Adult Health I.

Catalog description

Focuses on nursing care of adults experiencing common, chronic, and/or progressive health problems with predictable outcomes in selected body systems, including concepts of absorption, oxygenation, digestion, regulation, perfusion, cell injury and inflammation, altered immune responses, and perioperative principles. Principles and practices of intravenous therapy are applied to the adult client. Concepts important in understanding health and illness in the elderly are included. Clinical experiences occur in laboratory, medical/surgical areas, simulation, and perioperative settings. Prerequisites: Admission to nursing. CS = 45; C/L = 90*.