UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY THIRD ANZ EDITION REVISED EXAMINATION REVIEW

UNDERSTANDING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
THIRD ANZ EDITION REVISED
EXAMINATION REVIEW BUNDLED SET
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GUARANTEED TO
PASS

⩥ Pathophysiology in Nursing Practice.
Answer: -Understand the mechanisms of major diseases including
associated changes in function, from the cellular, to the tissue, to the
organ, to the organism level
-Understand common patterns of disease susceptibility in their social
context
-Understand the rationale for and cellular targets of pharmacologic and
therapeutic intervention


⩥ Non-Genetic Contributors to
Illness, Injury, & Death (Morbidity and Mortality).
Answer: -Social determinants of health
-adverse childhood experiences
-Age
-Sex, including transgender, and sexual orientation
-Race, ethinicity

, -Behaviors
-Microorganisms
-Trauma
-Environmental hazards
-Mental illness


⩥ Physiology.
Answer: study of functions of the body


⩥ Pathology.
Answer: study of structural/functional changes; from greek word
meaning suffering


⩥ Morphology.
Answer: fundamental structure/function of cell/tissue


⩥ Histology.
Answer: Study of cells and extracellular matrix


⩥ Lesion.
Answer: Pathologic abnormality in tissue which can be seen and
sampled