nursing patho exercise
Exercises:
- Describe the mechanisms that confine cells and tissues to a specific anatomic site.
- Discuss the use of tumor markers in cancer diagnoses. Which types of cancer can be diagnosed in this manner? How do tumor markers work? What are the markers actually measuring?
- Complete the following table by relating benign and malignant tumors to their sites of origin:
|
Tissue |
Benign Tumor |
Malignant Tumor |
|
Connective/mesenchymal tissue |
Fibroma Chondroma Osteoma Lipoma Leiomyoma Rhabdomyoma Hemangioma |
|
|
Hematopoietic |
Infectious mononucleosis |
|
|
Nerve tissue |
Neuroma Neurilemmoma |
|
|
Epithelial tissue |
Papilloma Ademoma |
Case Study
- Complete Case Study #60 (Down’s syndrome) in the Bruyere textbook.
Professional Development
Write a essay on your choice of the following topics:
- Allergies (choose seasonal, environmental, or food)
- Cancer (choose pancreatic, lung, breast, or prostate)
The essay should contain at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook. It should cover the following points:
- Explain the pathophysiology of the disease
- Discuss common clinical manifestations
- List differential diagnoses
- Determine which lab tests would confirm the diagnosis and expected results
- Analyze a current protocol for treatment and discuss how the treatment works from the pathophysiological perspective
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