NUR1120 Social Determinants of Health (FOSCI)

Semester 1 (ONC)Toowoomba (ONC)Fraser Cst

Units 1.0 (General Nursing) Band 4

Synopsis

Students will be able to identify socio/economic/biological/environmental determinants influencing health at an individual, community and societal level. Students will be able to identify positive or negative influences on an individual's health and wellbeing. Students will examine a range of health and illness models and will apply this knowledge the context of the Australian Health Care System. Students will begin to develop knowledge of significant health issues in Australia including indigenous and rural health issues. Students will develop critical thinking skills by using the sociological imagination template to develop a broader understanding of health issues and reflect on how these beginning understandings may influence their practice as nurses to provide holistic health care.