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FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK
Diploma in Higher Education - Nursing
Module NUR 127BIOLOGY FOR HEALTH CARE Common Foundation Programme |
Resource Handbook
September 2006 Cohort
Module Leader
Dr Karen A. Gresty
Principal Lecturer in Biological Aspects of Health
School of Biological Sciences
University of Plymouth
Portland Square
Drake Circus
Plymouth
Devon
PL4 8AA
01752-232900
kgresty@plymouth.ac.uk
If you require any part of this publication in larger print, or an alternative format, please contact Programme Administration at:
Faculty of Health and Social Work
University of Plymouth
Drake Circus
Plymouth. PL4 8AA
Telephone number: 01752 233820
Faculty of Health and Social Work
University of Plymouth
Earl Richards Road North
Exeter. EX2 6AS
Telephone number: 01392 475147
Faculty of Health and Social Work
University of Plymouth
Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Truro.TR1 3HD
Telephone number: 01872 256450
Faculty of Health and Social Work
University of Plymouth
Somerset Centre
Wellington Road
Taunton. TA1 5YD
Telephone number: 01823 366900
Faculty of Health and Social Work (Millbrook House)
University of Plymouth
Millbrook House
Millbrook Lane
Topsham Road
Exeter. EX2 6ES
Telephone number: 01392 219774
Faculty of Health and Social Work (St Luke’s)
University of Plymouth
St Luke’s Campus
Heavitree Road
Exeter. EX1 2LU
Telephone number: 01392 262873
You will also be able to access the NUR 127 Handbook via the Student Portal, where it has an ‘XNUR127’ code to denote that it runs more than once a year (September and February intakes) at: http://students.plymouth.ac.uk
Dear Student,
Important: Please Note
If you have a disability
The University is very supportive of students with disabilities, and year–on-year we are making adjustments to assist students with special needs. It may be that we have already put in place changes which will assist you – but unless we know what your needs might be, we cannot guarantee that that will be the case. If we can identify your needs sufficiently far in advance of when you intend to start a course at the University, we are better able to put in place appropriate arrangements – or, if there is a health and safety issue or an issue about the expectations of students on the course, to advise you on alternative options. However, we may not be able to do so if we do not know in advance.
If you have not told us about your disability
Please do contact the University’s Disability Assist Services on Plymouth 01752 232278 to discuss your needs. While we are making reasonable adjustments to our provision, we may not be able to meet your individual needs if we do not have the opportunity to assess them in advance, and that could impact negatively on your experience on the course or even your ability to take up your place.
If you have told us about your disability
You may be asked for additional information or invited to attend an interview with Disability Assist Services. This is in order that we can properly assess your individual needs and ensure that we have the best possible chance of meeting them. Please do provide any information requested and come in to see staff if asked to do so, since otherwise you – and we - could find ourselves in a position in which it is difficult or even unsafe for you to take up your place.
So please tell us about any disability – even if you do not think it will affect you while you are at the University – and respond positively to any requests for further details or for an information interview. If you do not do so, you may find yourself unable to take up your place or unable to complete the course because we have not been able adequately to meet your particular needs.
DISCLAIMER
All students undertaking programmes delivered by the Faculty of Health and Social Work are reminded that any alteration to University documentation, including practice portfolios, involving forgery/falsification of a mentor’s comments or signature/initialling will be investigated. This investigation could lead to disciplinary action, which may lead to a student being unable to achieve professional registration.
All the information in this Handbook is correct at the time of printing. Courses are regularly reviewed and updated so details may change. Occasionally, a module may be replaced or withdrawn.
The University of Plymouth is proud of its teaching and research and it undertakes all reasonable steps to provide educational services in the manner set out in this Handbook and in any documents referred to within it. It does not, however, guarantee the provision of such services. Should industrial action or circumstances beyond the control of the University interfere with its ability to provide educational services, the University undertakes to use all reasonable steps to minimise the resultant disruption to those services.
Contents
Page
Introduction to the Module 6
Module Team Information 7
Module Aims & Learning Outcomes 8
Indicative Content/ Teaching Methods 8
Examination Information 10
Module Outline 11
Indicative Reading 13
Useful Web Sites 14
Definitive Module Record 15
Introduction
The Module team would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to
NUR 127 – Biology for Health Care.
We hope that you find our NUR127 module interesting and enjoyable. This is one of the first modules of the Common Foundation Programme in your first year of nurse training. This means that students in all branches of nursing will undertake the module together.
This module is a 20 credit, certificate (level 1) module which runs across two teaching terms.
