Pathophysiological Processes Project
Course Outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes.
- Explain the pathophysiologic processes of select health conditions.
- Predict clinical manifestations and complications of select disease processes.
- Correlate lifestyle, environmental, and other influence with changes in levels of wellness.
Requirements:
NOTE: Students should NOT provide any medical/nursing advice or education to
interviewees. This assignment is for educational purposes only. Refer interviewee questions
to their physician.
- Each student is to choose a chronic medical disorder that they would like to learn more about from a list provided.
- It is the responsibility of the student to research the topic using current literature, become familiar with the pathophysiology, causes, risk factors, common clinical manifestations and common complications for the disorder.
- Once the student has become familiar with the disorder, it is their responsibility to locate an individual to interview . You may find the individual with approved
disorder first but should not perform the interview until you have completed research on the topic.
