Conditions & Pathophysiology
Explore conditions affecting the respiratory & airway system and understand what changes from normal function.
Follow a breath through COPD to understand expiratory airflow limitation, air trapping, hyperinflation, gas-exchange problems, exacerbations and what student nurses should recognise and escalate on placement.
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Understand asthma by following what happens inside the narrowing airway, why symptoms vary, how current inhaler treatment works and what deterioration can look like at the...
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A student nurse guide to tonsillitis, including pathophysiology, clinical assessment, FeverPAIN and Centor scoring, treatment, complications and red flags in UK practice.
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How pulmonary embolism can present, what the diagnostic pathway may involve and when student nurses should escalate urgently.
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