2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 08, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

NUR 311 - Pathophysiology


This course introduces the student to altered processes of human physiology.  An emphasis is placed on exploring changes of biological process of the body and the effects on homeostasis. Alterations of health problems are studied along with the associated clinical manifestations and treatments. Manifestations of disease, risk factors for disease and the principles of pathology underlying illness and injury to therapeutic nursing interventions and outcomes will be discussed. The role of genetics will be explored and considered within the context of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.   
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: BIO 118 , HS 137 
Equivalent(s): NURS 311/NUR 3110  
Offered in the Fall Semester
​Not Liberal Arts