HNN772 - Healthcare in Low Resource/Complex Environments
| Year: | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in A590, H522, H568, H569, H575, H645, H665, H666, H667, H668, H669, H672, H675, H679, H771, H777, H779 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - online: | 5 x 1 hour online seminars (recordings provided) |
Content
This unit addresses key issues confronting nurses working in the humanitarian aid sector in resource poor and complex health environments experiencing armed conflict, post war contexts, and natural disaster areas.
This unit provides a comprehensive perspective of the roles of nurses in managing challenges when working in low-resource and complex environments. It draws on cutting edge and evidence-based knowledge in health, nursing, psychological and sociological sciences relevant to such environments, such as assessing and evaluating resource poor systems, setting up, managing, and evaluating emergency response plans. Additionally, the challenges of working in a wide variety of humanitarian contexts, including identifying and managing health and safety risks, self-care in high stress contexts, and returning home are explored.
This unit covers comprehensive perspectives of Roles of Nurses working in humanitarian crises based on the International Nurses Council (ICN) Framework of Disaster Nursing Competencies. The unit builds on ICN's four areas of competencies related to prevention/mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery/rehabilitation to disasters.
Unit fee information
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