NUR5833 Refugee health and wellbeing
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
NUR5833 Refugee health and wellbeing is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Peninsula. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Peninsula
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.
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Requisites
Before NUR5833
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After NUR5833
No unit lists NUR5833 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
The unit will enhance nurse and midwife's skill and knowledge when working with people from a refugee background.
Nurses and midwives will explore current gaps in health services and ways to advocate for refugees within the context of their community and through an analysis of the socio-political aspects of the refugee context.
An in-depth exploration of the effects of torture and trauma on the health and health care of refugees provides further understanding of the refugee experience. The unit includes skill development in refugee health assessment and responding to issues of health literacy, organisation and community capacity building and evaluation of refugee health and wellbeing.
This unit has been developed in partnership with The Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture and the State Wide Facilitator Refugee Health Program.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Peninsula | Flexible |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain the global and socio-political aspects of refugee and asylum seeker journeys and settlement
- 2
Critically examine primary health care and service co-ordination practices within the refugee context
- 3
Understand the impact of torture and trauma on refugee populations and the Australian health care system
- 4
Analyse approaches to cultural responsiveness, health literacy and consumer participation within the refugee context
- 5
Identify nursing skills required for refugee health assessment and care within the individual and family context
- 6
Recognise and develop professional boundaries and skills to assist the nurses and midwives when working with refugees.
Workload and teaching
12 hours per week comprising guided readings, online and other activities and /or tutorials, including self-directed learning.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Ms Sue Willey
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Sue Willey
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for NUR5833?
NUR5833 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is NUR5833 offered?
In 2020, NUR5833 runs in Semester 1 at Peninsula.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
- Organisational unit
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 20202021