Advanced Health Assessment

Catalog description

The course is designed to enable the graduate nursing student to develop diagnostic reasoning skills and to utilize a regional approach to physical examination. Instruction builds upon the health assessment skills of the professional nurse's basic education program. Students perform complete physical exams, obtain health histories, and document findings. Students learn the importance of providing high-quality, culturally competent care, the process of developing a list of differential diagnoses, and appropriate ordering of diagnostics.