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Basic Science and Fundamental of Nursing Group Faculty of Nursing Universitas Indonesia 2011
To learn about the discipline of Bioscience for nursing To learn how Bioscience applies to clinical practice
PATHOLOGY
What is Pathology?
Root Word: Path(pathos) means suffering, disease Suffix: logy(logos) means study, science The study of disease The study of the functional, biochemical, and morphological alteration in cells, tissue, and organs that underlie disease
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Diseases
To care ( Control)
Etiology (the causes ) Pathogenesis (mechanisms from initiation to disease development) pathologic changes (structural & functional, biochemistry abnormalities that are characteristic of the disease clinical significance (nature of the morphologic changes & their distribution in organs/tissues influence normal function and determine the clinical signs, course, and prognosis of the disease)
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Causes of disease
Identification of the causative factors that initiate the disease process.
2. Pathogenesis
Defining the disease mechanisms. How do the causative factors change normal physiological processes? How do these functional changes cause changes in tissue structure?
Most are still investigating. Some of them should be known, for instance: Thrombosis Myocardial infarction
3. Pathologic changes
What are the specific changes in function and structure that characterize each disease?
Level A. Naked eye level: gross changes in diseased organs. Level B. Light microscopic level: in histological and cytological level. Level C. Electron-microscopic(EM) level: in the ultrastructure (cellular organelles). Level D. Molecular level: inspect aberrant in DNA, RNA, and protein.
4. Manifestations
The functional consequences of the morphologic changes. Can these changes from normal be detected by clinical tests such as examination of the blood or urine? Can the structural changes be identified by techniques such as x-ray, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, or examination of tissue samples (biopsies)? What clinical signs and symptoms are produced by the disease process? How does the disease process produce these signs and symptoms?
CLINICAL TASKS
In clinical practice, the objective of the study of disease has several purposes: Diagnosis: to determine the nature of the disease process and its causation, i.e. to establish a diagnosis if possible. Intervention: To monitor the extent and progress of the disease and provide an indication of prognosis. Caring of the patient's problem is very often based on this information. Prevention: To use knowledge of the mechanisms of disease to prevent disease in individuals or populations of people or animals.
Pathology is a bridge between basic science and clinical nursing. All of the nursing students have to stride over the bridge!
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