NURS 371 Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology introduces the pre-clinical nursing student to human disease states and their clinical management. It is designed to assist students in applying knowledge from human anatomy and physiology to the study of adaptive and maladaptive responses to alterations in health. Requires four clock hours of class per week, plus one hour of peer-led discussion. Offered first semester. Open to students in other schools with permission of instructor.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Cumulative 2.75 or better GPA in BIOL 223, BIOL 232, BIOL 233, CHEM 109 and CHEM 119; prior enrollment in NURS 151; and concurrent enrollment in NURS 254A, NURS 256, and NURS 257