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Physics for Nursing
1. Measurement and Scientific Method.
Measurement, Accuracy and Significant Digits, Scientific Notation, Units conversion.
2. Description and Causes of Motion.
Velocity and Acceleration, Gravity, Constant Acceleration, Graphical Description, Newton's
Laws, Forces as Vectors, Mass, Weight, and Density, Phenomenon of Weightlessness,
Equilibrium and Torques, Clinical Applications of Gravity (the Centrifuge), Circular
Motion, Clinical Applications of Circular Motion.
3. Work, Energy, and Machines.
Work, Energy, Conservation of Energy, Power, Principles of Machines, Simple Clinical
Machines.
4. Properties of Liquids and Gases.
The Liquid State, Definition of Pressure, Pressures in Static Liquids, Transmission of
Pressure: The Pascal Theorem, Buoyant Force and Archimedes Principle, Clinical
Applications of Pascal Theorem, Pressure in Flowing Fluids, nature of an Ideal Gas, The
Ideal gas Law, Constant Temperature Processes, Boyle's Law, Constant Pressure Processes:
Charles Law, Constant Volume Processes, Manometers and (Sphygmomanometers),
Application of Atmospheric Pressure.
5. Pressure and The Circulatory System.
Types of Pumps, The Human Heart as a Force Pump, The Circulatory System, Energy
Supplied by the Heart, Variations of Blood Pressure, Measurement of Blood Pressure (The
Sphygmomanometer).
6. Medical Applications of Pressures in Fluids.
The Bernoulli Effect, The Venturi Tube, Entrainment of Fluids, Flow through an Orifice,
Pressure Reducing Valves.
7.
Molecular Phenomena Related to Biological Processes.
Kinetic Energy of molecules, Diffusion, Osmosis, Dialysis, Transport across Living
Membranes, Laws of Gas Transport, Transport of Respiratory Gases, Cohesion and
Adhesion, Surface Tension and Respiration, Capillary Action, Adsorption and Absorption.
8.
Internal Energy, Heat, and Temperature, Heat Effects.
Internal Energy, Distinction between Internal Energy and Temperature, Temperature Scales,
Heat and The First Law of Thermodynamics, Thermal Expansion, Temperature
Measurement, Measurement of Internal Energy and Specific Heat, Heat of Combustion:
The Dietary Calorie, Mechanical Equivalent of Heat.
9.
Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism, Practical circuits and
Electric Safety in Hospitals.
Electrical Nature of Matter, Electrical Charges and their flow, Electric Fields and Voltages,
Cathode-ray Tubes, The CRO, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, Electricity/Magnetism
Interaction.
10. Electrical and Electronic Instruments.
Sensors in Physiological Measurements, Amplifiers, Display Devices, The Defibrillator,
Electrcautery and Electrosurgery Machines.
11. Bioelectricity.
The Living Cell, The ECG, The EEG, Other Bioelectric Measurements, The Cardiac
Pacemaker.
12. Elasticity and Wave Motion.
Periodic Motion and Resonance, Travelling Waves, Interference and Standing Waves, Wave
Properties of Sound and Light, Energy in Waves, The Doppler Effect, Ultrasound.
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13. The Physics of Hearing.
Mechanism of the Ear, Range and sensitivity of the Human Hearing, The Decibel Scale,
Distinction between Loudness and Intensity, Hearing Tests and Aids.
14. The Physics of Vision.
Refraction and Lenses, Image Formation by the Human Eye, Common Vision Defects,
Simple Optical Instruments, Color Vision.
15. Light and Modern Physics.
The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Quantum Theory of Light, Matter Waves, Electron
Microscopes, Quantum Theory of The Atom, Interaction of EM waves with Matter, Clinical
Applications of Electromagnetic Waves (physiotherapy), Medical Imaging, CT, MRI,
Lasers and their Applications.
16. Nuclear Radiation.
The Rutherford Model for an Atom, nature of the Nucleus, The Three Types of
Radioactivity, The Exponential Radioactive Decay (Disintegration) and The H.L.T, The
H.V.L. Medical Radioisotopes, The Periodic Table of Elements, Detection of Radiation,
Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Biologic Material, Measurement of Radiation Exposure,
Radiotherapy, Diagnostic Use of Radioisotopes (N.M.), Nuclear Energy – Fall-out.
Reference: 'Physics for The Health Sciences', 3rd Ed, 1985 – W.B. Saunders,
By: Nave and Nave.
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