NSG 120 - Nursing Pathophysiology

This course focuses on the basic understanding of pathophysiology related to human illness with an emphasis placed on cellular alterations in organ systems as they relate to selected disease states. Opportunities will be presented that provide for the use of critical thinking processes to analyze diverse patient presentations of selected illness for symptomatology, pathophysiology, and health care implications. Semester Credit Hours: 3.00 Contact Hours: 45/0/0/45 Prerequisite: SC 166 Microbiology, SC 254 Anatomy and Physiology II for Nurses. Corequisite: None.