Course Coordinator: Sue Sharrad
Phone: +61 8 8313 3643
Email: suzanne.sharrad@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Room EH3-60, Eleanor Harrald Building, Royal Adelaide Hospital Campus

School Office
Phone: +61 8 8313 3593
Email: nursing_preregistration@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Level 3, Eleanor Harrald Building, RAH

1	Investigate the relationships between normal structure and function in human cells, tissues and organs by using a systems approach.
2	Develop an insight into the structure and function of the human body.
3	Develop scientific curiosity and encourage the adoption of appropriate attitudes towards the human body and other individuals with mental health problems, cancer or special needs.
4	Acquire and refine the skills necessary for life-long learning and the successful pursuit of a career in nursing.
5	Correlate specific structural features of cells, tissues, organs and systems of the human body with their normal functions, and appreciate that alterations to structure affect function especially when in cases of mental health problems, cancer, chronic illness, death and dying and intellectual and physical disabilities.
6	Apply their knowledge of the human body in the interpretation of health-related scenarios encountered in day-to-day living and pertaining to patients with mental health problems, cancer or with special needs.
7	Understand and relate anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology to care of patients with mental health problems, patients with cancer or patients with special needs.
8	Develop a greater understanding for the treatment modalities initiated in disorders of mental health, cancer and for patients with special needs.
9	Justify the choice of treatment modalities for disorders of mental health, cancer and for patients with special needs.

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As mentioned previously Human Science 3B is presented in four modules, that is, nursing a patient with mental health problems, nursing a patient with cancer and nursing a patient with special needs. Each module will be presented as a series of lectures and tutorials. The material presented in the Human Science 3B course will also support student’s progress in Problem Based Learning (PBL) tutorials.

Contact hours

Type	Number of sessions	Duration of each session (hrs)	Total hours
Lectures	1	2	2
Tutorial	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2.5	2.5
			6.5

Assessment Tasks (semester)

Type	Number of sessions	Expected preparation time (hrs)	Total hours
Online Quiz	1	12	12
Voiced Over Presentation	1	24	24
Final Examination	1	70	70
			106

Non-Contact (semester)

Type	Number of sessions	Anticipated time (hrs)	Total hours
Weekly reading and other study (hour/lecture)	12	4	48
Preparation for tutorial	12	2	24
Completion of Assessments	1 2	12 24	36
Exam preparation		70	70
			178

Total workload (hrs/semester)                290.5

Workload/week (hrs)                              24.2

 

LECTURE	LECTURE	TUTORIAL	ASSESSMENT
Nursing a Patient with Mental Health Problems	Introduction to theories of mental illness	Introduction of management strategies: CBT/ECT
	Common mental health disorders Part 1: low prevalence disorders	Addictive behaviours and substance use Motivational interviewing
	Common mental health disorders Part 2: high prevalence disorders	Co-morbid cardio-metabolic risk management in mental health	Drug Calculation Test
	Mental Health Medications	Aboriginal mental health issues
Nursing a Patient with Cancer	Cancer aetiology and epidemiology	Cancer pathophysiology	Online Quiz due
	Cancer treatment modalities Part 1: Chemotherapy and Targeted therapies	Cancer treatment modalities Part 2: Radiotherapy Cancer; Primary prevention and screening
	Cancer treatment modalities Part 3: Haematopoetic Stem Cell Transplant and Surgery	Cancer Survivorship
	Cancer Emergencies	Cancer: Late Effects Complementary therapies for cancer
Mid-Semester Break
Mid-Semester Break
Nursing a Patient with Special Needs	Introduction to common physical and intellectual disabilities	Myths about Disabilities
	Disability and the multidisciplinary team	Physical Manifestations of the body before death	Voiced-over PowerPoint due
	Chronic Illness in today’s healthcare system - epidemiology	Review of common chronic diseases
	Chronic disease prevention	Chronic Disease Self-Management
SWOT Weeks
Exam Weeks			Final Exam

Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Online Quiz	Formative	N/A	1-4
Voiced Over Powerpoint Presentation	Summative	50%	1-9
Final Examination	Summative	50%	1-9

ASSESSMENT 1: ONLINE QUIZ
Due Date: Monday 25 August 2014 at 1700
Weighting: none
Length: 1000 word equivalent

Topic
This online summative assessment will consist of a series of questions pertaining to the patient with mental health problems as explored in the module.