The purpose of the module handbook is to provide you with information regarding how the module operates and to inform you about the module content, teaching & learning methods, key learning outcomes and details of your NUR127 assessment (an examination).
The key aim of the module handbook is to guide you through the module, enabling you to make the most of your contact time with your biology tutors. The handbook also provides some useful addresses of Internet sites, which can help you with your studies.
On completion of the module you will be asked to complete an evaluation sheet. Your constructive comments regarding the organisation, content, sequencing of lectures and variety of teaching methods employed etc. are important to us, in order to improve the quality of the module experience for future cohorts of students.
NUR 127 Module Programme
N.B You will be provided with a site-specific programme timetable
The Module Team: NUR127 Biology for Health Care
Module Leader and Module Teachers | Plymouth | Dr Karen Gresty Mrs Gill Green | |
Module Teachers | Exeter | Dr Richard Dryden Mrs Jenny Temple | |
Module Teachers | Taunton | Ms Diane Kerslake Mr Frank Strange Ms. Jeanette Borlase Ms. Jenny Haydon | |
Module Teachers | Cornwall | Mr John Bastin | |
NUR127: MODULE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
Aim
The aim of this module is to provide a sound underpinning of human biology in health and illness, applicable for the development of the healthcare practitioner.
Objectives
At the end of the module the learner will be expected to be able to:
1. Explain the link between patient/client assessment and biological processes.
2. Identify the major structures and processes involved in maintaining homeostasis.
3. Outline how body needs change during the human life cycle.
4. Describe how human development and health are influenced by genetic and environmental factors.
MODULE CONTENT
Indicative content of this module:
· Patient/client assessment and its biological foundations
· Human body systems & homeostasis
· Altered homeostatic states, including aspects of infection
· Body maintenance, including fluids, nutrition and defences
· Life-cycle
· Genetics
· Pharmacology
Teaching Methods
This module will be delivered by means of lectures, seminars and workshops with appropriate supportive online and self-study material. Students will be encouraged to read the relevant literature in order to enhance any activities.
The philosophy of learning applied in this module is that the educational experience should move you towards a self-directed mode of learning. Learning that is driven by internal motivators (e.g. you want to learn) rather than external motivators (somebody tells you to learn) is more powerful and facilitates a deeper level of understanding.
Self-Directed Study
As part of Module NUR127, your lecturers may occasionally give you study materials (or timetable directed study) to prepare material for other group activities. You do not have to attend University for these study periods and you may choose to study at a time and place convenient for you. This may, for example, be your home, at a fellow student’s house or in the library.
Much of the module content will be covered during University-based sessions. However, it is also anticipated that you will work independently and read around the module content in order to meet all of NUR127 learning outcomes.
Tutorial Support
There are no timetabled tutorial sessions in this module but you may find that you require extra support regarding certain issues concerning the module content or assessment. The Biology and Nurse tutors are happy to address these issues at the end of normal sessions or via e-mail contact and occasionally, if necessary, by individual or group tutorials.
For further information regarding tutorial support refer to the current Student Programme Handbook.
We shall endeavour to make this an informative, interesting and relevant module for you!
MODULE NUR127 ASSESSMENT – EXAM
The module content will be assessed using five seen scenarios, under timed exam conditions. You will receive the scenarios approximately 6 months before the exam, giving you ample time to research, prepare and revise your answers. On the day of the exam (currently scheduled for June 4th 2007), you will be presented with three of the original five scenarios and will be expected to answer all the associated questions. The exam will last for 1.5hrs, allowing 30 minutes per scenario and each scenario is worth 25 marks.
An example of the type of scenario you will be expected to answer is below. Look at the marks awarded for each question and structure your answer accordingly. There is no need to write an essay for each part!
Henry is 48 and suffers from Huntington's disease. His wife and daughter are no longer able to look after him and, as a result, he has been placed in a nursing home. His family is confused about what is happening to Henry and whether they are also at risk of the condition.
a) Using a Punnett square to show your calculation, state the probability that Henry passed the gene for Huntington's to his daughter Melissa, if he is heterozygous for the condition and his wife is 'normal'. (3 marks)
b) List three separate factors that could cause an individual to be born with a genetic disorder (of any description). (3 marks)
c) What are genetic screening and gene therapy? Explain how these processes could possibly benefit Melissa. (4 marks)
d) Outline how disease expression throughout the life cycle is affected by both genetic and environmental factors. (4 marks)
e) Huntington’s disease causes damage to specific parts of the brain, such as the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex. What role do these two parts of the brain play to help maintain normal body homeostasis? (4 marks)
f) Identify 3 key differences between motor and sensory neurones. (4 marks)
g) Some tissues in the body (e.g. neurones) do not typically grow and repair if they get damaged, unlike other tissues in the body (e.g. bone). How do the body’s energy requirements change throughout life to account for normal changes in growth? (3 marks)
Module Outline
The following sessions will be included in this module, although there may be site differences regarding the actual date and timing.
