Adult Health II.

Catalog description

Focuses on nursing care of adults, who experience common, chronic, and/or progressive health problems in selected body systems. Concepts of sensation, elimination, regulation, perfusion, movement/coordination, perceptual dysfunction, and abnormal cell growth are included. Concepts important in understanding health and illness in the elderly are included. Principles and practices of intravenous therapy are applied to the adult client. Clinical experiences occur in the laboratory, medical/surgical areas, and rehabilitation settings of the hospital. Prerequisites: Admission to nursing. CS = 45; C/L = 90*.