KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • Early detection and the prevention of collapse • Resuscitation guidelines • The collapsed adult • The heart and ventricular fibrillation • The chain of survival…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • Behavioural, cultural and environmental factors that affect health • Mechanism of feedback loops in maintaining homeostasis • Biological basis of thermoregulation, blood pressure maintenance, pulse…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • The musculoskeletal system • Physical effects of immobility • Spinal anatomy • Risk factors associated with back pain and injury • Risks related to moving…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • Concepts of stress • Physiological changes in stress • The stressful personality • Psycho/social changes in stress • Life events and stress • Post-traumatic stress…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • Energy producing and non-energy producing food, what it is and why it is needed in the body • The chemical structure of the different food…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • Defining sexuality • Sexuality: the historical context • Masculinity and femininity • Sexual development • The sexual response • Sexual behaviour CARE DELIVERY KNOWLEDGE •…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • The physiology of pain • The evolution of pain theories • Physiological signs of pain • Psychosocial elements of pain • Behavioural responses to acute…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • Structure and functions of the skin, the mouth, the eyes, hair and nails as they relate to hygiene care • History of hygiene care practices…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • A nursing definition of ‘medicine’ • The action of medicine upon the body • Potential non-therapeutic action by medicines • Calculation of medicine dosages •…

KEY ISSUES SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE • The social and political context of rehabilitation • Social roles • Sick role • Labelling and stigma • Altered body image • Loss and grieving…