supportive feedback to students.

Feedback from SUTE data T2 2023

Feedback

I found both lecturers [to be] helpful and showed empathy and understanding while struggling through my unit while being unwell.

Recommendation

Unit coordinators will continue recognising and responding to students who require support or other learning adjustments that promote positive learning outcomes.

Feedback from SUTE data T2 2023

Feedback

Tutorials [are] not as long each week.

Recommendation

We recognised that a two-hour Zoom session was too long and planned to reduce it to 45 minutes to one hour each week.

Feedback from SUTE data T2 2023

Feedback

The content of this unit was really fantastic. The lecturers were passionate and excellent. The information provided for how to address our assessments was very supportive.

Recommendation

The unit coordination team should continue providing specific Zoom sessions for all written assessments to guide students.

Feedback from Email

Feedback

I wanted to extend my abundant gratitude to you [unit coordinator], for your time and support for me in this subject. Your comments in the supplementary assessment have been extremely helpful and guiding, and I am truly grayeful (sic) it was you who market (sic) the assessment. I feel honoured to have experienced a class with you, your passion, knowledge and support has re-shaped my feelings and direction in this nursing path, and in life.

Recommendation

The teaching team will continue providing supportive learning environments to students to achieve the unit learning outcomes.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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Academic Integrity Statement

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