Pathophysiology for Nurses
This is a collection of pathophysiology resources: Scroll down and check out the resources listed by systems!
The Cell and Genes
Cellular Transport Animations: http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/membrane_transport/membrane_transport.htm
Your genes, your health: http://www.yourgenesyourhealth.org/
Want to Understand Human Gene Mapping? (this is a different way of looking at gene mapping that makes it easy to understand!) at http://primeinc.org/casestudies/casemanager/study/454/Want_to_Understand_Human_Gene_Mapping
Video: Genes and Genetic Disorders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Aaf_HLWIQ
View Video: Genes and Genetic Disorders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Aaf_HLWIQ
Immunity and Infection
Immunity animation: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter22/animation__the_immune_response.html
How the HIV infection cycle works animation: http://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072507470/student_view0/chapter22/animation__how_the_hiv_infection_cycle_works.html
West Nile Virus: http://www.cdc.gov/westnile/index.html
View The Inflammatory Response Animation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=426PDam1ey4
View the Immune Response Animation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf2t8n1ibwQ
Specific Laws and Regulations Governing the Control of Communicable Diseases at CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/specificlawsregulations.html
Legal Authorities for Isolation and Quarantine at CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/quarantine/aboutlawsregulationsquarantineisolation.html
Cardiovascular Alterations
Coronary Artery Disease Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEeXVcZuAEw
Atherosclerosis Animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAFgfN2OPls
Pathology of Cardiac Disease: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=OTA1604
Cardiovascular Disease Learning Activity: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GEN2405
Heart Failure: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/bioproc/heart_failure/
View Video: Cardiovascular Alterations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9KUjGMKkH8
View Video: Cardiovascular Alterations, Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0voWXPCsm0
Heart Disease and the Impact of Policies and Environment (scroll all the way down on the page to read the Impact of Policies and Environment: http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/heart-disease-and-stroke-an-overview.aspx#Envir
Respiratory Alterations
Respiration Video: http://www.argosymedical.com/Respiratory/samples/animations/Respiration/index.html
Respiratory matching game: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=NUR2203
Respiratory crossword puzzle: http://www.nursingcenter.com//upload/static/403753/Dyspnea.html
Respiratory disorders: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GEN2005
Needle Thoracotomy Video: http://www.argosymedical.com/Respiratory/samples/animations/Needle%20Thorocotomy/index.html
Tuberculosis: http://www.nobelprize.org/educational/medicine/tuberculosis/tbc/index.html
Tuberculosis Laws and Policies at CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/programs/Laws/default.htm
View Video: Adventitious Breath Sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JA6D1Mguh0
Listen to Adventitious Breath Sounds at http://www.easyauscultation.com/adventitious-breath-sounds
Gastrointestinal Alterations
GERD Video: http://www.argosymedical.com/Digestive/samples/animations/GERD/index.html
Stomach Ulcer Video: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/esp/2002_general/Esp/folder_structure/ab/m4/s5/abm4s5_11.htm
Digestive Disorders: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GEN3105
Gastrointestinal Tic Tac Toe: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=NUR6404
Tests for the GI system: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=NUR4304
GERD Video: http://www.argosymedical.com/Digestive/samples/animations/GERD/index.html
Watch Acute Cholecystitis Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y2c9PI-5DM
Watch Pancreatitis Pathophysiology Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inRSjh3bHPg
View Video: Alterations in Digestive Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cjeMMZeLsc
View Video: Alterations in Digestive Function, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s8t809WYsU
Gynecology/Obstetrics Pathology
Clinical Case: Mrs. Johnson's Vaginal Bleeding at http://medsci.indiana.edu/c602web/602/c602web/gyn_cas/docs/intro.html
View Video: Alterations in Reproductive System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVHf2bwTmzQ
Female pathologies of reproduction: http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FEMHTML/FEM200.html
Reproduction system animation: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reproductive+system+animation
STD Slideshow: http://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/stds
Endocrine Alterations
Endocrine Disorders Learning Activity: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=GEN2205
