| This unit supports students to critically review communication models and the use of informatics and technology in healthcare and professional practice. Clear, meaningful, respectful and culturally safe communication that is appropriate to the person, family, group or community, throughout the lifespan and in all settings, is essential to effective care and achieving desired health outcomes for all. Communication modes of different groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander modes such as yarning, must be considered for effective communication in nursing practice.
Students will critically review communication models, including face-to-face and technology-enabled formal, informal, verbal and written communication forms, and their implications for effective nursing practice. Global and national digital health strategies, the support of health informatics and technology in direct patient care (such as delivering eHealth to rural and remote communities, or supporting the decision calculus in recognising a hospital patient's acute deterioration), and the use of 'big data' in complex health systems, health research and illness prevention will be critically reviewed. The role of communication technology in building healthy, resilient communities and in responding to catastrophic disasters such as pandemics will also be critiqued.
Students will critically consider proactive opportunities in their future leadership roles in relation to digital health, technology and informatics, and their responsibilities in using advocacy communication for ensuring culturally safe healthcare and inclusive processes to enable communities (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) to share in health planning, delivery and evaluation.
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