| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Pathophysiology and Health Assessment for Advanced Cardiac
Practice |
| Unit ID: | HEACN6003 |
| Credit Points: | 30.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 060399 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
The purpose of this unit is to prepare the post-registration nurse for advanced nursing practice with an in-depth understanding of human pathophysiology of the major body systems, their alterations and health assessment. Building upon an existing knowledge of physiology this unit will provide clinicians with an opportunity to develop advanced level knowledge of pathophysiology and health assessment for application in the clinical setting. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | |  | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Critically examine and explain the pathological effects of selected disease processes at the cellular and systemic levels and their relationship to associated clinical manifestations |
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| K2. | Identify appropriate and inappropriate responses to therapy with regard to associated alterations in physiology |
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| K3. | Analyse and describe the characteristics of physiological alterations or disease within each physiological system and identify the aetiological factors and associated clinical manifestations |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Apply the clinical reasoning cycle to the use of pathophysiological principles as the basis for synthesising clinical data for undertaking a comprehensive and advanced level physical assessment |
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| S2. | Critically evaluate the effect of physiological compensatory mechanisms in response to major physiological alterations and the way in which they present in an advanced physical assessment |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Appraise and articulate the connections between evidence, clinical practice and outcomes for priority health areas for each of the physiological systems and their associated clinical manifestations |
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| A2. | Apply advanced clinical reasoning to the alterations in physiological systems and their associated clinical manifestations to inform clinical judgements |
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| A3. | Appraise and justify appropriate and inappropriate physiological responses to therapy |
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| Unit Content: |
•Altered cellular environments and concepts of health and disease across the lifespan
•Major systems approach to understanding advanced pathophysiology from a lifespan perspective
•Common clinical presentation through advanced assessment of alterations in pathophysiology
•Appropriate diagnostic studies for the identification of alterations in pathophysiology |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | Learning outcomes
(KSA) | Assessment task
(AT#) | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | Not applicable | Not applicable | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Not applicable | Not applicable |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1, A2, A3 | Application of advanced pathophysiological and health assessment principles | Case Scenario | 40-60% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1, A2, A3 | Assessment of principles of advanced pathophysiological and health assessment knowledge for practice | Written Test (1) | 10-30% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1, A2, A3 | Assessment of principles of advanced pathophysiological and health assessment knowledge for practice | Written Test (2) | 10-30% |
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