NURS 114 - Pathophysiology

3.0 Credits
Introduction to the human body’s physiologic responses to complex health disturbances in body systems and at a cellular level. Emphasis on application of scientific knowledge to the nursing process. Permit code required.
Prerequisite Admission to the program.
Corequisite NURS 115 and NURS 118.

Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Define the basic concepts of pathophysiology.
Differentiate between normal physiology and pathophysiologic processes.
Identify and discuss risk factors, behaviors, and cultural predispositions that contribute to alterations in health.
Describe the nurse’s role in disease prevention and health maintenance.
Using correct medical terminology, identify and discuss risk factors, etiology, and elements of pathophysiology of: regulation and control, oxygenation and circulation, elimination and nutrition, protection and defenses.
Differentiate between stable and unstable pathophysiologic states.
Discuss the nurse’s role in communicating and documenting changes in client condition in common disease states.