This course will enable students to gain knowledge of the nature and causes of common physical disorders and the effects of physical illness on the

individual suffering from mental disorder. It will also equip students to be able to participate in the nursing care of individuals suffering from physical disorder,

using evidence-based nursing care in the treatment and management of the problem. Content will include the identification of factors which are likely to

contribute to the development of physical illness. Normal physiology, factors contributing to specific disease processes, the use of the nursing process in

planning care for the individual will be discussed.