Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Spring Term 2024-25 |
The module will enable students to make well-informed, evidence-based decisions regarding health and well being over the lifespan based on an integration of prior learning with more in-depth understanding of human physiology and pharmacology.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Recognise and differentiate levels of organisation within the body, processes of normal cellular function and metabolism.
Illustrate normal homeostatic functions and feedback processes.
Identify normal body processes involved in normal physiological control.
Analyse healthy development across the lifespan.
Explain the concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
Synthesise a range of evidence to inform their understanding of health and wellbeing.
The following concepts and processes essential to health and well-being will be covered: the cell (with a focus on membrane transport, receptor physiology and the role of gene expression); levels of organisation; concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics; nutrition and metabolism; excretion and elimination; fluid and electrolyte balance; acid-base balance; thermoregulation; perfusion; gas exchange; glucose regulation; sleep; and mobility. Changes across the lifespan in these functions will be examined. Forms of evidence informing the understanding of these processes will also be covered.
Task | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
Non-compensatable
Task | % of module mark |
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Online Exam -less than 24hrs (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
Students are provided with collective exam feedback relating to their cohort, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.
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Giddens, J. (2017). Concepts for Nursing Practice. 2nd edition. Elsevier.
Blows, W. (2018). The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations. 3rd edition. Routledge.
Tortora, B and Derrickson, B. (2017). Tortora’s Principles of Anatomy and Physiology. 15th edition. Wiley.
Ashelford, S., Raynsford, J., and Taylor, V. (2019). Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing. 2nd edition. Sage