School: Nursing and Midwifery

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.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Pharmacology 2
  • Unit Code

    MNP6105
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Helena Sara HALTON

Description

The second of two Clinical Pharmacology units is designed to continue to expand the Registered Nurses knowledge on drug classes and then prepare the student for their role as healthcare prescribers. This unit will consolidate their knowledge from Clinical Pharmacology 1 and build on it to develop safe prescribing practices. The unit will teach the students the approach to prescribing and equip them with the knowledge and skills required to apply this to patient care.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed MNP6102 Clinical Phamacology 1

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the therapeutic effects of drugs on the major body systems.
  2. Analyse the pharmacology of the major classes of drugs and their role in treatment of disease.
  3. Apply treatment of medical conditions to the patient in the clinical setting.
  4. Apply knowledge and understanding of legal and ethical principles of prescribing within an individual scope of practice.
  5. Evaluate your role as a healthcare prescriber

Unit Content

  1. Poisons and antidotes.
  2. Legal and ethical principles of prescribing.
  3. Safety and efficacy as a healthcare prescriber.
  4. Drugs for body systems.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Learning processes will be structured around the unit learning modules and will include online tutorials, case studies and online quizzes.

Assessment

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyComplex case study30%
PresentationProposed formulary30%
Examination ^ End of semester Online examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

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:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

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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School: Nursing and Midwifery

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.

  • Unit Title

    Clinical Pharmacology 2
  • Unit Code

    MNP6105
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Helena Sara HALTON

Description

The second of two Clinical Pharmacology units is designed to continue to expand the Registered Nurses knowledge on drug classes and then prepare the student for their role as healthcare prescribers. This unit will consolidate their knowledge from Clinical Pharmacology 1 and build on it to develop safe prescribing practices. The unit will teach the students the approach to prescribing and equip them with the knowledge and skills required to apply this to patient care.

Prerequisite Rule

Must have passed MNP6102 Clinical Phamacology 1

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the therapeutic effects of drugs on the major body systems.
  2. Analyse the pharmacology of the major classes of drugs and their role in treatment of disease.
  3. Apply treatment of medical conditions to the patient in the clinical setting.
  4. Apply knowledge and understanding of legal and ethical principles of prescribing within an individual scope of practice.
  5. Evaluate your role as a healthcare prescriber

Unit Content

  1. Poisons and antidotes.
  2. Legal and ethical principles of prescribing.
  3. Safety and efficacy as a healthcare prescriber.
  4. Drugs for body systems.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Learning processes will be structured around the unit learning modules and will include online tutorials, case studies and online quizzes.

Assessment

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.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
Case StudyComplex case study30%
PresentationProposed formulary30%
Examination ^ End of semester Online examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • (2015). Australian medicines handbook. Adelaide: Australian Medicines Handbook.
  • Bryant, B., & Knights, K. (2015). Pharmacology for health professionals. (4th ed.). Chatswood, Australia: Elseveir.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

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:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

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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