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Applied Pathophysiology (NURS90076)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Summer Term
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Semester 2
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Online Semester 2 - Online |
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This subject provides a foundation for understanding the pathologic basis of disease across the lifespan.
It equips learners with the knowledge and skills required to explain assessment data and prioritise patient care in a specialty area of practice based on scientific principles.
Core pathophysiological concepts covered will include: cellular responses to stress; adaptation, injury and death; acute and chronic inflammation; tissue renewal and repair; infection; neoplasia; haemodynamic, genetic and immune system disorders and genetic predisposition to disease.
Using a case study based approach, learners will be provided with opportunities to apply their knowledge
in one or more of the following specialty areas of nursing practice.
• Paediatrics
• Paediatric Intensive Care
• Neonatal Intensive Care
• Critical Care
• Emergency Care
• Rural Critical Care
• Oncology and Palliative Care
Intended learning outcomes
- Discuss the influence of heredity, environment and age on core pathophysiological conceptsand consider implications for assessment and planning patient care.
- Identify deviations in normal physiological parameters and discuss the evidence regardingtheir effect on patient outcomes.
- Apply core pathophysiological concepts to understand assessment data and prioritise care.
- Interpret physiological data in the context of pathophysiology and identify implications formonitoring health status and delivering evidence-based nursing interventions.
- Consider how different pathophysiological.
Generic skills
At the completion of this subject, students should be able to demonstrate:
• the capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation;
• critical thinking and analytical skills;
• an openness to new ideas;
• the ability to communicate knowledge through web based activities.
• the ability to apply scientific principles to case studies;
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted in one of the Graduate Certificate in Nursing Practice courses or as a single subject study. This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses. Please contact the School of Melbourne Custom Programs for more information.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- 2,000 word written assignment, due week 5, (60%)
- 4 x online MCQ 40 minutes each, due weeks 2- 7 (every two weeks), (40%)
Hurdle Requirement:
- Student much achieve 50% or greater in all quizzes and the written assignment and sum of both assessments must be 50% or greater to pass the subject.
- 2 x online MCQ, 15 mins each, due in Week 1 and Week 8.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Online
Principal coordinator Nick Bridge Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 January 2017 to 17 February 2017 Last self-enrol date 12 January 2017 Census date 13 January 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 10 February 2017 Assessment period ends 25 February 2017 Summer Term contact information
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Nick Bridge Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 36 hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
School of Melbourne Custom Programs
Currently enrolled students:
- General information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information:http://www.commercial.unimelb.edu.au/pathophysio
- Email:TL-nursing@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Huether, S. E., & McCance, K. L. (2012). Understanding pathophysiology. [electronic resource]: St. Louis, Mo : Elsevier
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022