The Action of Hormones Learning Activity: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP13704
Endocrine System Game: http://www.zerobio.com/drag_oa/endo.htm
Complete Glands of the Endocrine System: https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/health/medical-assistant/mea1104/glands-of-the-endocrine-system
View Video: Alterations in Endocrine/Hormonal Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLTHcy7qI7I
View Video: Alterations in Endocrine/Hormonal Function Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQ_tHMtppA
Cretinism Screening: http://www.newbornscreening.info/Parents/otherdisorders/CH.html
Newborn Screening for Cretisism: http://www.idph.state.il.us/HealthWellness/fs/congenitalhypo.htm
Most insurance companies did not cover the expense of diabetes care until legislation was put in place in the 1990s. See Providing Diabetes Health Coverage: State Laws and Programs and click on the state links that interest you: http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/diabetes-health-coverage-state-laws-and-programs.aspx
Endocrine System Interactive Review: http://www.interactivephysiology.com/login/endodemo/systems/systems/endocrine/index.html
View Video: Hemoglobin A1C and Diabetes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK22DADYEPo
View Video: Blood Glucose and Mortality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXQneoKe4k0
Urological
GFR: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/bioproc/gfr/
View Video: Altered Uro and Renal Function: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ur9ACEMnDQ
View Video: Altered Uro and Renal Function, Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymHJQ_DraNs
Complete Urinary System Diseases Activity at https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/health/general-health/gen2305/urinary-system-diseases
View Overactive Bladder Animation at http://www.healthcentral.com/videos/cf/incontinence/overactive-bladder-symptoms-signs-and-treatments
View Urinary Tract Infection Animation at http://www.muschealth.com/video/Default.aspx?videoId=10099&cId=32&type=rel
View Kidney Stone Animation at http://www.muschealth.com/video/Default.aspx?videoId=10099&cId=32&type=rel
Neurological Alterations
Brainstem herniation animation: http://www.argosymedical.com/Nervous/samples/animations/Brainstem%20Herniation/index.html
Brain injury animation: http://www.argosymedical.com/Nervous/samples/animations/Brain%20Injuries/index.html
Acetylcholine Pathways: Normal Brain versus Alzheimers: http://www.argosymedical.com/Nervous/samples/animations/Acetylcholine%20Pathways/index.html
Consequences of Moving a Spinal Injury Patient: http://www.argosymedical.com/Nervous/samples/animations/Consequences%20of%20Moving%20a%20Patient/index.html
Coup/Contracoup Injuries: http://www.argosymedical.com/Nervous/samples/animations/Coup%20Contra%20Coup/index.html
Cranial Nerves: http://www.med.yale.edu/caim/cnerves/
The 12 Cranial Nerves: http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP11504
Oculocephalic reflex: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/animations/hyperbrain/oculo_reflex/oculocephalic2.html
Pathophysiology of Stroke: http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/animations/hyperbrain/oculo_reflex/oculocephalic2.html
View Video: Alterations of Neurological Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89gu9c4tFg
View Video: Alterations of Neurological Function, Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np7lNlnnakE
Musculoskeletal Pathologies
Complete Common Musculoskeletal Fractures Activity: https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/health/nursing/nur1303/common-musculoskeletal-fractures
Complete Musculoskeletal Disorders Activity: https://www.wisc-online.com/learn/career-clusters/health-science/gen1905/musculoskeletal-disorders
View the Musculoskeletal Disorders Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB7rYl7nl58
View Video: Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUToMpaoXMc
View Video: Alterations in Musculoskeletal Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnYScu_U51A
Integumentary
Explore skin cancer at http://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information
Read California Tanning Law at http://www.skincancer.org/news/tanning/california-enacts-nations-strictest-teen-tanning-law
Teaching Teens about Skin Health and Tanning Beds at https://thedermreview.com/teaching-teens-about-skin-health-and-tanning-beds/
Skin cancer and skin cancer prevention at CDC https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/index.htm
Explore a plethora of information about skin cancer at https://www.skincancer.org/
Sensory
Retinal Anatomy and Pathophysiology at https://timroot.com/retina-basics-video/
View Pain Animations at http://www.bayareapainmedical.com/nervanim.html
Hearing Loss Flintstones Simulation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar1Dq-M2ok4
View Video: Macular Degeneration at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozZQIZ_52YY
View Disorders of the Eyes and Ears Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGbtfztOm4
Other Patho Resources
Nurse Tutor Website: http://freenursetutor.com/