ASSESSMENT 2: VOICED OVER POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
Due Date: Monday 13 October 2014 at 1700
Weighting: 50%
Length: 2000 word equivalent

Topic
Students are required to select an aspect of the Patient with Cancer or
a Patient with Special Needs that has been highlighted in the
module‘s lectures and tutorials. The purpose of this assessment is for
you to produce a voiced over PowerPoint presentation that is suitable
for use as a teaching resource for either first or second year Bachelor
of Nursing Students.

A maximum of 6 slides are to be included in the presentation. Notes pages are also to be constructed and submitted with the CD on which the voiced over PowerPoint presentation has been saved.

Students are encouraged to incorporate the information gathered in the module lectures and tutorials.


ASSESSMENT 3: FINAL EXAMINATION
Due Date: Exam week, date and time to be advised
Weighting: 50%
Length: 4500 word equivalent

Description:
The written examination is aimed at ascertaining each student‘s grasp of the principles and core course content presented during this semester and is held in the university‘s official examination period. The paper is of 3 hours duration, but most students should be able to complete it in 2.5 hours; the additional time is provided to enable planning and review of answers. Note that a range of question styles is used, which require students to provide information, apply information in defined settings, and/or integrate knowledge derived from a variety of sources in the formulation of an answer.

Assessments, unless otherwise stated in your Study guide, are to be submitted electronically via Assignments, using Turnitin in MyUni on the due date identified in this Study guide. Instructions for using Turnitin are supplied below.
An assessment submitted via MyUni must be submitted as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file. If submitting a PowerPoint presentation for marking, the .ppt or .pptx must be submitted as .pdf file. It is also important to submit your file under your name, such as surname.firstname. MyUni stamps all the other details against your filename once you submit your assessment.
An Assignment Coversheet must be submitted with each assessment. The coversheet should be the first page of your assessment. A word version of the Assignment Coversheet is available to download at http://health.adelaide.edu.au/nursing/current-students/. The Plagiarism Statement must be signed and dated for your assessment to be marked (please note the details stated on the Assignment Coversheet). More information on avoiding Plagiarism is available at www.adelaide.edu.au/writingcentre/plagiarism/.
If you have difficulty submitting your assignment, you can call the MyUni helpdesk from 8am to 6pm 08 8313 3335.


Using Turnitin
Go to this webpage for step-by-step instructions for submitting an assignment using Turnitin: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/tutorials/content/Turnitin_submitting_as_a_Student.html
Turnitin is an electronic program that students can use to check that they are referencing correctly. When you submit an assignment to this program, you will receive an "originality report" and an "originality score" - these will let you know if you have accidently used the words of other authors - any areas of your work that are too close to your original resources will be highlighted. To see this report, after you have submitted your assignment, go back into the program and click on "view" - this will show you your assignment with an similar text highlighted. See http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/products/originalitycheck for more information on Originality reports.

Bear in mind that this program is very sensitive - don't worry too much if you seem to have a high originality score as the program includes quotes and references in the count. However, it is important that you check the text that is highlighted, if it is a correctly referenced quote or an item in your reference list that is highlighted then you can ignore it but if the highlighted text that isn't a quote or reference you will need to re-writing those sections in your own words.

After you have successfully submitted your assignment you will receive an email confirming that your assignment has been submitted correctly. If you do not receive this email then go back and try again. Keep hold of this email, just in case there are any issues with your assignment submission as we may need to view this email to confirm your submission date and time.

You can submit multiple times to this program - each new submission supersedes the previous, so we will only ever mark the latest version of your assignment! We encourage all students to practice with Turnitin before the final due date to make sure you know what you're doing.

A word of warning: although the program permits multiple submissions from a single student, Turnitin has a 24hour lag between assignment submissions. For example, if you submit an assignment to the program at 10am on Sunday, you may not be able to submit again until 10am MONDAY! Be very careful to avoid a situation wherein you are unable to submit the final version of your assignment until after the final deadline. Falling into the 24hr lag window will not be grounds to avoid a lateness penalty.