# NUR520 Advanced Pathophysiology

College of Nursing Nursing Department

**Course Description:** This course provides the background for graduate students to discuss the complex nature of disease and abnormal physiological processes. Students will gain advanced understanding in diseases processes and analyze the underlying cause of various disorders. Topics in this course will include signs and symptomatology, underlying causes, risk factors, progression of disease and approaches to care.

**Credit Hours:** 3.00

**Prerequisites:** All of: [NUR511](https://www.ecpi.edu/course/NUR511 "View NUR511")

**Corequisites:** None

## Programs offering this course

- [Nursing (MS) | Concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/family-nurse-practioner-nursing-master-degree)
- [Nursing (MS) | Concentration in Nursing Education](https://www.ecpi.edu/programs/nursing-education-master-degree)

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