Nursing
NRSG 5126: Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice
Lecture - 3 credits
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- Covers content that provides current understanding of major disease processes across the life span.
- Builds on the knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, and immunology.
- Focuses on physiologic dysfunction; physiologic adaptation in maintaining the internal environment; and feedback mechanisms at the cellular, organ, and systems level.
- Seeks to provide students with a way of thinking about disease for each body system.
- Provides a comprehensive study of underlying concepts common to major pathophysiologic processes of the body, including specific diseases affecting the cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, hematological, immunological, nervous, pulmonary, and renal systems.
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