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NURSING 1005 - Biology for Nursing Practice

Career: Undergraduate
Units: 3
Term: Semester 1
Campus: North Terrace
Contact: Up to 5 hours per week
Restriction: Bachelor of Nursing
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: No
Available for Non-Award Study: No
Assessment: Online assessments, MCQ, MCQ examination, small group essay
Syllabus:

Biology for Nursing Practice provides a significant depth and detail to the anatomical and physiological knowledge base for beginning level nursing students. The course provides a systematic approach to cell; tissue and organ function and provides working examples of how nurses use biology to inform practice. The use of `real life' examples will encourage students to reflect on their own clinical placement experiences to ensure that biological concepts become integrated knowledge. The base of knowledge provided by this course will encourage students to adopt an attitude to incorporating scientific concepts throughout their nursing career and especially in relation to the nursing assessment.

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Units
 EFTSL
Amount
3
 0.125
          
  


Course Outline

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Critical Dates

Term Last Day to Add Online Census Date Last Day to WNF Last Day to WF
Semester 1 Mon 17/03/2025 Thu 27/03/2025 Fri 09/05/2025 Fri 13/06/2025


Class Details

Enrolment Class: Lecture
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
12985 LE01 270 29 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 9am - 10am Helen Mayo Nth, 103N, Florey Lecture Theatre
2 May - 9 May Friday 9am - 10am Helen Mayo Nth, 103N, Florey Lecture Theatre
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 9am - 10am Helen Mayo Nth, 103N, Florey Lecture Theatre
Note: There are weekly 1 x 1-hour face-to-face lectures and 1 x 1-hour online lectures in this course. All students can access recordings of these lectures. Please check MyUni/CANVAS or contact your Course Coordinator for further details.
Related Class: Tutorial
Class Nbr Section Size Available Dates Days Time Location
10732 TU02 45 2 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 10am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
2 May - 9 May Friday 10am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 10am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
11855 TU01 45 FULL 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 10am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
2 May - 9 May Friday 10am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 10am - 12pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
11987 TU06 45 16 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 2pm - 4pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
2 May - 9 May Friday 2pm - 4pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 2pm - 4pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
11988 TU05 45 8 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 2pm - 4pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
2 May - 9 May Friday 2pm - 4pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 2pm - 4pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
12026 TU03 45 2 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 12pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
2 May - 9 May Friday 12pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 12pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211a, Laboratory
14609 TU04 45 1 7 Mar - 11 Apr Friday 12pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
2 May - 9 May Friday 12pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory
13 Jun - 13 Jun Friday 12pm - 2pm Helen Mayo Sth, S211b, Laboratory