Understanding Homeostasis and Pathophysiology in Healthcare
School
Sprott Shaw College**We aren't endorsed by this school
Course
HEALTH 1
Subject
Nursing
Date
Dec 11, 2024
Pages
2
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LEARNING ACTIVITY - HOMEOSTASIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGYPN 1003 – VARIATIONS IN HEALTH 1TO TEACH TO GUIDE TO LEARNPurpose: The purpose of this activity is to understand key concepts surrounding homeostasis and pathophysiology.Learning Outcomes: Describe pathophysiology as it relates to common presentations of disease and illness.Identify appropriate evidence-informed research and practice resources.This assignment encourages growth within the following areas:BCCNM LPN Entry-Level Competencies. Foundations of Practice. ELC 40: Engages in evidence-informed practice by considering a variety of relevant sources of information.BCCNM LPN Professional Standards: Standard 2: Competency-Based Practice. Indicator 1:Bases nursing practice on current evidence from nursing science, other sciences, and thehumanities.Process:Utilizing academic resources define the following terms.Be prepared to share your answers with the large groupTerm:1.Health. Is state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence ofdisease or infirmity.2.Pathophysiology is the cellular and organ changes that occur with disease, but also with the effect that these changes have on total body function3.Etiology cause of disease4.Pathogenesis. Development of diseases or sequence of event involved in tissue changes related to the specific disease process5.Morphology size, fundamental structure or form of cells or tissues.6.Clinical manifestations are valuable observable symptoms used in diagnosing disease.7.Prognosis probability or likelihood for recovery based on average outcomes.8.Reliability extent to which observation if repeated gives same result.9.Validity an extent to which a measurement tool measures what it is expected to measure10.Sensitivity number of people with true positive result of a disease.11.Specificity number of people with true negative result of a disease.SPROTT SHAW COLLEGEPage 1of 20623/G2/PN1003/SESSION1
LEARNING ACTIVITY - HOMEOSTASIS AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGYPN 1003 – VARIATIONS IN HEALTH 1TO TEACH TO GUIDE TO LEARN12.Predictive value refers to the likelihood for determining an outbreak or nonoutbreak of an infectious disease based on early warning result.13.Epidemiology science of tracking pattern or occurrence of diseases14.Incidence number of new cases in a specific population within a certain time period15.Prevalence number of new and old cases in a specific population within a certain time period16.Primary level of prevention preventing disease occurrence17.Secondary level of prevention early detection of disease18.Tertiary level of prevention is prevention of further complication of disease once diagnosedReferences: British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (2021). Licensed Practical Nurses Entry Level Competencies. Retrieved from https://www.bccnm.ca/Documents/competencies_requisite_skills/LPN_Entry_Level_Competencies.pdf British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (2020). Professional Standards for Licensed Practical Nurses. Retrieved from https://www.bccnm.ca/LPN/ProfessionalStandards/Pages/Default.aspx SPROTT SHAW COLLEGEPage 2of 20623/G2/PN1003/SESSION1