NURS 6501: Advanced Pathophysiology (NURS6501)

NURS 6501 (Advanced Pathophysiology) Week 1 Discussion: Factors that Influence Disease Description: Post a brief description of a patient scenario involving the disorder and the factor you selected. Explain how the factor might impact your selected disorder, as well as potential associated alterations and symptoms. Finally, explain the pathophysiology of the associated alterations, including changes in cellular function.

NURS 6501 (Advanced Pathophysiology) Week 1 Quiz Description: This week’s Quiz covers the content you have explored this week. The Quiz may include the following topics: - Normal cellular function and structure across the lifespan - Genetics - Principles of developmental physiology - Synaptic transmission

Post a description of how you would diagnose and prescribe treatment for the patient in the scenario. Then explain how the factor you selected might impact the diagnosis and prescription of treatment for that patient.

This week’s Quiz covers the content you have explored this week. The Quiz may include the following topics: - Adrenal disorders - Delayed and precocious puberty - Diabetes - Gonad - Hypothyroid and hyperthyroid states - Parathyroid - Pineal gland - Pituitary - Thyroid - Thyroid-stimulating immune globulins (TSI) and anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies

This week’s Quiz covers the content you have explored this week. The Quiz may include the following topics: - Artery and vein diseases - Chronic venous insufficiency - Coronary artery disease - Dyslipidemia and lipid abnormalities - Dysrhythmia - Hypertension - Obstructive defects - Peripheral arterial disease - Pulmonary blood flow defects - Venous thromboembolism

This week’s Quiz covers the content you have explored this week. The Quiz may include the following topics: - Acid stimulus and production - Cancers of the gastrointestinal tract—colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer - Cholelithiasis - Cirrhosis - Gallbladder disorders - Gastritis - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) - Hernia - Inflammatory bowel disease - Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) - Pancreatitis - Pathophysiology of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, loss of app...

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following: - Compare the pathophysiology of chronic venous insufficiency and deep venous thrombosis. Describe how deep venous thrombosis is different from arterial thrombosis. - Explain how the patient factor you selected might impact the pathophysiology of CVI and DVT. Describe how you would diagnose and prescribe treatment of these disorders for a patient based on the factor you selected. - Construct two mind maps—one for chronic venous insuff...

Submit the Pathophysiology of Disorders Assignment. This Assignment was presented in Week 8 and is due.

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following: • Explain the pathophysiology of the disorders depicted in the scenarios, including their associated alterations. Be sure to describe the patients’ adaptive responses to the alterations. • Construct a mind map of your selected disorder. Include the epidemiology, pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, and diagnosis of the disorder, as well as any adaptive responses to alterations.

This week’s Quiz covers the content you have explored this week. The Quiz may include the following topics: - Acquired cardiovascular diseases (cardiomyopathies) - Congenital heart disease - The four categories of shock and the pathophysiological mechanisms of each category—hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive shock, distributive - Endocarditis - Heart murmurs across the lifespan - Kawasaki disease - Pericarditis