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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
This is the first of two units designed to extend the Registered Nurses knowledge in pharmacology to prepare students for their role in medication management as a nurse practitioner. As healthcare prescribers nurse practitioners are expected to understand the concepts of the mechanisms of drug actions, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and therapeutics. The units will prepare students to analyse medications and their effect on physical, biochemical and pathophysiological processes. Completing the two clinical pharmacology units will equip the nurse practitioner with the knowledge and skills required to evaluate and prescribe medications to treat, prevent and analyse their actions and interactions to ensure therapeutic effects are optimised.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Learning processes will be structured around the four unit learning modules and will include online tutorials, activity-based workshops, case studies and online quizzes.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study | Written Assessment | 40% |
| Examination | End of Semester Examination | 40% |
| Test | Weekly online quizzes | 20% |
^ Mandatory reference
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
This is the first of two units designed to extend the Registered Nurses knowledge in pharmacology to prepare students for their role in medication management as a nurse practitioner. As healthcare prescribers nurse practitioners are expected to understand the concepts of the mechanisms of drug actions, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and therapeutics. The units will prepare students to analyse medications and their effect on physical, biochemical and pathophysiological processes. Completing the two clinical pharmacology units will equip the nurse practitioner with the knowledge and skills required to evaluate and prescribe medications to treat, prevent and analyse their actions and interactions to ensure therapeutic effects are optimised.
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Learning processes will be structured around the four unit learning modules and will include online tutorials, activity-based workshops, case studies and online quizzes.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Case Study | Written Assessment | 40% |
| Examination | End of Semester Examination | 40% |
| Test | Weekly online quizzes | 20% |
^ Mandatory reference
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.
The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.
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