307487 (v.2) Pharmacotherapeutics 522


Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 307483 (v.1) Professional Foundations 561
AND
307484 (v.1) Diagnostics 561
AND
307485 (v.1) Pharmacology 521
 
Syllabus: Nurse practitioner scope of practice, role, context of practice and cultural perspectives. Pharmacotherapeutic approaches to treatment of common infectious diseases, and diseases of the cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, respiratory and renal systems as well as rheumatalogical diseases and pain management. Application of case studies to illustrate pharmacotherapeutic principles. Regulations, legislation, ethical principles, quality use of medicines, accountability, responsibility and polypharmacy. Syllabus will align to requirements of specialty stream.
 
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Field of Education: 060300 Nursing (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 12 - Nursing
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1     Y    
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2     Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External