Pathophysiology

3 credits · Graduate

This course provides an intensive, comprehensive, evidence-based background for assessment and advanced nursing management of common acute/episodic and chronic illnesses encountered across the life-span in primary health care settings. Normal anatomy and physiology are reviewed and the pathophysiology of selected conditions, diseases, or disorders is examined in-depth. Particular attention is given to epidemiological evidence relevant to northern British Columbia. Corequisite(s): NURS 605-3 Major Restriction: Master of Science in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) students, or permission of the Chair