BioScience Essentials 2BRN

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You want to be a registered nurse. We want to help you get there.

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"Your curiosity is your growth point. Always." DANIELLE LEPORTE
To do that, we've pulled together useful essentials to help you get ready to study human bioscience at university.

First off
Take a look at what you can expect as an enrolled nursing student at university and get a head start on the practical things you need to know and do.

Then
Explore your bioscience learning modules below. We recommend you look at each one. In each module, you can:
  1. Assess your confidence
  2. Take a warm up quiz
  3. Learn more
  4. Check what you have learned

What can you expect as an enrolled nursing student at university?

Never imagined yourself going to university when you started nursing?

Never thought of yourself as a scientist?

​Well all that is about to change :)

​We want you to be prepared, confident and, most of all, inspired in your first year.

​To help you do that, we've pulled together some useful information for you about the practical things you should know and do to get ready and get going in your first year. 
get A HEAD START

Your bioscience learning modules

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Homeostasis

Maintaining a stable internal environment.
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Cells

The basic unit of every living organism.
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Tissues

How cells are organised.
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Reproductive system

The organs which produce egg cells, and protect and nourish offspring until birth.
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Chemistry

The study of matter: what you, your patients and the whole world is made up of.
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Renal system

How the  body produces, stores and eliminates fluid waste.
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Fluids, electrolytes, acids & bases

​Maintaining the volume and composition of the body fluids within strict homeostatic ranges.
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Nervous system

The network of nerve cells and fibres which transmits nerve impulses between parts of the body.
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Endocrine system

The collection of glands that produce hormones.
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Muscoskeletal system

Support, movement, ​calcium metabolism and thermoregulation.
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Cardiovascular system

How important molecules and nutrients are delivered to cells within the human body.
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Respiratory system

The series of organs responsible for taking in oxygen and expelling carbon dioxide.
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Lymphatic system & immunity

The interconnected networks that carry cells and fluid back to the blood system and prevent invasion of foreign substances.
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Gastrointestinal system

The group of organs which work together to convert food into energy and basic nutrients to feed the entire body.
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Microbiology

The study of the study of microscopic organisms (microbes) such as bacteria, viruses and fungi that are too small to be seen with the naked eye.
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Pathophysiology introduction

The study of abnormal or disordered processes that lead to disease.
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Pharmacology 
introduction

The study of drugs, their uses, effects and modes of action.
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