BSc Nursing (Kaplan, Singapore)
24 Months | Part-time

On this Year 1 semester 2 level 6 module you will explore public health from within your current nursing context. You will come to appreciate that public health may require nurses to work with individuals, families, communities and professionals from a range of disciplines within and outside the health sector. To achieve this you will critically analyse the roles of different professionals so that you understand how this can strengthen your patient-centred care and support your delivery of health improvement projects relevant to your area of practice.

This module aims to develop understanding of fundamental public health concepts as applied to nursing; critical awareness of key public health issues relevant to your context; and consolidate assessment, communication, including solution focused therapy, multi-professional team working, and evaluation skills relevant to nurses.

On this module you will explore the following topic areas:
• Health promotion in Singapore; History and current demographics, Health Policy and the shift from cure to prevention
• The role of nurses in public health
• Research the information you need to describe the health status of your service population and profile their health needs.
• Screening for health promotion
• The importance of multidisciplinary working and the inclusion of the patient and family, to support public health
• The importance of patients, families and carers involvement to support health improvement
• Consider how clinical audit can identify ways of improving services or patient outcomes to improve health.
• The practical application of health promotion approaches, including the consideration of health education and literacy.
• The role of the nurse in advocacy and solution focused therapy in promoting health and wellbeing. This will support people to make healthy choices, reduce health inequalities, and prevent people dying prematurely.

This year 2 level 6 module will develop your skills and knowledge base in relation to holistic health: Understanding and identifying mental distress, enhancing communication skills including asking difficult questions, responding to crisis as well as considering the concept of recovery and developing self-care skills. This module aims to develop you as practitioners by increasing your ability to recognise, support and sign-post patients who may have variations in their mental well-being or neurodiversity. This module will build upon your previous experience, knowledge and skills of holistic nursing care, and will enhance your confidence and competence in discussing mental well-being and recovery. Professional and personal views of mental well-being and recovery will be explored and reflected on. You will be encouraged to complete structured reflections, allowing your current and developing knowledge to be assimilated, thus enhancing your professional capabilities. Throughout the module you will be provided with the opportunity to critically explore and discuss the assessment principles, which include the cultural and ethical consideration and how they link to holistic patient care.

Topics covered will include:

Mental health policies and services in Singapore
Stigma, mental well-being and diagnostic overshadowing
Global perspectives on mental well-being
Holistic care
Introduction to mental well-being, recovery, learning disability and neuro-divergence
Responding to crisis
Asking difficult questions
Mental health and self-care

The formative assessment is to complete a workbook which will become a mental well-being and recovery resource that you have tailored for use in your own practice area.