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NURS12163 Chronic Health and Community Care
Chronic Health and Community Care
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General Information

Overview

In this unit, you will examine chronic health conditions that may affect people across the lifespan. You will learn to recognise symptoms that commonly lead to an exacerbation or worsening of a chronic health condition. Taking into consideration individual socio-cultural and lifestyle choices, you will assist people living with a chronic health condition to implement self-management strategies and develop care plans from a person-centred, community, family and health care service perspective to minimise exacerbations. You will develop a discharge/education plan utilising aspects of behavioural change, psychosocial support and health literacy aimed at effecting change and supporting a person's self-management of chronic illness taking into consideration the roles of other members of the interdisciplinary care team.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 7
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: NURS12161 Professional Experience Placement 2 or NURS12156 Clinical Practice 2BIOH12011 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1 or BIOH11006 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology and NURS12154 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice.

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 2 - 2026

Brisbane
Online
Rockhampton

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).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 18 May 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

Feedback

The weekly Moodle tiles are set out well, and they are really easy to navigate. Working through the content for the week and having Zoom on a Friday morning fit in well with the work situation. This subject is very helpful, and I have learned much about chronic health.

Recommendation

Moodle structure will remain the same with Zoom sessions at the end of the week to consolidate learning and give students the time to complete/review the content.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Thank you for the knowledge and the support the team have given to students.

Recommendation

UCs and teaching staff will continue to support and encourage students to succeed.

Feedback from SUTE

Feedback

Assignments needed clearer instructions and alignment with associated documentation.

Recommendation

Assessments and relatable documentation will continue to be reviewed by DDLT as per school policy.

Feedback from Students

Feedback

"The teaching team challenged me to think and question. Provided valuable feedback, created an inclusive environment, connected content to real-world applications and encouraged students to interact. They showed passion and enthusiasm for the discipline."

Recommendation

UCs and teaching teams will continue to provide valuable feedback, create an inclusive environment and use real-world scenarios to apply knowledge and engage students.

Feedback from Coordinator

Feedback

Confusion regarding different documents related to the assessments.

Recommendation

Assessments and relatable documentation will continue to be reviewed by DDLT as per school policy.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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This information will be available on Monday 18 May 2026
Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 22 June 2026
Academic Integrity Statement

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