Nursing (NURS) 436
Family Health Promotion (Revision 6)
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Delivery Mode: Individualized study online (with eTextbook)
Credits: 4
Area of Study: Applied Studies
Prerequisite: ENGL junior/senior (ENGL 255 recommended). Available only to Bachelor of Nursing students or with professor approval
Post RN BN Pre/co-requisite: NURS 328
Post LPN BN Pre/co-requisite: NURS 328 and NURS 250.
Faculty: Faculty of Health Disciplines
Centre: Centre for Nursing and Health Studies
NURS 436 is not available for Challenge.
Overview
In Nursing 436: Family Health Promotion students build on the concepts of health promotion and apply them to family health promotion nursing practice. There is an opportunity to explore the meaning of family from your own experience, the experience of others, and in relation to theoretical and statistical perspectives on family. Assessment of family health across the lifespan using various theoretical frameworks and family nursing assessment models is introduced. A collaborative process among health professionals, patients, and families that is strength-based is suggested to empower families in health promotion initiatives. The importance of a more family-centred care approach across different areas of nursing practice is highlighted. You are invited to choose frameworks or models that resonate with you to support your work in completing learning activities that are part of the five units in the course. You are encouraged to dialogue with classmates and course tutors through asynchronous discussion forums. The three course assignments guide you to reflect further on family nursing practice and family health promotion. Actively participating and engaging in discussion in this course will broaden your knowledge and challenge your attitudes
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Explain the meaning of family from experiential, theoretical, and statistical perspectives in how family has been and is defined.
- Discuss family nursing assessment models that can be applied in nursing practice.
- Explain the relationship between health promotion and family nursing practice.
- Discuss the meaning of family centered-care in nursing practice.
- Describe how social and political realities affect health care outcomes of families.
Course Structure
- Unit 1: Significance of Family
- Unit 2: Family Health Assessment Process
- Unit 3: Health Promotion and Family Nursing Practice
- Unit 4: Family-Centred Care
- Unit 5: Family Nursing Practice and Family Health Promotion: Policy Implications
Evaluation
To receive credit for NURS 436, you must complete and submit all of the required assignments and achieve an overall grade of at least C (64 percent). All papers submitted must follow the guidelines of the current APA Publication Manual.
The assignments and weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Assignments | Value |
|---|---|
| Assignment 1: Definition of Family | 25% |
| Assignment 2: Genogram & Ecomap | 25% |
| Assignment 3: Exploring Values & Beliefs | 30% |
| Assignment 4: Conference Participation | 20% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.
Course Materials
Etext
Registration in this course includes an electronic textbook. For more information on electronic textbooks, please refer to our eText Initiative site.
Kaakinen, J. R., Coehlo, D. P., Steele, R., & Robinson, M. (2018). Family health care nursing. Theory, practice and research (6th ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.
A print version of the eText may be available for purchase from the publisher through a direct-to-student link provided on the course website; you can also acquire the textbook on your own if you wish.
Athabasca University reserves the right to amend course outlines occasionally and without notice. Courses offered by other delivery methods may vary from their individualized-study counterparts.
Opened in Revision 6, June 26, 2018.
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