Course

Health II: Facilitating Health & Healing in Families

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Nursing
Course Code
NURS 1210
Credits
2.00
Semester Length
15
Max Class Size
36
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Seminar
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This course focuses on family theory, and families’ experiences with chronic health challenges. Learners engage with individuals and families to understand families’ personal meaning of health, healing and health promotion in relation to chronic health challenges.
Course Content

In this course, family theory and families' experiences with chronic health challenges are the focus of discussion.  An outline of concepts and essential content is presented below. Course concepts are addressed in relation to the four foundational concepts (ways of knowing, personal meaning, time/transitions and culture/context) integrating the metaconcepts, health promotion and caring.  This content varies depending on the experiences, interests and choices of the course participants. 

Chronicity

Hope

  • spirituality

Empowerment

  • dependence/independence, autonomy, control
  • critique of compliance

Self-image in relation to chronicity

  • self concept, body image, sexuality
  • role change

Personal meaning

  • experience and interpretation of health challenge, e.g. frustration, anger, suffering, courage, resilience

Personal resources and resourcefulness

  • accessing resources, financial resources, knowledge, barriers, support systems

Community as context and resource

Loneliness

  • isolation

Loss/grieving

  • death and dying

Family Theory

  • meaning of family in society (introduction)
  • assessment (introduction)
  • families’ experience of chronic health challenge

Health Promotion

  • related to family’s experiences of chronic health challenges

Healing Process (individual and family experiences)

Context /Cultural influences (diversity)

Chronic Pain/suffering

  • chronic pain management
  • physical pain
  • psychological pain

Time/transitions

  • effects of chronic health challenge on growth and development
  • personal growth
  • normal aging process
  • change
  • family constellation transitions
  • trajectory of chronic illness

Vulnerability/stress related to chronicity

  • potential for violence
  • abuse of clients
  • abuse of caregivers (informal)

Tertiary prevention (rehabilitation)

  • principles (introduction)
Learning Activities

Course concepts are addressed through learning activities designed to actively engage students in achieving an understanding of the concepts and theories of this course.  Understanding is enhanced by drawing on students’ experiences of families with chronic health challenges.  Critical thinking and decision-making are emphasized.

It is intended that a caring relationship between course participants develops that reflects the caring relationship that is to develop between the nurse and the health care client.  An understanding that caring involves challenge, criticism and nurturing is promoted. 

Means of Assessment

The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College Curriculum Development and Approval policy.  There will be a minimum of three assessments which will typically include exams, quizzes, papers and/or student presentations.  An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.  Respect for individual choice and an openness to negotiation guides decisions about methods of evaluation.

 

This is a graded course.

Learning Outcomes

In this course students have opportunities to:

 

  • examine the principles and practises of health promotion in relation to families’ experiencing chronic health challenges
  • examine different theoretical perspectives of the family
  • explore the nurse's role in working with families, generally and in relation to families experiencing chronic health challenges, including family assessment
  • explore concepts relevant to, and gain insight into, people's experiences with chronic health challenges including rehabilitation
Textbook Materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students: 

  1. Planned Praxis Experience
    • Family experiencing chronic health challenge
  2. A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
  3. Other Resources
    • Selected readings
    • Medical-surgical textbook
    • Pharmacology in nursing textbook
    • Selected audiovisual and computer resources

Requisites

Prerequisites

NURS 1110 + ENGL 1130

Students in the BSN program are required to maintain a passing grade of C in all courses in order to progress in the program.

Corequisites

BIOL 1203 (recommended)

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer Details for NURS 1210
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025