NURS 342 Health Healing VI: Global Health Issues. Participants in this course continue to develop an understanding of people's experience with health and healing related to a variety of increasingly complex chronic and episodic global health challenges and issues. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as care provider, community organizer/facilitator, educator and advocate within the context of the global society and the changing health care environment. Participants examine a variety of emerging health issues and trends using these as a context for further developing their personal understanding of nursing practice that supports meaningful interactions with individuals, families, groups, communities and society.
Prerequisites: AHSC 228, NURS 222, NURS 226, NURS 229 all with a minimum grade of 60% and NURS 230 with a CRG
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 45 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Have more opportunities to explore nurses’ work in relation to people’s experiences with health and healing and to integrate the roles of educator, community organizer/facilitator, global citizen, and advocate into their nursing practice
- Continue to integrate theoretical knowledge within a moral and caring context in response to more complex situations
- Develop personal perspectives of nursing practice by examining emerging global trends and issues in health and health care including health challenges and healing modalities
- Examine the interconnectedness between local and global health challenges
- Critically analyze interprofessional and inter-sectoral team functioning within a global health context
Teaching and Learning Approach
Through discussion, debate, presentations, case studies, teaching sessions, and critical reflection, participants
gain an experiential knowledge of the course concepts considering a variety of global health challenges and
issues. Participants continue to integrate knowledge from clients’ (individual, family, group, community or society)
lived experiences, nursing theory, nurses’ work, epidemiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology and hence
develop a broader view of these challenges and issues. Opportunities are provided for participants to learn to
practice safely through developing their critical thinking and decision making for nursing practice, relational, and
teaching/learning competence. Learning activities provide opportunities for participants to become increasingly
self-directed.Learning Resources
Required:
Nursing 342: Global Health Issues Moodle Site
One of the two options for the book analysis assignment:
1) Jennings, S. Locked in Locked out: Surviving a Brainstem Stroke. Dundurn, 2020.
2) Harden, B. Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the
West. Penguin Books, 2013.Detailed Course Content, Topics, and Sequence Covered
1. Introduction to Global Health & Human Rights
2. Health as a Human Right
3. Global Health Trends, Priorities & Measurement
4. Global Health Financing & Health Systems Implementation
5. Global Determinants of Health: Socioeconomic
6. Global Determinants of Health: Environmental
7. Reading Week, no class.
8. Infectious Diseases Part 1: The Big Three
9. Infectious Diseases Part 2
10. Non-Communicable Diseases on a Global Scale
11. Maternal & Child Health in a Global Context
12. Vulnerable Populations: Migrant & refugee health, mental health & global Indigenous populations
13. In-class Presentations Global Food Security & Where to from here?
14. Exam Week - no classAssessment
| Title | Learning Outcomes | Value |
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| Book Analysis | 1-3 | 20% |
| Health Promotion Session Part 1: Teaching | Plan 1-5 | 15% |
| Scholarly Paper: Critical Examination of Health Promotion Session Part 2: In-Class | Direct Aid 1-5 | 35% |
| Presentation | 1-5 | 20% |
| Professionalism & Peer/Self Evaluations | 5 | 10% |
| Total | 100% |
Grading Table
Grading https://web.uvic.ca/calendar2018-05/undergrad/info/regulations/grading.html
See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.
Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.