Programme Wk4 (Uni week 11)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Introduction
Session 2: Group workshop on assessing health
B. Session 1: Group workshop/quiz on terminology
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Homeostasis and Health
Programme Wk5 (Uni week 12)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Organisation & Body Needs
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Cells
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Vital Signs – Pulse & Heartbeat
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Vital Signs - Blood Pressure
Programme Wk6 (Uni week 13)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Blood Components
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Blood Clotting & Blood Groups
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Vital Signs – Breathing
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Blood Gases
Programme Wk 8 (Uni week 15)
A. Session 1: Group workshop on causes of hypertension
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Fluid Balance
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Renal System
Session 2: Group workshop on fluid management e.g. in the elderly, burns etc…
Programme Wk 9 (Uni week 16)
A. Session 1: Group workshop on role of skin
Session 2: Keynote Lecture on Skin and Wound Healing
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Inflammation
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Innate Immune System
Programme Wk 10 (Uni week 17)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Specific Immune System
Session 2: Group workshop on chronic immune disorders
B. Session 1: Keynote Nutrient Groups
Session 2: Group workshop on diet and food labelling
Christmas
Programme Wk16 (Uni week 25)
Session 1: Keynote Lecture Basal Metabolic Rate & Calories
Session 2: Group workshop on Body Mass Index and assessment tools
Programme Wk17 (Uni week 26)
Session 1: Keynote Lecture Alimentary Canal
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Digestion and Absorption
Programme Wk20 (Uni week 29)
Session 1: Keynote Lecture Vital Signs – Nervous System
Session 2: Group workshop on neurological assessment e.g. reflex arcs etc…
Programme Wk21 (Uni week 30)
Session 1: Keynote Lecture Autonomic System
Session 2: Group workshop on stress
Programme Wk 24 (Uni week 33)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Brain
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Spinal Cord
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Pain
Session 2: Group workshop on pain
Programme Wk 25 (Uni week 34)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Pharmacology
Session 2: Group workshop on drugs (e.g. pills, patches, pessaries etc..)
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Body Signals: Hormones
Programme Wk 26 (Uni week 35)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Metabolic Disease
Session 2: Group workshop ‘when things go wrong – diabetes’
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Human Life Cycle
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Ageing
Programme Wk 27 (Uni week 38)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Cell Division
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Cancer
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Genetics 1
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Genetics 2
Programme Wk 28 (Uni week 39)
A. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Locomotor System – skeleton
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Muscles, gait, posture
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Infectious Organisms
Session 2: Group workshop on chain of infection e.g. MRSA and hand-washing
Programme Wk 29 (Uni week 40)
A. Session 1: Group workshop Pathology Overview
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Cardiovascular Disease
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Infertility
Session 2: Keynote Lecture Congenital Disorders
Programme Wk 30 (Uni week 41)
A. BANK HOLIDAY (7/5/07)
B. Session 1: Keynote Lecture Degenerative Disease
Session 2: Group workshop on new biological therapies
NUR127 Reading List
You should purchase one of the following textbooks for use in your biology studies on your health programme. If you have little or no biology background, then consider buying the Cohen & Wood textbook. If you are more confident with your biological knowledge, then one of the others may be more appropriate.
Do not buy any textbooks until you have looked through them in the library or the bookshop!
If you already have a biology textbook, show it to your biology tutor to see if it is suitable before buying another…
Cohen, B.J. & Wood, D.L. (2005) Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease (10th Ed). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Kindlen, S. (2003) Physiology for Health Care and Nursing. (2nd Ed) Churchill Livingstone
Marieb, E. (2005) Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology (8th Ed). Pearson Education.
Waugh, A. & Grant, A. (2006) Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness. (10th Ed) Churchill Livingstone.
In addition, if you would like to buy a pathology or pharmacology textbook, the following are very readable and provide good introductions to the subjects:
Anon. (2002) Pathophysiology made incredibly easy (2nd Ed). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Anon. (2002) Clinical Pharmacology made incredibly easy (2nd Ed) Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
Galbraith, A. et al. (1999) Fundamentals of Pharmacology. A Text for Nurses and Health Professionals. Addison Wesley Longman Ltd.
Greenstein, B. (2004) Trounce’s Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses (17th Ed) Churchill Livingstone.
