Courses Handbook 2008

300731 (v.3) Nursing and Midwifery Bioscience 244


Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Individual Study: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 300724 (v.3) Nursing and Midwifery Bioscience 243 or any previous version
Co Requisite(s): 300729 (v.2) Adult Nursing Practice 224
OR
310832 (v.1) Complex Care and Mental Health 322 or any previous version
Syllabus: Body defence - infection, autoimmunity and anaphylaxis. Homeostasis - regulation of pH and shock. Mobility - fractures, soft tissue injuries and vertebral column injuries. Metabolism and nutrition - hepatobiliary and renal dysfunction. Oxygenation - cardiac dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease, anaemia, haemostasis and thromboemboli.
Syllabus: Body defence: infection, autoimmunity and anaphylaxis. Homeostasis: regulation of pH and shock. Mobility: fractures, soft tissue injuries and vertebral column injuries. Metabolism and nutrition: hepatobiliary and renal dysfunction. Oxygenation: cardiac dysfunction, peripheral vascular disease, anaemia, haemostasis and thromboemboli.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010913 Human Biology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Essential
*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
2008 Bentley Campus Summer School Y        
2008 Bentley Campus Study Period 1 Y        
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1       Y  
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2       Y  
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2008 Geraldton University Centre Semester 1 Y        
2008 Great Southern TAFE Albany Semester 1 Y        
2008 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 2 Y        
2008 CSM Academy Singapore Semester 1 Y        
2008 CSM Academy Singapore Trimester 3A 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

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