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Choose Your Own Pathophysiology Adventure, Part 1 of 3

Discussion

Purpose

The purpose of the graded collaborative discussions is to engage faculty and students in an interactive dialogue to assist the student in appraising data to improve population health outcomes. Meaningful dialogue among faculty and students fosters the development of a learning community as ideas, perspectives, and knowledge are shared. This discussion will support the professional formation of the nurse practitioner role.  

Course Outcomes

This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:   

• CO 1: Analyze pathophysiologic mechanisms associated with selected disease states across the lifespan.
• CO 2: Examine the way in which homeostatic, adaptive, and compensatory physiological mechanisms can be supported and/or altered through specific therapeutic interventions across the lifespan.
• CO 3: Distinguish risk factors associated with selected disease states across the lifespan.
• CO 4: Integrate advanced pathophysiological concepts in the diagnosis and treatment of health problems in selected populations.
• CO 5: Relate research findings to the management of patients with complex pathophysiologic dysfunction.

Preparing the Discussion

Follow these guidelines when completing each component of the discussion. Contact your course faculty if you have questions. 

General Instructions 

This discussion represents the first step in a three-step discussion series where you will choose your own pathophysiology adventure to analyze and present to the class. In this step of the discussion series, you will select a disease process for analysis and conduct initial research into the condition. 

Include the following sections:

1. Application of Course Knowledge: Answer all questions/criteria with explanations and detail.  

1. Select a condition covered in this course that interests you or is relevant to your nursing practice. Identify the condition you’ve selected.
2. Briefly explain your rationale for selecting this particular condition. What influenced your selection?
3. Investigate the prevalence and incidence of the chosen condition in the United States (U.S.). What are the incidence, prevalence, and affected populations?
4. Find and summarize a scholarly article that discusses your selected condition. What does the article say about your condition and its pathophysiology and manifestations? How is the article relevant to your understanding of the condition?

2. Integration of Evidence: Integrate relevant scholarly sources as defined by program expectations:  

1. Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.
2. Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.
3. Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.
4. Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.
5. Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.
6. Communicate using respectful, collegial language and terminology appropriate to advanced nursing practice.

4. Professionalism in Communication: Communicate with minimal errors in English grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation.  

5. Reference Citation: Use current APA format to format citations and references free of errors.