Interactive Web Sites and Biology Games
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/landsteiner/index.html
Simple blood-typing game (try not to kill the patient!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/interactive_area/flashgames_index.shtml
A series of interactive health games from the BBC
http://www.youramazingbrain.org/
A Wellcome Trust sponsored brain site with many different games
Other Useful Web Sites
http://www.headstartinbiology.com
Online biology resource developed by Plymouth tutors for 1st year student nurses
http://www.genesense.org.co.uk
Online resource using case studies to address genetics competencies for nurses developed by Plymouth tutors
http://www.nurseminerva.co.uk/
Support web site for students that answers those tricky biology/nursing questions developed by Plymouth tutors
http://abdellab.sunderland.ac.uk/Lectures/Nurses/index.html
Introduction to pharmacology for nurses (use menu on left hand side to navigate)
http://www.abpischools.org.uk/resources04/cancer/index.asp
Cancer information
http://www.visembryo.com/baby/
The visible embryo website: follow the different developmental stages
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/program.html#
Online video footage of fertilization and development
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man: search for genetic info on any condition
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Neuroscience for Kids. A easily accessible but highly informative web site.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/
Click on ‘Anatomy’ on the left hand side, for a reference guide to Gray’s Anatomy
http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/nursing/
Type in ‘Biology’ to search this extensive site for online resources
Journals
Biological Research for Nursing
Biological Sciences Review (not available electronically)
British Medical Journal.
Further Information
Please refer to the current Student Handbook and Assess 2006 for further information e.g. regarding assessment advice, attendance requirements and arrangements for reporting sickness/absence etc.
Should it be necessary for you to be absent from lectures at short notice (due to unforeseen circumstances) please notify your FH&SW Reception Staff and/or module teacher. This is a professional courtesy.
NUR127: DEFINITIVE MODULE RECORD
UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH MODULE RECORD | ||
MODULE CODE: NUR 127 | Credits: 20 | Level: 1 |
MODULE TITLE: Biology for Health Care | ||
PRE-REQUISITE(S): None | ||
CO-REQUISITES: None | ||
Compensatable within this Programme: No | ||
SHORT MODULE DESCRIPTOR Health care professionals require a knowledge base and understanding of the biological sciences in order to practice as effective members of the multi-professional healthcare team. This module provides a foundation in key bioscience topics which underpin health practice. | ||
ELEMENTS OF ASSESSMENT COURSEWORK XX% EXAMINATION 100% END MODULE TEST XX% PRACTICE XX% Give Subject panel Group to which module should be linked: Common Foundation Programme Minimum pass mark for accreditation: 40% | ||
MODULE AIMS: The aim of this module is to provide a sound underpinning of human biology in health and illness, applicable for the development of the healthcare practitioner | ||
LEARNING OUTCOMES: At the end of the module the students will be expected to be able to: 1. Explain the link between patient/client assessment and biological processes. 2. Identify the major structures and processes involved in maintaining homeostasis. 3. Outline how body needs change during the human life cycle. 4. Describe how human development and health are influenced by genetic and environmental factors | ||
INDICATIVE SYLLABUS CONTENT: Patient/client assessment and its biological foundations; Human body systems & homeostasis; Altered homeostatic states, including aspects of infection; Body maintenance, including fluids, nutrition and defences; Life-cycle; Genetics; Pharmacology | ||
VALIDATION: DATE OF APPROVAL: 31/10/2005 DATE OF IMPLEMENTATION: September 2006 DATE(S) OF APPROVED CHANGE: XX/XX/XX | ||
FACULTY: Health & Social Work SCHOOL: Nursing & Community Studies PARTNER INSTITUTION N/A NAME OF SITE: All MODULE LEADER: Dr Karen Gresty | ||
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Material is factually accurate, broad knowledge of module content clearly evident, there may be slight imperfections in use of language but a logical and structured style is employed. Good interpretation and assimilation of information presented. ASSESSMENT MODE The module content will be assessed using five seen scenarios, in timed exam conditions. During the exam, three of the original five scenarios will be presented to the students and all must be answered (30 minutes each) SCHEDULE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING The module will be delivered by means of lectures, seminars and workshops with appropriate supportive online and self-study material. | ||
RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND SOURCES Anon. (2002) Pathophysiology made incredibly easy (2nd Ed). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Cohen, B.J. & Wood, D.L. (2005) Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease (10th Ed). Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. Kindlen, S. (2003) Physiology for Health Care and Nursing. (2nd Ed) Churchill Livingstone Marieb, E. (2005) Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology (8th Ed). Pearson Education. Journals Biological Research for Nursing Biological Sciences Review British Medical Journal. Useful Websites http://www.headstartinbiology.com | ||
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