NSG4350

Bioscience

Ms R Fairhall

6 points * 3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula

Objectives On completion of this subject students are expected to apply the clinical reasoning process to selected concepts related to pathophysiological phenomena; transfer theoretical concepts using a systematic framework to organise, analyse and synthesise data within a variety of clinical settings; identify and apply appropriate nursing therapeutic agents in dealing with the pathophysiological condition identified

Synopsis The subject aims to enable students practising in various settings to increase their knowledge base of the underlying patho-physiological processes involved with bodily functioning. An indepth examination of alternations/maladaptations to physiological dimensions of health will be explored through a conceptual approach under the main themes of altered regulation, sensation and protection.

Assessment Test: 20% * Written examination: 80%

Prescribed texts

Porth C Pathophysiology: Concepts of altered health states 4th edn, Lippincott, 1994 or
Carreri-Kohlman V, Lindsey A and West C Pathophysiological phenomena in nursing: Human responses to illness 2nd edn, Saunders, 1993