1. By Prof.Neema A.Aboushady

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3.  At the end of these lectures the students will be able to:  Know the gastro intestinal tract and its disorder.

4.  Identify the assessment of digestive and gastrointestinal function.  Describe the management of patients with digestive problems and upper gastrointestinal disorder.

5.  Differentiate between the management of patients with gastric and duodenal disorders.  Illustrate the management of patients with intestinal and rectal disorders

6.  Anatomy and physiology of GIT.  Nursing assessment of GIT.  Diagnostic evaluation of GIT and related nursing interventions.  Pathophysiologic and psycho logic considerations related to GIT assessment  Conditions related to esophagus disorders.

7.  Applying nursing process related to esophageal disorders.  Acute and chronic gastritis.  Applying nursing process to patients with gastritis  Peptic ulcer.  Nursing process to peptic ulcer.

8.  Gastric cancer.  Applying nursing process to patients with gastric cancer.  Gastric surgery  Nursing process to patients undergoing gastric surgery.  Irritable bowel syndrome.

9.  Acute inflammatory intestinal disorders.  Nursing process to patients with diverticulitis.  Chronic inflammatory bowel disease.  Nursing process to the patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease.  Intetestinal obstruction.  Cancer of the large intestine, colon and rectum

10.  Nursing process of the patients with cancer of the colon and rectum.  Colostomy.  Polyp of colon and rectum.  Disease of the anorectum.  Nursing process of the patients with anorectal condition.

11.  Brunner S., Smeltzer S., and Bare B. Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing. 2011,12 th Edition, Williams &Wilkins Lippincott, Philadelphia,

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