NURS10021
Public Health, Society and Nursing
10
Semester 1
Undergraduate
Level 4
Karen Iley
Unit coordinator
1
FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' First part HE study/Bachelors '
European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 5.0
<div> </div><div> This is a year 1 semester 1 unit that focuses on the key concepts of public health, health promotion and public health policy with a view to introducing the students to their future role in promoting health and preventing ill health. Underpinned by the social and behavioural sciences this unit explores both physical and mental public health issues and the factors that impact on health outcomes across the lifespan. </div><div> </div>
<div> <strong>Key themes</strong></div><div> </div><ul> <li> What is public health? An introduction to the key concepts of public health and public mental health</li> <li> How do we measure the health of the nation? Using health data to map health - including epidemiology, demography, health profiles and screening</li> <li> Understanding health inequality. Exploring social exclusion and the social determinants of health across the lifespan (to include gender, ethnicity, and disability)</li> <li> Addressing national and local public health challenges: Locating and using health policy to guide practice </li> <li> The role of the nurse: Understanding how public health frameworks and health promotion and health improvement approaches guide the nurses’ contribution at individual, community and national level</li></ul><div> </div>
<div> <strong>Unit Aims</strong></div><ul> <li> Facilitate student’s understanding of the principles and practice of public health, health promotion and health improvement</li> <li> Facilitate students’ understanding of the factors that contribute to health inequalities and that influence health literacy</li> <li> Facilitate student understanding of the role nurses play in helping individuals and populations improve and maintain their mental, behavioural, cognitive and physical health and wellbeing</li></ul><div> </div>
<ul> <li> With reference to relevant health policy, outline the aims and principles of public health, health promotion and health improvement</li> <li> Define epidemiology, demography, and genomics and outline the wider determinants of health, and consider how these concepts aid our understanding of patterns of health, illness and health outcomes, at all stages of life</li> <li> Describe the principles, practice and evidence base for health screening as a means of improving mental and physical health outcomes</li> <li> Explore the contribution of social science to debates about factors such as socioeconomic circumstances and ‘lifestyle’ that influence mental and physical health outcomes in people, families and communities</li> <li> Identify the opportunities available for nurses to promote health and wellbeing when caring for individuals, families, communities and populations within their own field of practice</li> <li> Discuss the importance of early years interventions and the impact of adverse life experiences on lifestyle choices and mental and physical wellbeing in both childhood and adult life</li> <li> Consider how the use of up-to-date approaches to behaviour change can enable individuals, families and populations to use their strengths and expertise to make informed choices when managing their own health and making lifestyle choices. </li></ul><div> </div>
<ul> <li> Organise their knowledge into coherent descriptions of the factors impacting on the health of individuals, communities and groups</li> <li> Evaluate information about health outcomes, and describe how this may be applied when supporting people and families to manage their health care needs and make health choices</li> <li> Reflect upon their understanding of public health and their role in “making every contact count” with service users and their family/carers, with specific reference to their own field of practice. </li></ul><div> </div>
<ul> <li> Demonstrate basic skills in location, appraisal and presentation of a range of evidence relating to population health, public health and health promotion. </li></ul><div> </div>
<ul> <li> Demonstrate effective oral and written communication</li> <li> Work effectively with others as a member of a team</li> <li> Demonstrate effective use of the digital/information technology used to support this unit</li> <li> Reflect on own skills and areas for development following self-assessment</li></ul><div> </div>
<div><strong>Direct teaching</strong> – Teaching and learning methods used during this course unit include lectures, podcasts and field specific seminars. Online resources are available to help students prepare for the assessment of this unit of learning</div><div> </div><div><strong>Examination</strong> – Group presentation based on a case scenario. </div><div> </div><div><strong>Independent Study</strong> – Preparation for classes, reviewing lecture notes, reading of online resources and other reading, preparing formative work and reflecting on learning. Independent study will also include time preparing for both assessments</div><div> </div>
7
Oral assessment/presentation
100%
<p>Students will normally have the opportunity to receive feedback on formative work submitted prior to the summative assessment. Other feedback opportunities will also be available in class and online discussion boards. Online feedback is provided in Grademark. Provisional feedback based on internal marking will be made available prior to the Exam Board on the basis that these marks are yet to be ratified at the Exam Board and therefore may be subject to change. A standard feedback mechanism in Grademark is utilised across all undergraduate programmes within the School which provides detailed and constructive feedback on each component and aspect of assessment and identifies areas of strength and those aspects which could be enhanced.</p><p>Student feedback is obtained through open discussion forums on VLE's, in class discussions, via formal University unit evaluation forms and also qualitative, in house evaluations at the end of the unit. </p>
BNurs (Non HEE)
BNurs (Hons) Adult
First Year
Mandatory
BNurs (Non HEE)
BNurs (Hons) Children's
First Year
Mandatory
BNurs (Non HEE)
BNurs (Hons) Mental Health
First Year
Mandatory
N
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Assessment written exam
1
Lectures
10
Seminars
10
0
79