Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Summer Term 2024-25 to Summer Vacation 2024-25 |
This module will enable graduates to operate as knowledgeable, skilled care professionals with regard to the aetiology and pathophysiology of disease, the therapeutics of drugs and the optimisation of medicines.
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
Explain the key mechanisms of disease and biological and genetic risk factors associated with disease.
Apply this knowledge and understanding to the nursing care of the most common conditions across the lifespan.
Minimise and avoid harm more effectively by assessing how pharmacological interventions, therapeutics and related adverse effects may impact disease and ill health
Explain the ways in which research and forms of evidence influence an understanding of ill health, pathophysiology and pharmacology.
Ill-health (Disease), Lifespan/developmental differences, Genomics (abnormal cell division, Mental health diagnoses), Cell transportation (education for medicines), Immunity/infection, Inflammation, Abnormal perfusion, Hormonal imbalances, Thermoregulatory imbalances, Metabolic disorders, Loss of consciousness,
Therapeutics, Pharmaceutics & Legislation, Reflection (Nursing Process).
Pathogenesis, Attachment Theory, The cell membrane, Neurotransmitters and receptors, Epigenetics, Equality and Diversity, Stress vulnerability model, Autoimmunity/vaccination, Antibiotic stewardship, Wound healing, Sepsis, Gas exchange Abnormalities, Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, Shock, Glucose regulation (Diabetes), Hypersensitivity/allergy/anaphylaxis, Atherosclerosis (CVDs), Physical trauma, Microbiology, Pain, Adverse Drug Reactions, Drug routes & interactions, Research (types of evidence, introduction to epidemiology, i.e. prevalence, incidence), A-E assessment.
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.
Waugh, A and Grant, A. (2018). Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness. 13th edition. Churchill Livingston.
Giddens, J. (2017). Concepts for Nursing Practice. 2nd edition. Elsevier.
Blows, W. (2018). The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations. 3rd edition. Routledge.
Ashelford, S., Raynsford, J., and Taylor, V. (2019). Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, Sage