In this unit, you will examine chronic health conditions that may affect people across the lifespan. You will learn to recognise symptoms that commonly lead to an exacerbation or worsening of a chronic health condition. Taking into consideration individual socio-cultural and lifestyle choices, you will assist people living with a chronic health condition to implement self-management strategies and develop care plans from a person-centred, community, family and health care service perspective to minimise exacerbations. You will develop a discharge/education plan utilising aspects of behavioural change, psychosocial support and health literacy aimed at effecting change and supporting a person's self-management of chronic illness taking into consideration the roles of other members of the interdisciplinary care team.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from Student

"I really enjoyed the case studies this term, I found them really helpful in thinking more wholistic as a nurse and gaining a broader view of the lived experiences of ill health. I hope you continue to offer case studies to future students as I found these incredibly helpful in my learning."

Case studies are to continue to be used to facilitate learning and engage students.

Feedback from Student

"Overall, I found this unit informative, interesting, and applicable to real-life nursing practice. The lecturers were responsive and helpful. Thank you ladies for a great semester."

Unit content and structure will continue in the same setup.

Feedback from Student

"The tutorials were too long so I preferred to watch the recordings; the audio setup in the Rockhampton's room made it very difficult to hear the students even when they came to the front."

Tutorials to return to weekly online zoom sessions and the Rockhampton tutorials will not be linked in.

Feedback from Student

"I enjoyed the entire subject and learned a lot, the lecturers were informative, however, I find the flipped classroom techniques difficult and prefer normal classroom lectures."

The use of the flipped classroom will be reviewed in accordance with feedback from students

Feedback from Coordinator

Many students struggled with time allocation for Assessment One Quiz.

A review of the quiz and the time allocated will take place in collaboration with DDLT and ILD.

Feedback from Cordinator

Clarity of assessment items one and two

These will be reviewed every term to ensure further clarity for students.