300724 (v.2) Nursing Bioscience 243

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

5.0

** 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 3 Hours Weekly

Other:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Seminar:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1644 (v.7) Human Biology 134 or any previous version

Co Requisite(s):

300717 (v.4) Health in Ageing 223 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Pathophysiology. Oxygenation - lung function and dysfunction, lifestyle factors. Elimination, alterations in normal patterns. Metabolism and nutrition - alterations in normal patterns. Mobility life style adaptations. Homeostasis - blood pressure control, fluid and electrolyte balance. Body defence - wound healing. Pain response. Antimicrobial resistance. Pharmacology, pharmacodynamics and pharmacology related to selected disease states.

** 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

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Fully 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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2006	Kalgoorlie Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Geraldton University Centre	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