NUR120 Introduction to Professional Nursing

This unit introduces students to health, wellness and illness as concepts within a primary health care framework; the art and science of nursing; the role and expectations of the nurse within an interdisciplinary team working in primary, secondary and tertiary settings in the Australian health care system. Foundation concepts in nursing as a profession, professionalism, scholarship, and health law and ethics are explored.

Unit Description

PRESCRIBED TEXT - CONTEXTS OF NURSING
RECOMMENDED TEXT- ETHICS & LAW FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS