Ateneo - UPO

The course focuses on the fundamentals of endocrine disorders, with an emphasis on the diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic management aspects relevant to nursing practice.

Slides and materials provided by the professor.

This module aims to prepare students to understand the most significant and common endocrine-metabolic disorders encountered in clinical practice. For each condition, basic concepts of etiology, diagnostics, and therapeutics will be covered, with a strong emphasis on the role of the nurse.

Students are expected to possess essential knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, and General Pathology.

Slide presentations and lecture notes provided by the professor.

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Written exam with multiple-choice questions on the topics covered during the course.

General Concepts on the Organization of the Endocrine System
The hypothalamic-pituitary system
Secretory and non-secretory hypothalamic-pituitary tumors and non-tumor conditions, multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
Procedures for conducting major diagnostic endocrine tests

Thyroid and Parathyroids
Hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism: etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, and therapy
Thyroid tumors
Calcium-phosphorus metabolism
Hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism

Adrenal Glands
Hyper- and hypocorticoadrenalism
Pheochromocytoma and endocrine-related hypertension

Gonads
Sexual differentiation and puberty
Clinical presentation and diagnosis of hypogonadism and amenorrhea of genetic and organic origin
Ovarian and extra-ovarian causes of hirsutism

Diabetes Mellitus and Disorders of the Endocrine Pancreas
Clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic framework
Acute and chronic diabetic complications
Hypoglycemic syndromes
The role of the nurse in diabetes care

Obesity, metabolic syndrome

Demonstrate knowledge of the main endocrine and/or metabolic disorders.
Define their implications within the field of nursing sciences.
Apply this learning to the analysis and discussion of simulated clinical scenarios.