Laos Community Development Project Nursing Placement
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Rands, Hazel
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2019
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This international clinical placement experience is linked to a core 3rd year course Community Nursing Practice (3804NRS) for students enrolled in Bachelor of Nursing and provides the required 80 hours (plus) of clinical practicum experience. Up to 50 students can participate in this Trimester 3 program each year with more than 250 students having completed the placement since 2010. This course introduces students to core concepts including community as client, social determinants of health, primary health care and health promotion, comparative views of public health, cultural safety and community development. The learning ...
View more >This international clinical placement experience is linked to a core 3rd year course Community Nursing Practice (3804NRS) for students enrolled in Bachelor of Nursing and provides the required 80 hours (plus) of clinical practicum experience. Up to 50 students can participate in this Trimester 3 program each year with more than 250 students having completed the placement since 2010. This course introduces students to core concepts including community as client, social determinants of health, primary health care and health promotion, comparative views of public health, cultural safety and community development. The learning outcomes of these courses require students to explore selected approaches to working in partnership with diverse and vulnerable individuals, families and population groups in order to promote health, social justice, equity and empowerment. A community development project in a developing country provides an optimal environment to engage in aspects of all these concepts. The students also observe local health and societal practices and consider historical influences through planned cultural site visits and cultural immersion activities.
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View more >This international clinical placement experience is linked to a core 3rd year course Community Nursing Practice (3804NRS) for students enrolled in Bachelor of Nursing and provides the required 80 hours (plus) of clinical practicum experience. Up to 50 students can participate in this Trimester 3 program each year with more than 250 students having completed the placement since 2010. This course introduces students to core concepts including community as client, social determinants of health, primary health care and health promotion, comparative views of public health, cultural safety and community development. The learning outcomes of these courses require students to explore selected approaches to working in partnership with diverse and vulnerable individuals, families and population groups in order to promote health, social justice, equity and empowerment. A community development project in a developing country provides an optimal environment to engage in aspects of all these concepts. The students also observe local health and societal practices and consider historical influences through planned cultural site visits and cultural immersion activities.
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Community and primary care
Nursing
Midwifery
health
primary health care
health promotion