Pre-specialisation studies I: Medical/surgical nursing
Course code: 0727
Ms S Redfern
2 points * 2 hours per week * First semester * Prerequisites: NSG2003, NSG2004
Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to display in-depth knowledge of a range of general health problems experienced by patients; choose and evaluate a journal article that conveys both the science of nursing and the importance of its clinical application; apply the clinical reasoning process to selected concepts (acuity, chronicity) related to pathophysiological and psycho-social nursing phenomena; identify and apply appropriate nursing therapeutics to the health breakdown process
Synopsis The subject aims to offer the student the opportunity to explore generalist nursing themes by exploring medical-surgical issues from a nursing perspective. The subject is taught by lectures and self-directed research.
Assessment Exam 50% * Assignment 50%
Prescribed texts
Holloway N Nursing the critically ill adult 4th edn, Addison-Wesley, 1993
Potter P Pocket guide health assessment Mosby, 1994
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