Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice
This course builds upon knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and the biological sciences to examine pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying human disease. Students integrate cellular, molecular, and systems-level processes to understand physiological dysfunction, adaptive and maladaptive responses, and disease progression. Students analyze how genomic, environmental, and social determinants influence health outcomes and apply this understanding to support clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, and professional nursing judgment across diverse populations.
Outcomes: Evaluate the adaptive and maladaptive responses of body systems to internal and external stressors using systems thinking; Analyze alterations in normal physiological processes to explain the mechanisms underlying disease states; Integrate cellular, molecular, and systems-level concepts to interpret how alterations in structure and function contribute to disease development and clinical manifestations; Examine the influence of genomic, environmental, and social determinants of health on the development and progression of disease; Synthesize pathophysiologic knowledge as a foundation for advanced clinical reasoning, judgment, and professional nursing practice.
Outcomes: Evaluate the adaptive and maladaptive responses of body systems to internal and external stressors using systems thinking; Analyze alterations in normal physiological processes to explain the mechanisms underlying disease states; Integrate cellular, molecular, and systems-level concepts to interpret how alterations in structure and function contribute to disease development and clinical manifestations; Examine the influence of genomic, environmental, and social determinants of health on the development and progression of disease; Synthesize pathophysiologic knowledge as a foundation for advanced clinical reasoning, judgment, and professional nursing practice.