Mastering Pathophysiology: A Comprehensive Guide for Future Healthcare Providers

By Nancy Tkacs PhD RN, Linda Herrmann PhD RN ACHPN AGACNP-BC GNP-BC FAANP, Randall Johnson PhD RN

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Specifically Designed for Future Healthcare Providers

This advanced physiology and pathophysiology textbook is tailored to meet the unique learning needs of future nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other advanced healthcare providers who will diagnose, manage, and prescribe treatments for patients across the lifespan.

By focusing on practical applications of physiology, this text facilitates an in-depth understanding of important pathophysiological concepts as they relate to major disorders commonly seen in clinical practice, including comprehensive pediatric and geriatric considerations.

This comprehensive understanding is crucial to providing the foundation required to be an informed and confident clinical decision maker, equipped to care for patients with a broad variety of disorders.

A Collaborative Effort from Experienced Clinicians and Educators

The author team comprises experienced clinicians and educators from diverse healthcare backgrounds, including nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, doctors of pharmacy, physicians, and basic scientists.

This collaborative effort has produced a text that meticulously details and richly illustrates the cellular structure and function of each organ system, as well as the mechanisms of associated major clinical disorders.

The text uniquely interweaves aspects of organ function during healthy states with disease-associated changes, emphasizing and extending the basic science foundation to practical clinical applications.

Key Features of This Comprehensive Resource

• Specifically designed to build a foundation for pharmacology and clinical courses that lead to successful clinical practice and prescribing
• Includes comprehensive lifespan considerations with key insights from specialists in pediatric and geriatric pathophysiology
• Provides a complete chapter on the basic principles of genetics and genomics, with coverage of genetic variations, assessment, and genomics woven throughout the book
• Integrates thought-provoking questions and case studies to promote discussion and synthesis of information
• Offers a unique “Bridge to Clinical Practice” in each chapter to translate science to patient care
• Features over 500 images to illustrate complex scientific concepts
• Summarizes the contents succinctly with handy key points at the end of each chapter
• Includes access to the fully searchable eBook, complete with student ancillaries on Springer Publishing Connect

Product Details

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Edition: 1st edition
• Publication Date: March 31, 2020
• Language: English
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 840
• ISBN-10: 0826177077
• ISBN-13: 978-0826177070