Course outcomes

The goal of this program is to provide nurses and other healthcare professionals with information about liver diseases. The program reviews functions of the normal liver and outlines the pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of liver diseases.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the normal anatomy of the liver.
• Recognize the normal physiologic functions of the liver, including its role in bile formation and secretion, metabolism, vitamin storage, coagulation, and detoxification.
• Discuss the pathophysiology, and diagnosis of specific pathologic conditions that affect the liver, including cirrhosis, hepatitis, carcinoma, Wilson's disease, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, and intrahepatic biliary dysplasia.
• Recognize complications of liver decompensation, including, portal hypertension, esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy, and ascites.
• State measures to prevent food-borne and blood-borne hepatitis.

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