Human responses to health/health breakdown III: physiological and psychosocial nursing phenomena - inability to cope with environmental demands
Ms R Fairhall
8 points * 5 hours per week * 160 clinical hours * First semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: NSG1001, NSG1002, NSG1310 and NSG1320 * Pre or corequisites: NSG2330 and NSG2633
The subject examines the theme of alteration in sensation and cognition by exploring pathophysiological and psychosocial phenomena. The concepts of anxiety, pain, dyspnoea, hunger, fatigue and altered levels of consciousness will be highlighted. Following an analysis of the interrelationships and processes of these concepts, the student appraises knowledge gained and applies this to a range of clinical states in chronic and acute clinical settings. A range of theoretical perspectives inclusive of physiological, demographic, developmental and psychosocial variables, and the meaning of the symptomatology of the individual are explored. The subject is taught by lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, group work, discussions, laboratory and clinical practice.
Assessment
Tutorial assignments: 30% * Examination (2 hours): 40% * Skills assessment: 30% * 80% attendance at both lectures and practice sessions is a prerequisite for achieving assessment requirements. In order to be credited with a pass or higher grade, a satisfactory level must be achieved in the clinical performance domain and 100% attendance at clinical practice is mandatory
Prescribed texts
Phipps W and others Medical surgical nursing 4th edn, Mosby, 1991
or
Thompson J and others Mosby's `Manual of clinical nursing' 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
Rawlins and others Mental Health - Psychiatric nursing: a holistic life-cycle approach 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
Taylor C and others Fundamentals of nursing Lippincott, 1989