NRS72007 Unit Information Guide
NRS72007 Human Response To Health Breakdown Assessment 2 descriptor
NRS72007 Assessment 1 Descriptor On-line Quiz
NRS72007 Assessment 2 Case Study Course Help
NRS72007 Assessment 2 Case Study Marking Criterion
NRS72007 Assessment 3 Descriptor Final Examination
NRS72007 Human Response to Health Breakdown
Unit Information Guide
About this unit
Examines nursing responses to health breakdown in the context of chronic illness. Students will apply knowledge of the physiological stressors and responses, with an emphasis on causal relationships between aetiology, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations and pharmacological therapy to manage client presentations.
Content
- Introduction to human responses to health breakdown across the lifespan
- Aetiology, pathophysiology and clinical manifestations and pharmacological therapy of the following systems:
- Cardiovascular
- Respiratory
- Renal
- Gastrointestinal
- Central nervous system
- Skin and wound
- Endocrine
- Presentation of chronic pain
- Mental health as a co-morbidity
- Cognitive and physical disability as a co-morbidity
Graduate attributes and unit learning outcomes
As a graduate of Southern Cross University, you will have developed skills, values and attitudes that are essential for gaining employment and advancing lifelong learning. The University refers to these as graduate attributes (http://policies.scu.edu.au/view.current.php?id=00091#s3) and identifies them as follows:
GA1 Intellectual rigour, GA2 Creativity, GA3 Ethical practice, GA4 Knowledge of a discipline, GA5 Lifelong learning, GA6 Communication and social skills, GA7 Cultural competence.
This unit will assist students to develop the following graduate attributes (shown below as they relate to this unit's learning outcomes):
Learning resources
The referencing style used below is Harvard. PLEASE NOTE that you may need to use a different style for this unit. Refer to Referencing guides (https://www.scu.edu.au/library/ study/referencing-guides/) for information about the referencing style you should use.
Prescribed texts and materials
Prescribed texts
Craft, J, Gordon, C, Huether, SE, McCance, KL, Brashers, VL & Rote, NS 2019, Understanding Pathophysiology, ANZ adaptation (3rd edn), Elsevier, Chatswood, NSW.
There is a Study Guide for this unit. See MySCU (http://learn.scu.edu.au) for details.
Optional texts and materials
Optional texts
Grossman, S & Porth, C 2014, Pathophysiology: Concepts of altered health states, 9th edn, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia.
Studying this unit
The first step in managing your study for this unit is to familiarise yourself with this document and the MySCU (http://learn.scu.edu.au) Learning Site. You should refer frequently to the MySCU Learning Site for announcements and updates.
Teaching and learning arrangements
Estimated workload
Your scheduled study hours are allocated as follows:
Coffs Harbour
Teaching method
Gold Coast
Teaching method
Lismore
Assessment
Assessment overview
- To pass the unit: Students must submit all assessment tasks and obtain at least 50% of the overall assessment marks for the unit.
- Attendance: We recognise the relationship between attendance, participation, student success and retention. Any session or engagement opportunity missed, regardless of the reason, can decrease the opportunity for learning. It is expected that students will attend ALL tutorials/labs/seminars in this unit. In the event of a missed session, it is the student’s responsibility for ‘catching up’ on content.
- Marked Assessment Tasks: Assessment tasks submitted on time, other than examination scripts, will be returned to students within 21 days of submission.
Assessment details
Assessment 1: On-line Quiz
This assessment is for these students only: Coffs Harbour; Gold Coast; Lismore.
ASSESSMENT 1: On-line quiz
Weighting: 15%
Length: 30 mins
Individual Assignment
There is one on-line quiz comprised of 25 questions from lectures, tutorials, readings and worksheets in Weeks 1 to 4 inclusive (pathophysiology terms and definitions; inflammatory processes and wound healing; the aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, pharmacological therapy and related nursing considerations of respiratory and cardiovascular conditions). The quiz will be held at the end of Week 4 and will be open from Friday 08.00hrs (8.00am) to Sunday 19.00hrs (7.00pm) of the scheduled week.
Students are expected to complete this quiz on their own.
For further information please refer to the Assessment 1 Descriptor on the Unit Blackboard site.
Assessment 2: Case study
This assessment is for these students only: Coffs Harbour; Gold Coast; Lismore.
ASSESSMENT 2 – Case study
Weighting: 45%
Length: 1800 words +/-10%
Individual Assignment (not group work)
For this assignment students are required to write a Case Study based on a Patient case scenario which is provided in the Assessment 2 Descriptor on the Unit Blackboard site.
The case study will include the following:
- An introduction
- A mind-map summarising the following in relation to the patient case scenario:
- Aetiology of the stated chronic disease
- Modifiable & non-modifiable risk factors for the patient’s chronic disease
- Pathophysiology of the stated chronic disease
- Current clinical manifestations of the stated chronic disease as experienced by the patient in the scenario
- Medication management emphasising nursing considerations in administering all medications prescribed for the patient in the scenario
- Role of the nurse in caring for the patient in the scenario: immediate, cultural safety and evidence-based nursing care.
- A written description of your mind-map with support from the wider literature and;
- when explaining the medication management outlined in your mind-map, in addition to describing the nursing considerations related to the patient’s medications, briefly outline the pharmacodynamics & pharmacokinetics specified medications.
- A conclusion
- A reference list.
For further information please refer to the Assessment 2 Descriptor on the Unit Blackboard site.
Assessment
Assessment 3: Exam: closed book
This assessment is for these students only: Coffs Harbour; Gold Coast; Lismore.
You will be advised of the exam date during the study period. Refer to Examinations (http://www.scu.edu.au/exams) for more information about exams.
You are permitted to bring the following into the exam room: foreign language translation dictionary.
Please Note: foreign language translation dictionaries must be in book form and must be unmarked with no highlighting and no added tabs.
You are not permitted to bring the following into the exam room: electronic devices such as mobile phones, electronic dictionaries and computers.
ASSESSMENT 3 – Final examination
Weighting: 40%
Length: 90 minutes + 10 minutes perusal time
Individual assessment: Students are expected to comply with all SCU exam procedures in sitting this examination.
Building on weekly lectures, tutorials, readings and worksheets in Weeks 5 to 12 inclusive, this assessment task will assess students' understanding of:
- the aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, pharmacological therapy and related nursing considerations of endocrine, gastro-intestinal, renal, and central nervous system including pain, disorders
- mental illness as a co-morbidity
- cognitive and physical disability as a co-morbidity.
For further information please refer to the Assessment 3 Descriptor on the Unit Blackboard site.
