| Semester 1, 2021 Online | |
| Short Description: | Pharmacokinetics & Pharmacolog |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Student contribution band : | Band 2 |
| ASCED code : | 069999 - Health not elsewhere classifie |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
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Requisites
Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or GDNG Rural and Remote or Scheduled Medicines specialty.
Other requisites
Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or PDEV, GCNS Rural and Remote or Scheduled Medicines specialty.
Pre-requisite: This course is only available to students who hold current nursing registration with the Australian Health Professional Registration Authority (AHPRA) and are located in Australia.
Rationale
Advanced Nurse Practice standards requires nurses to have an extended knowledge of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics that will correlate with appropriate diagnostic and assessment data for critical analysis of a client’s health status.
Synopsis
This course will equip students with the advanced decision making and diagnostic skills required when practicing in the generalist expanded practice role of initiating patient care (including use of medicines) in rural and remote primary care.
Students will explore the legal framework supporting your practice, accountability within your individual scope of practice, and the unique context of nursing and health care needs in rural and remote nursing practice. Advanced pharmacological concepts related to practice in rural and remote primary care, across the lifespan will be investigated. Through work based learning, students will build on their patient history collection and physical examination skills, clinical decision making and diagnostic skills, to effectively plan management of patient care (including initiation of medicines) within a collaborative practice framework. This course includes detailed knowledge of the specific drugs included in national protocols that registered nurses may need to obtain, supply and administer in advanced practice contexts. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics components focus on drugs to explain physiological actions of drugs relevant to scheduled medicine endorsement.
Objectives
On successful completion of this course students should be able to:
- Apply multiple approaches to clinical assessment and decision making appropriate to the practice context in a rural/isolated practice setting;
- Plan, implement and evaluate care of individuals through implementation of Health Management Protocols (HMP) and extended practice authorities;
- Initiate and engage in collaborative practice to achieve optimal, culturally relevant client outcomesAdminister and practice according to relevant drug therapy protocols, Chief Health Officer Standing Orders, and/or Health Services Permits;
- Apply pharmacokinetics and pharmacological knowledge and principles related to the administration of medicines using Safe Medication Practice;
- Identify and administer the appropriate medications using relevant guidlines and identify any interaction with alternative therapies;
- Communicate educational principles unpinning safe medication practice to educate consumers.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
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| 1. | Pharmacology - this module includes detailed knowledge of the specific drugs included in protocols and permits that registered nurses will need to obtain, supply and administer under an extended practice authority. | 25.00 |
| 2. | Pharmacokinetics - this module details the physiological actions of drugs relevant to the extended practice authority. | 25.00 |
| 3. | Safe medication Practice – this module facilitates the appropriate application of health management protocols, drug therapy protocols, using the principles of quality use of medicine within their practice. | 50.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
ALL textbooks and materials available to be purchased can be sourced from (unless otherwise stated). (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/textbooks/?year=2021&sem=01&subject1=ANP8009)
Please for alternative purchase options from USQ Bookshop. (https://omnia.usq.edu.au/info/contact/)
Reference materials
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Student workload expectations
| Activity | Hours |
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| Assessments | 60.00 |
| Directed Study | 42.00 |
| Online Tutorials | 13.00 |
| Private Study | 45.00 |
Assessment details
| Description | Marks out of | Wtg (%) | Due Date | Objectives Assessed | Notes |
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| Assignment | 50 | 45 | 05 Apr 2021 | 1,2,4,5 | |
| Online Quiz | 50 | 25 | 15 Apr 2021 | 1,2,4,5 | |
| Drug Case Study | 20 | 29 | 18 May 2021 | 1,3,5,6 | |
| Competency Assessment | 1 | 1 | 04 Jun 2021 | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
Important assessment information
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Attendance requirements:
There are no attendance requirements for this course. However, it is the students' responsibility to study all material provided to them or required to be accessed by them to maximise their chance of meeting the objectives of the course and to be informed of course-related activities and administration. Engagement in online discussion forums forms part of the directed study component of this course. -
Requirements for students to complete each assessment item satisfactorily:
To satisfactorily complete an individual assessment item a student must achieve at least 50% of the marks for that item, and must achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for the Competency Assessment item. -
Penalties for late submission of required work:
Students should refer to the Assessment Procedure (point 4.2.4) -
Requirements for student to be awarded a passing grade in the course:
To be assured of receiving a passing grade a student must achieve at least 50% of the total weighted marks available for the course and achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for Competency Assessment item. -
Method used to combine assessment results to attain final grade:
The final grades for students will be assigned on the basis of the aggregate of the weighted marks obtained for each of the summative assessment items in the course, and achieve a mark of 1 out of 1 for the Competency Assessment item. -
Examination information:
There is no examination in this course. -
Examination period when Deferred/Supplementary examinations will be held:
As there are no exams for this course, there will be no deferred or supplementary examinations. -
University Student Policies:
Students should read the USQ policies: Definitions, Assessment and Student Academic Misconduct to avoid actions which might contravene University policies and practices. These policies can be found at .
Assessment notes
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Students must familiarise themselves with the USQ Assessment Procedures (
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American Psychological Association (APA) is the referencing system required in this course. Students should use APA style in their assignments to format details of the information sources they have cited in their work. The APA style to be used is defined by the USQ Library's referencing guide. ¬°ù±ð´Ú±ð°ù±ð²Ô³¦¾±²Ô²µÂ¬²µ³Ü¾±»å±ð
Evaluation and benchmarking
In meeting the University’s aims to establish quality learning and teaching for all programs, this course monitors and ensures quality assurance and improvements in at least two ways. This course:
1. conforms to the USQ Policy on Evaluation of Teaching, Courses and Programs to ensure ongoing monitoring and systematic improvement.
2. is benchmarked against the internal USQ accreditation/reaccreditation processes which include (i) stringent standards in the independent accreditation of its academic programs, (ii) close integration between business and academic planning, and (iii) regular and rigorous review.
Student evaluations will be compiled to evaluate the student experience, relevance of the course content and the effectiveness of course delivery. It is expected that students will complete the Student Evaluation, MyOpinion, when they have completed the course.