NS5001:03
Advanced Physiological Nursing
Townsville
80 hours flexible delivery. First and second semester.
Applicants are required to be eligible for registration as a nurse in Queensland or elsewhere in Australia; hold a recognised undergraduate degree in nursing or a related discipline or its equivalent as approved by the Head of the School of Nursing Sciences; have 12 months minimum postgraduate clinical experience.
Staff: Mrs C Tonkin.
This subject will introduce the registered nurse to advanced physiological nursing knowledge and advanced physical nursing assessment. Content includes physiological and biological concepts which inform specialist nursing practice and this will be applied to patients with complex health care needs. The subject is relevant to nurses caring for patients in specialist clinical practice settings.
Learning Objectives:
- assess patients who are critically ill and who have alteration in health status resultant from several sources that could be both physiological and psychosocial;
- have an advanced understanding of pathophysiological processes in the human body;
- have an understanding of pharmacological concepts related to treating patients who are critically ill;
- outline principles of microbiology when treating patients with complex health problems.
Assessment by two assignments (40% and 60%).