Pathophysiologic Concepts For Advanced Practice Nursing I

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Students examine the principles of physiologic and pathophysiologic function at all levels of organization from cells to organs, systems and the human organism. They apply these physiologic and pathophysiologic concepts to understand how illness and disease alter cell and organ/system function that lead to clinical manifestations. The course uses homeostasis as a model to account for regulatory and compensatory functions in health and illness across the lifespan. Students develop the necessary theoretical and empirical foundation of subsequent understanding of the diagnosis and management of integrated human responses to disease and aging. This course is one of a two-semester series; this term concepts covered include dynamic regulation, cell structure and function, genetics and genomics, altered cell proliferation, host defense/immunopathology, nervous regulation/dysfunction, movement and integrative function and dysfunction. Typically offered Fall. Course Learning Outcomes 1. Recognize physiologic mechanisms that are common to many tissues as well as mechanisms that are organ specific. 2. Apply the model of homeostasis to the understanding of the theoretical/empirical basis of physiologic regulation and pathophysiologic phenomena across the lifespan. 3. Link clinical manifestations of disease with the pathophysiologic mechanisms. 4. Interpret physiologic function and pathophysiologic dysfunction in the context of preparing to make competent clinical decisions in an advanced practice role. 5. Apply physiological and pathophysiologic integrative principles to explain select human phenomena including aging and responses to disease. View Class Schedule