Exploring Disease Process Foundations

Exploring Disease Process Foundations

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.

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Include the following sections:

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

Select a condition covered in this course that interests you or is relevant to your nursing practice. Identify the condition you’ve selected.

Exploring Disease Process Foundations

Briefly explain your rationale for selecting this particular condition. What influenced your selection?

Investigate the prevalence and incidence of the chosen condition in the United States (U.S.). What are the incidence, prevalence, and affected populations?

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:

Cite a scholarly source in the initial post.

Cite a scholarly source in one faculty response post.

Cite a scholarly source in one peer post.

Exploring Disease Process Foundations

Accurately analyze, synthesize, and/or apply principles from evidence with no more than one short quote (15 words or less) for the week.

Include a minimum of two different scholarly sources per week. Cite all references and provide references for all citations.

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.