Strengths-Based Cancer Care

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  On completing this subject, students will be able to:

  1. Critique the evidence to support complementary health choices used to empower people to live well with cancer.
  2. Identify the components required to build and sustain an effective and healthy workforce.
  3. Recognise the key concepts, complexity and models of nursing care delivery, including leveraging technology to optimise outcomes for people living with cancer.
  4. Outline the implications for cancer care delivery within the contemporary Australian healthcare system, funding models, and practice standards.
  5. Implement a strengths-based approach to identify resources and strategies to promote psychosocial comfort for people living with cancer and their families.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Murdoch University

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• MUR-CAN-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

• MUR-NUR504-Foundational Concepts in Cancer Care

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.