Nursing Human Diseases and Drug Pharmacology

Nursing Human Diseases and Drug Pharmacology

Relevant Background Information:

This assessment will examine the pathologies, diagnostic testing, patient presentations, and treatments for conditions related to the musculoskeletal, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems. It will also assess disorders and conditions as a result of trauma. The knowledge and skills learned will allow the student to understand common presentations of various disease processes, common medication use associated with various system related conditions, as well as the related lab/diagnostic tests for each condition. The knowledge and skills learned would allow the student to interpret and apply basic medical information such as lab work, prescription orders, patient signs and symptoms to a specific pathology/disease that they would see within a patient’s medical chart.

Assessment Purpose:

To prepare the student to identify signs, symptoms, and lab/diagnostic results associated with various systems related pathologies/diseases.