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Knowledge & Skills for Nursing Practice - HEA00084M

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Devi Nannen
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2021-22

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
C Spring Term 2021-22 to Summer Term 2021-22

Module aims

Nurses must have an understanding of applied life sciences to enable them to practice safely. This module introduces students to fundamental knowledge in human anatomy and physiology relevant to nursing practice. During this module students will establish a foundation in key life sciences including levels of organisation, the human cell, body systems and pharmacology followed by an overview of the evidencebased practice/research and development of pathological conditions. The module is designed to enable students to link aspects of life sciences to the individual presentation of health and illness and develop essential nurse psychomotor care skills.

Module learning outcomes

At the end of this module the student will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
  2. Identify pathophysiological conditions related to systems studied with a critical awareness of the symptoms experienced by the patient.
  3. Articulate a comprehensive understanding of physiological processes and their relevance to safe nursing practice.
  4. Drawing on appraisals of current evidence and policy initiatives, demonstrate the psychomotor care skills essential to safe nursing practice.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)
Knowledge & Skills for Nursing		 2 hours 100

Special assessment rules

Non-compensatable

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled)
Knowledge & Skills for Nursing		 2 hours 100

Module feedback

Students are provided with collective exam feedback relating to their cohort, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.

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