NURS 1163: Determinants of Health
Effective date
September 2020
Department
Baccalaureate Nursing
Description
This course provides students with an overview of the determinants of health. Health is viewed as a holistic perspective. The World Health Organization definition of health provides direction as to the resources and environmental factors which interact to influence health. Students learn the importance of using a holistic framework to assess multiple factors influencing an individual's health. Relational inquiry and clinical reasoning are introduced as ways of examining client experiences. Students also examine the personal meaning of health and health promotion within the primary health care philosophy of health care delivery. This course also introduces students to the concept of transitions and how individual choices regarding transitions (developmental, health/illness, situational and organizational) have health implications.
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Corequisites
NURS 1160
NURS 1161
NURS 1162
NURS 1164
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Explain the philosophy & principles of primary health care within the Canadian Health care system.
- Discuss nursing situations and nursing practice using the process of relational inquiry.
- Describe how interpretive and power analysis can support the relational inquiry process.
- Apply the VCC BScN Framework for Health & Healing Promotion to analyze contextual, interpersonal and intrapersonal factors influencing healing and health promotion.
- Discuss theories of healing and health promotion.
- Identify the ways in which health is socially determined and how contexts can produce inequities.
- Demonstrates a professional presence with confidence, honesty, integrity, and respect in all interactions.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 37.5
Total Hours: 37.5
Instructional Strategies
This course uses the context-based learning (CBL) format. The purpose of structuring learning in a CBL format is to provide a professional context for application of learned knowledge and skills. This stimulates the learner to identify the client/family strengths and challenges, suggest a hypothesis, identify learning needs, search for information and then apply the information to the context. The overarching purpose of CBL is to acquire and apply new knowledge, apply previously learned knowledge, develop metacognitive skills, learn to question and challenge ideas, and develop clinical reasoning.
Grading System
Percentages
Evaluation Plan
Type
|
Percentage
|
Assessment activity
|
Other
|
35
|
Research and Presentations
|
Assignments
|
20
|
Self-Reflections
|
Participation
|
15
|
Group Skills
|
Project
|
30
|
Final paper
|
Course topics
- Process of Inquiry as a form of action
Relational Inquiry - Contextual Theoretical Perspectives
Definitions of health
Concepts of Population Health
Contextual factors influencing health
Individual Health Transitions
Theories of growth and development
Primary Health Care
Health Care System
Health Promotion – Individual and Population
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/.
- To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.