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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

GMED2000 (v.1) Applied Bioscience for Chronic Conditions

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 4 x 2 Hours Semester
Individual Study: 9 x 2 Hours Semester
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 313030 (v.1) Applied Bioscience 263 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     313399 (v.3) Integrated Systems Anatomy and Physiology 100 or any previous version
    OR
    HUMB1001 (v.1) Integrated Systems Anatomy and Physiology or any previous version
AND
    313029 (v.2) Nursing Practice 162 or any previous version
    OR
    310825 (v.2) Foundations of Midwifery Practice 121 or any previous version
    OR
    313091 (v.2) Nursing Professional Practice 561 or any previous version
    OR
    NURS1002 (v.1) Fundamentals of Nursing Practice or any previous version
    OR
    MIDW1000 (v.1) Foundations of Midwifery Practice or any previous version
    OR
    NURS5030 (v.1) Nursing Professional Practice 1 or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Determinants of health and global chronic health conditions. Pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis and clinical decision making to support self-management of individuals with adverse health events associated with chronic disease: pain, stress, altered healing, altered mobility, anxiety, depression, immune dysfunction, fluid and electrolyte disturbances. Diabetes mellitus. Introduction to pharmacology.
Field of Education: 060101 General Medicine
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2015 Great Southern TAFE Albany 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


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