Conditions & Pathophysiology

Heart showing the inflamed visceral and parietal pericardial layers in pericarditis

Pericarditis

Understand pericarditis by following what inflammation around the heart does, why the pain and ECG can change, and how a pericardial effusion can progress to cardiac tamponade.

Pericarditis

Understand pericarditis by following what inflammation around the heart does, why the pain and ECG can change, and how a pericardial effusion can progress to cardiac tamponade.

Clinical illustration of inflamed tonsils at the back of the throat

Tonsillitis: Symptoms, Assessment, Treatment an...

A student nurse guide to tonsillitis, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, FeverPAIN and Centor scoring, treatment, complications and red flags in UK practice.

Tonsillitis: Symptoms, Assessment, Treatment an...

A student nurse guide to tonsillitis, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, FeverPAIN and Centor scoring, treatment, complications and red flags in UK practice.

Younger adult talking with a clinician about changes in memory and thinking

Can Younger Adults Develop Dementia?

Why dementia can affect people under 65, how symptoms may differ and why memory loss is not always the first sign.

Can Younger Adults Develop Dementia?

Why dementia can affect people under 65, how symptoms may differ and why memory loss is not always the first sign.

Person with visible scaly psoriasis plaques on the elbow and forearm.

Psoriasis: What Is Happening in the Skin?

Understand what drives psoriasis beneath the plaque, how it can affect joints and wider health, and what UK student nurses should notice in practice.

Psoriasis: What Is Happening in the Skin?

Understand what drives psoriasis beneath the plaque, how it can affect joints and wider health, and what UK student nurses should notice in practice.

Patient experiencing severe flank pain during assessment for suspected kidney stones, with kidney imaging and an anatomical kidney model.

Kidney Stones (Renal Calculi)

Follow a kidney stone from the kidney into the ureter to understand renal colic, obstruction, imaging, pain relief and the nursing signs that need urgent escalation.

Kidney Stones (Renal Calculi)

Follow a kidney stone from the kidney into the ureter to understand renal colic, obstruction, imaging, pain relief and the nursing signs that need urgent escalation.

Clinical illustration of a pulmonary embolism affecting blood flow through the lungs

Understanding Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

How pulmonary embolism can present, what the diagnostic pathway may involve and when student nurses should escalate urgently.

Understanding Pulmonary Embolism (PE)

How pulmonary embolism can present, what the diagnostic pathway may involve and when student nurses should escalate urgently.