Need help with diagnosis card...

[coopman712]

I just started my program. We are required to make up Dx cards for several illnesses/ conditions. I am currently working on Hypertension. For it's pathophysiology I am wondering if I need to include anything other than the suggested BPs that define it? Should I include in pathophys. the implications like chance for coronary, cerebral, renal, peripheral vascualr disease? Any thoughts?

TIA!

[coopman712]

I think part of my problem was/is that the term pathophysiology wasn't initally clear. I think I am getting it now though and probably on the right track....

and answering my own question!!!

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

tia. . .you might want to open up the link to the critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students that is attached to the very end of every one of my posts. it was designed to contain the information plus more that you are required to have on your diagnosis cards.

when i began to realize how often students asked about the pathophysiology of different diseases, i began collecting and compiling the various posts that they were on. some are still lost in the threads, but when i find them i get them posted there. you might want to bookmark this post as there are a number of interesting disease pathophysiologies listed there:

• post #49 of the sticky thread pathophysiology/ a & p/ microbiology/ fluid & electrolyte resources which is on this forum. https://allnurses.com/forums/f205/pathophysiology-p-microbiology-fluid-electrolyte-resources-145201.html
  • https://allnurses.com/forums/2634117-post49.html

on post #49 you will find a link to this thread that has the pathophysiology of hypertension which i clearly remember looking up in my copy of pathophysiology: the biologic basis for disease in adults and children, third edition, by kathryn l. mccance and sue e. heuther.

• https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/help-pathophys-hypertension-295077.html - assistance - help with pathophys of hypertension
  • (pathophysiology of hypertension, see post #4: https://allnurses.com/forums/2768677-post4.html)

i would especially like to point out the link to the thread on the pathophysiology of inflammation (https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/histamine-effect-244836.html) since it comes up so often and applies to any condition of infection or that has the suffix "-itis" attached to the end of it. inflammation always accompanies infection and is usually what is responsible for most of its signs and symptoms.

[coopman712]

Wow- thanks so much for all of that information!!! I do appreciate it. A lot of this is sort of new to me so I need to familiarize myself with as much as possible.

:)