Undergraduate - UnitBMA1912 - Human bioscience in nursing

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	School of Biomedical Sciences
Offered	Berwick Second semester 2014 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland Second semester 2014 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Andrew Davies (Berwick), Dr Wayne Sturrock (Clayton), Mrs Janee Hoch (Gippsland), Dr Natalie Bennett (Peninsula)

Synopsis

This unit is the second in a sequence of two health science units that provides foundation knowledge of human anatomy and physiology relevant to the allied health professions of nursing and midwifery. The unit develops further the critical evaluation of evidence and an awareness of the changing nature of knowledge in the health sciences. The major themes in this unit of study are; body support and movement, and cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology, the respiratory system, the urinary system and the control of body fluids; the digestive system and the processing of nutrients in the body; the lymphoid/immune system, and microbes and infection.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Relate the structure of the major bones, joints and muscles to the functions of support and movement;
Relate the structure of the heart, circulatory and lymphatic systems to the functions of transport and maintenance of homeostasis;
Relate the structure of the respiratory system to the mechanics of ventilation and the processes of gas exchange and transport;
Relate the structure of the digestive system to digestive, absorptive, and metabolic functions;
Relate the structure of the urinary system to excretory functions and fluid balance;
Describe the major groups of microbes which interact with humans and explain the nature of these interactions, incorporating the protective roles of the body's innate and adaptive defences;
Observe, measure and present clinical data and discuss the validity of the data; and
Develop skills in linking underlying physiological principles to the care of a client in a clinical scenario.

Assessment

Online assessment (10%)
Assignment (15%)
Practical test (30%)
Examination (2 hours) (45%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Natalie Bennett

Workload requirements

3 hours of lectures, 1 hour of tutorial and 2 hours practical or online work per week. An additional 6 hours per week of private study is recommended.