School: Nursing and Midwifery

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  • Unit Title

    Population Based Healthcare
  • Unit Code

    MNP6114
  • Year

    2026
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Nilufeur MCKAY

Description

This unit is designed to build on the advanced practice nurses' existing clinical knowledge to critically examine health and wellness within the context of Australia’s culturally diverse population, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This unit emphasises the need for a comprehensive understanding of social assessment, trauma-informed care, social determinants of health, and patient self-determination in the journey to recovery.

Equivalent Rule

NCS6100

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Critically analyse the role of the advanced practice nurse in facilitating equitable access to care.
  2. Apply principles of Cultural Safe health interventions to enhance patient outcomes across diverse populations.
  3. Analyse strengths and limitations of research data used as key indicators of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and key policies and strategies designed to improve health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
  4. Critically discuss the social determinants of health and their impact on the well-being of people to provide individualised care.

Unit Content

  1. Identification of culturally diverse groups in Australia.
  2. Social determinants of health and the impact of these on the well-being of culturally diverse populations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  3. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ histories, health, wellness and culture.
  4. Social assessment screening tools to identify factors that influence health outcomes, such as socioeconomic status, education, and environmental conditions.
  5. The importance of reflective practice to recognise cultural humility and developing Culturally Safe practice.
  6. Community resources and common referral processes to advocacy groups.
  7. Trauma informed care and creation of a therapeutic space.
  8. Equity and Human Rights in health care in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyCritical reflection50%
PresentationCommunity health intervention 50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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