Pharmacology Introduction Course In today's medical environment, the nurse is a pivotal member of the healthcare team with increasing responsibility, this

Includes:: exercising judgement in the management of the patient's drug therapy. To do this effectively requires an understanding of drug action & the ability to detect & evaluate both beneficial & adverse responses to drugs. The greater your knowledge of how drugs act, & how they are used in clinical practice, the more you will be able to anticipate drug responses in your patients. This will make you more effective in counselling your patients on their drug therapy, & in optimising their drug administration for maximum benefit. In this course you will explore the importance of pharmacology to nursing practice. The basic language of pharmacology is introduced & the terms "pharmacodynamics" & "pharmacokinetics" will be explored.

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Pharmacology & Pain Control Course Virtually anyone involved in any aspect of the medical field has had to deal with issues of pain. Pain is a universal problem, one that the medical sciences have finally begun to pay greater attention to. This course focuses primarily on the pharmacological aspects of pain & pain control. In order to assist those suffering from pain, it is necessary to understand its causes, therefore this course examines in great detail the brain & nervous system. It also endeavours to examine the human experience of pain as well as the body's natural analgesic systems.   Finally, this course aims to explore the pharmacology of pain relief & control & the practice of pain management. ...

Pharmacology for Health Workers Course Today, the practitoner is a pivotal member of the healthcare team with increasing responsibility & is expected to exercise judgement in the management of the patient’s drug therapy. To do this effectively requires an understanding of drug action & the ability to detect & evaluate both beneficial & adverse responses to drugs. The Learning Outcomes for this course are: Session One is an introductory session that deals with pharmacology & healthcare practice. We introduce the language of pharmacology by looking at the meaning of some of the terms in pharmacology, how drugs are supplied to the public & the law as it relates to nurses, healthcare practitioners & prescribing. The idea of a drug being formulated into a medicine & some of the reasons why this is necessary are explained. The session emphasises the importance of the absorption, distribution, metabolism & elimination of drugs from the body in determining the response to drugs, & takes a look at some of the factors that influence the way in which the patient responds to medicine. Session Two deals with the principles of the administration of drugs. We look at the different routes used & the advantages & disadvantages for each. The session also introduces the importance of nonpharmacological factors in the response to a medicine. Finally, the idea of drug interactions is introduced. In Session Three we deal with the factors that influence how the drug moves round the body, from its site of administration until it is finally eliminated. Session Four introduces the concept of chemical messengers & cell receptors for these messengers. You will learn how important our knowledge of receptors is in the development of new drugs & the targeting of drugs for specific diseases. ...

Photo Journalism Course Today's media frenzied world is controlled by the use of pictures even more so than the written word. Nowadays we can see & watch events as they unfold, almost instantly. The use of the internet has increased the speed at which we can view images of events.  In this course you will be learning how to structure captions, short stories & articles & you will find that the ability to do this successfully is vital. Ask any Picture Editor in the country & you will be told the same: a picture can be worth a thousand words, but without a caption it's often useless. Throughout the course you will be encouraged to 'think pictures' & will need to cultivate a news sense & 'think journalistically'. You will discover as the course unfolds that this thread must continue through all your work. It must emerge in your pictures, your captions, & the linking ingredient that comprises a further discipline of interviewing. ...

Physiology Course Physiological science takes a wide view of the body. It deals with the way in which collections of cells are organised to form organs such as the heart & liver, & the way in which these organs work together in the body. Even more importantly, physiology emphasises the interaction between these systems, & the way that their activities are adjusted to keep the body functioning as well as possible. A basic understanding of physiology is necessary for anyone working in a medical field, as it allows the student to understand how to help people to make the most of their bodies' natural physiology enables us to understand what happens when imbalance occurs & how health care aims to restore balance. ...

Planning & Decision Making Course We all know that some people & organisations always succeed while others never seem to do quite so well. Many people put success down to 'luck', especially those unsuccessful individuals who persist in reflecting on their 'bad luck' rather than on their not too effective or non-existent plans. Whether we are talking about a swimming gala, an international company, a newsagent's shop, a charity or a country, it could be argued that good planning is the single factor which makes one organisation, individual or project more successful than the next. Planning is the most basic
- & some would say the most important
- of all management functions. If an organisation is to be effective, everyone involved must know where they are going & how they are expected to arrive there. Planning bridges the gap from where the organisation is now to where it wants to be. It makes it possible for organisational development & change to occur & for businesses to achieve their desired goals. The development of an organisation & the quality of the work it produces also depend on effective decision making.

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Planning & Managing a Support System Course Planning & managing a support system provides you with an overview of the support needed to run an open learning system effectively. It considers where support is needed & by whom & how to plan & evaluate its effectiveness. ...

Planning Information Systems Course IT has powerful effects in a globally-networked world. IT-based information systems have enormous potential to enhance important business features such as productivity, profitability, quality, customer service, creativity, & decision making. We now need to consider what we have to do if we want to successfully implement IT-based information systems. We see how they must be planned for, justified, constructed, operated, maintained & protected if they are to enable & support the business. We also explore the concerns that managers face as they deal with information systems. This course concentrates on what must be done before we begin the development of any information system; to plan. After completing this course, you should be able to: understand the relationship between business planning & information systems planning identify the major issues raised by the need for information systems planning identify the key role of information systems requirements in the information systems planning process relate business systems requirements to the choice of information technology architectures assess the economics of systems development. ...

Planning Marketing Communications Course In this course, we look at the development of integrated marketing communications plans. After completing this course, you should be able to: understand the importance, meaning, & complexities of planning integrated marketing communications identify the key elements of planning integrated marketing communications understand & explain the key inputs to this planning process assess how marketing communications strategies can be developed for different target audiences develop integrated marketing communications plans. ...