NURSING C155 (NURSINGC155)

C155 Running Head:Comprehensive Health Assessment for Patients and Populations / C155 Running Head:Comprehensive Health Assessment for Patients and Populations

Western Governors University. C 155 - Patho-Pharmacological Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice. Essay. A. Investigate one of the following disease processes: traumatic brain injury, depression, obesity, asthma, or heart failure. A1. Analyze the pathophysiology of the disease process you selected in part A. Obesity. Obesity is a complex disease that involves the endocrine and metabolic systems of the body. Obesity is an increase in body adipose tissue and an endocrine and metabolic disorde...

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmalogical Foundations -Traumatic Brain Injury. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as a strike to the head or a penetrating head injury that interrupts normal function of the brain.

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmacological Foundations - Adult Asthma Health Crisis. Adult Asthma Health Crisis Investigated Disease Process Asthma is not only of national importance, but is globally recognized.

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmacological Foundations - Asthma. Investigated Disease Process While Asthma related deaths are down since 1980, the prevalence of the disease has increased since that time (H, 2020).

NURSING C155 - Final_depression (STUDY GUIDE) / NURSING C155 - Final_depression (STUDY GUIDE)

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmacological Foundations Obesity/NURSING C155 - Pathopharmacological Foundations Obesity. Investigated Disease Process According to the CDC, obesity affected approximately 93.3 million adults in the U.S. between 2015-2016 (CDC, 2019). Obesity is a multifaceted disease process that is defined by a body mass index of 30 or higher. The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) states on its website that, “obesity is considered a multifactorial disease wit...

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmalogical Foundations -Traumatic Brain Injury/NURSING C155 - Pathopharmalogical Foundations -Traumatic Brain Injury. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as a strike to the head or a penetrating head injury that interrupts normal function of the brain resulting in an altered mental state. Approximately 1.7 million people are affected every year in the United States; and 5.3 million people live with a disability caused by a TBI. There are approximately 235,000 hospita...

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmacological Foundations - Adult Asthma Health Crisis/NURSING C155 - Pathopharmacological Foundations - Adult Asthma Health Crisis. Adult Asthma Health Crisis Investigated Disease Process Asthma is not only of national importance, but is globally recognized as an increasing health crisis. A significant economic burden is imposed on countries when the disease process remains unmanaged. Patients also face the threat of hindrances to one’s quality of life, as well as...

NURSING C155 - Pathopharmalogical Foundations -Traumatic Brain Injury/NURSING C155 - Pathopharmalogical Foundations -Traumatic Brain Injury. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as a strike to the head or a penetrating head injury that interrupts normal function of the brain resulting in an altered mental state. Approximately 1.7 million people are affected every year in the United States; and 5.3 million people live with a disability caused by a TBI. There are approximately 235,000 hospit...