GCU Pathophysiology final exam- Cumulative Exam ||
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam (Cumulative
Exam) includes comprehensive disease mechanisms across all major
body systems, typically aligned with Grand Canyon University nursing
and health science coursework. It focuses on how normal physiology
is altered by disease processes, including cellular injury, inflammation,
infection, immune responses, genetic disorders, and neoplasia. The
exam also evaluates system-specific pathophysiology affecting the
cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, endocrine, renal,
gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems.
Emphasis is placed on integrating disease mechanisms with clinical
manifestations, interpreting how pathophysiological changes affect
,patient presentation, and applying this knowledge to clinical
reasoning and patient care decision-making. 🩺📘
Myocardial Infarction- STEMI
-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall
Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI
Depressed ST
,Costochrondritis
-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise
Peritonitis
Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)
, S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid abdomen,
dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC
Peritonitis
Appendicitis
Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left quadrant, fever
S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty
Cholelithiasis
Exam Coverage
Exam coverage for the GCU Pathophysiology Final Exam (Cumulative
Exam) includes comprehensive disease mechanisms across all major
body systems, typically aligned with Grand Canyon University nursing
and health science coursework. It focuses on how normal physiology
is altered by disease processes, including cellular injury, inflammation,
infection, immune responses, genetic disorders, and neoplasia. The
exam also evaluates system-specific pathophysiology affecting the
cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, endocrine, renal,
gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal systems.
Emphasis is placed on integrating disease mechanisms with clinical
manifestations, interpreting how pathophysiological changes affect
,patient presentation, and applying this knowledge to clinical
reasoning and patient care decision-making. 🩺📘
Myocardial Infarction- STEMI
-ST elevation in EKG
-MI has traveled through all three layers of heart wall
Myocardial Infarction- Non STEMI
Depressed ST
,Costochrondritis
-inflammation of rib cartilage
- lasts only a short while after exercise
Peritonitis
Inflammation of serous membrane
Cause: infection by perforation (bowel, appendix, etc)
, S/S: Widespread abdominal pain, rebound tenderness, rigid abdomen,
dehydration
"Left shift" and high WBC
Peritonitis
Appendicitis
Pain, tenderness upon pressure of lower left quadrant, fever
S/S: Epigastric Pain, Jaundice, Gall stones
Fair, Fat, Female, Fertile and over Forty
Cholelithiasis
