Physical Assessment

Catalog description

This course introduces the student to comprehensive client health evaluation. Assessment of presenting concerns, past medical history, family history, cultural, nutritional, human violence, psychosocial data, and review of systems are included. An organized approach to the physical examination of clients of all ages is explored, with a focus on expected findings in healthy people. Risk assessment and evidence based practice are introduced. Students are required to take NURS 200 with NURS 190A. NURS 200L is a lab that accompanies NUR 200 and is intended for psychomotor skill development.