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"This new edition offers a fun and flexible learning package that will build confidence when considering the complex pathophysiology field."
Dr Terry J Ferns (EdD) MA BSc (Hons) RN SFHEA, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK
"I have really enjoyed reading this book... The chapter content and self-assessment are easily manageable as the design and layout lends itself to learning and revision... I have no hesitation in recommending this book to undergraduate nursing students."
Conor Hamilton, Lecturer (Education) Nursing, Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
Looking for a quick and effective way to revise and test your knowledge?
This handy book is the essential self-test resource to help nurses revise and prepare for their pathophysiology exams.
Nurses! Test Yourself in Pathophysiology, 2nd Edition covers a broad range of conditions common to nursing practice including pneumonia, diabetes, asthma, eczema and more. The book includes a handy list of common abbreviations and prefixes, as well as over 300 new questions and 60 glossary terms in total. Each chapter contains:
• Labelling exercises
• True or false questions
• Multiple choice questions
• Fill in the blank questions
• Match the Terms
• Brand new puzzle grids
The book includes chapters on:
• Integumentary system
• Musculoskeletal system
• Nervous system
• Endocrine system
• Cardiovascular system
• Respiratory system
• Digestive system
• Urinary system
• Reproductive system
Written by leading experts with many years of experience teaching students on health and life sciences programmes, this test book is sure to help you improve your results - and tackle your exams with confidence!
Katherine M. A. Rogers is a Reader of Bioscience Education with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast, UK.
William N. Scott is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Biomedicine at Atlantic Technological University, Ireland.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the authors
Using this book
List of abbreviations
Directional terms
Common prefixes, suffixes and roots
1. Introduction to pathophysiology
2. Inflammation, infection and immunity
3. The nervous system and special senses
4. The endocrine system
5. The cardiovascular system
6. The respiratory system
7. The urinary system
8. The digestive system
9. The male and female reproductive systems
10. The integumentary system
11. The musculoskeletal system
12. Genetics and hereditary disorders
Glossary
