Lucie Dlugasch - Applied Pathophysiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dlugasch, Lucie, author | Story, Lachel, author. | Based on (Work):

Story, Lachel. Pathophysiology.

Title: Applied pathophysiology for the advanced practice nurse / Lucie

Dlugasch & Lachel Story.

Description: Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2020] |

Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019014108 | ISBN 9781284150452

Subjects: | MESH: Pathology | Physiology | Advanced Practice Nursing | Nurses Instruction

Classification: LCC RB113 | NLM QZ 140 | DDC 616.07--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019014108

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Pathophysiology is a critical foundational course for all nurses. Advanced pathophysiology is a core course that must be included in all graduate nursing curriculums preparing nurses in direct care roles. These roles are varied and include nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse educators. This text includes content across the life span and content to meet the needs of advanced practice population areas including pediatrics, psychiatric mental health, and gerontology and incorporates information from an acute and primary care focus.

Many pathophysiology books are geared toward undergraduate nursing students and often lack the requisite content and focus to prepare advanced practice nurses. Educators teaching this course often have to create supplementary materials to ensure their students are better prepared for their advanced practice roles. Some of these books are also unwieldly and contain too much information, and educators must often edit texts content to make it manageable and understandable. Without a dedicated pathophysiology text available for advanced practice nursing, students are often overwhelmed, and educators are frustrated when teaching this course. This text was developed with these issues in mind and takes a comprehensive yet concise approach to presenting the content.

The text was also developed with the awareness that graduate students have a foundation in pathophysiology yet have different experiences. Students enter advanced pathophysiology with varying numbers of years since they took basic sciences and nursing courses. Therefore, this text serves as a bridge between their basic education and clinical experience and the advanced knowledge necessary for their new advanced roles. Concepts in pathophysiology can be difficult to understand and remember. In this text, concept descriptions are repeated several times within a chapter and between different chapters. As an example, there is an extensive discussion pertaining to osmosis in the cellular function chapter. The concept of osmosis is then briefly described again when discussing the process in the vascular and renal systems. This repetition serves as a prompt for students to remember and see concepts in different contexts, disorders, and practice situations.