Human responses to health/health breakdown IV: physiological and psychosocial nursing phenomena - inability to cope with environmental demands
Ms R Fairhall
9 points * 5 hours per week * 160 clinical hours * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: NSG1001, NSG1002, NSG1310, NSG1320 * Pre or corequisites: NSG2340, NSG2644
The subject explores the consequences of alteration in regulation and the complexity of homeostatic response mechanisms in health breakdown. The major pathophysiological concepts of ischaemia, oedema, anorexia, cachexia and apnoea are linked with the psychosocial concept of alteration in self-esteem. The analysis of concepts and their application to a range of clinical settings will be emphasised in the subject. The subject is taught by lectures, tutorials, demonstrations, group work, discussions, laboratory and clinical practice.
Assessment
Combination of examination, assignment and skills assessment * Mastery of the mathematics test conducted during second year of the course is necessary in order to be credited with a pass or higher grade. * 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
Thompson J and others Mosby's `Manual of clinical nursing' 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
or
Phipps W and others Medical surgical nursing 4th edn, Mosby, 1991
Rawlins R and others Mental health - Psychiatric nursing: A holistic life-cycle approach 3rd edn, Mosby, 1993
Taylor C and others Fundamentals of nursing J B Lippincott, 1989