Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan

Catalog description

NUR 650 is designed to provide students with an understanding of the relationship between normal physiologic functioning and pathophysiologic phenomena and clinical manifestations of human responses to actual or potential health alterations across the lifespan, from neonate through the older adult. This base serves as one of the primary components for clinical assessment, decision-making, and care management. The following elements are integrated into the course: health states, critical thinking, professional communication, evidence-based practice, scientific integrity and ethical decision-making, genetics/genomics, and age and development.