Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Disease

This course builds on learners’ pre-existing knowledge of the nursing process, holistic nursing care within the inter-professional health-care team, and biological and social sciences theory. Learners use critical thinking and problem solving to achieve a theoretical understanding of nursing and collaborative care strategies that address clients’ needs when faced with an acute physical or chronic complex disease. This course relies heavily on concepts and principles of quality care that translate to a variety of practice circumstances - acute health challenges that have been documented to have the greatest prevalence in Ontario as well as risk for societal health and wellness.  Glaucoma, head injuries, airway obstruction, infectious and Inflammatory processes, mechanical gastrointestinal disorders, and renal failure have been selected as the focal points to study the pathophysiological mechanism of disease entity.

 

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