Understanding Pathophysiology

by Sue E. Huether

Learn the essential concepts of pathophysiology and stay up to date on treatments, manifestations, and mechanisms of disease with Understanding Pathophysiology, 5 th Edition. Filled with vibrant illustrations and complemented by online resources that bring pathophysiology concepts to life, this easy-to-read text delivers the latest, most accurate information on the disease process across the lifespan, giving you the fundamental knowledge you need to move forward in your nursing education.

Genres: Nursing, Science, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Medical, Medicine, Health

1184 pages, Paperback

Published January 24, 2012

Reviews

[Elizabeth Netzel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very educational, but not a lot of spice. Wouldn’t recommend.

[Lily Schott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Overly complicated. Made simple Patho concepts much more difficult than necessary.

[Janet · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a good text-book if you want to understand Pathophysiology

[MissAnnThrope · Rating 1 out of 5]

A complete waste of money. It should not be a required text as it did not help me at all in my pathophysiology class. The explanations for the diseases were short but unclear. It did not help me gain a better understanding of the pathologies I learned.

[Julie Cunningham]

Meaty. This is like digesting a huge turkey without any gravy.

[mpfrom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my most favorite of textbooks. Very confusing at times....but I got through it.

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

This textbook took a complex subject and made it more confusing. I found myself referencing my much-better anatomy and physiology book when I needed clarification.

[Christina Nisoli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goodness gracious it took me longer to find this book on goodreads than to actually complete the class in which it was required to get. Overall in terms of textbooks, I really do enjoy how it’s written. Before I hated my life because of how busy school was, I would actually sift through chapters that I wasn’t required to be read because it is super informational. If you have this book you basically don’t need webmd anymore because you can just look it up here.

My school unfortunately made me pay extra since I had to rent it for my first semester and then buy it for the second. At the time i was definitely frustrated, but now I’m thankful that I do own the book so when things are less hectic I can go back to reading it.

I will say that it is a bit intimidating to read at first (especially since I had zero knowledge of any sort of medical jargon when I first started the class.) If you're like me, you'll probably end up spending and additional 20 minutes per page looking up words and what they mean. Lots of pictures and diagrams which is quite nice (but sometimes a little gross).

Worst case scenario you won’t ever use this after your class and you can just show off the fact that you have a 20 pound textbook.

Cice this is for you and you only

[Valerie Bryand · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a fairly decent textbook, but I would have enjoyed more pictures of disease processes so i can better recognize them in the clinical setting. For the most part I liked the order of the chapters as they went through the various body systems; but I think the renal chapters could have been explored a little earlier in the textbook than they actually were, perhaps between the endocrine and cardiovascular chapters. Having a better grasp on the renal system would have greatly enhanced my understanding of the cardiovascular and respiratory chapters, especially concerning the different types of heart failure and how they are treated, particularly CHF.

The book goes through each body system with a review chapter of basic anatomy and physiology of the system, followed by a chapter on alterations of function (the "patho" part), and then a chapter of alterations of function as pertaining to children. At the end of every chapter there is a HUGE reference list provided for further study of any particularly interesting or confusing topics.

I read EVERY word of this book in 3 months and have walked away with a greatly enhanced understanding of the human body. The textbook does a good job of explaining things in a way that most people can understand. However, i **DO NOT** recommend this book for the person who doesn't already have a good grasp on NORMAL physiology (and anatomy). It assumes the reader already has a good foundation of A&P, without this foundation it goes without saying that it would be impossible to understand the "alterations" of normal A&P. The chapters on normal A&P at the beginning of each system are meant as a review/refresher only as these chapters are short.

I will keep this book throughout my early nursing career as a reference! :) This class ruled by life for 3 months, but did truly enjoy it and I am glad i gave it my all. I feel much more confident as a result.

[Vicki · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the worst textbook I had to read. Horrible explanation, too much unnecessary stuff that makes even more confused that you were before this class. HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!! I will sell this book as soon as I am done with the class and buy some other book. Seriously, this is the only biology textbook that I absolutely hate to read. Understanding PathophysiologyUnderstanding PathophysiologySue E. Huether

[Claire Berslow · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mean, i guess it describe several diseases/disorders, so that's cool. Pretty cool images. Evolve resources for this one are HORRIBLE, so don't bother.
Gave me more questions than answers, so if that bothers you, then don't read it

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW! I got this book when I went to an EKG class in December.LOVE this stuff!!!

[Colette Womack · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm so glad to be finished with this class. The subject matter was fascinating but, I'm still happy to have it behind me.

[Marnie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not my favorite class. And this book was more in depth than I needed.

[Raeann Doran]

For the record, this is not being read for fun! :)

[Audrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Six weeks into school and the first finals are finished.

[Megan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read for nursing school medsurg class. A good patho book but it goes wayyyy into detail which makes it a bit hard to read and not as helpful for nursing school.

[Amie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Woohoo finally done!

[Emma McCarthy · Rating 2 out of 5]

read for bio669

[Joanna Paris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Made me cry

[Jackie Dun · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will forever keep this text book as a reference.

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written and interesting textbook.