Health Assessment in Nursing

Catalog description

This course provides opportunities for students to acquire and build upon knowledge of health and illness and to develop skill in assessment of the whole individual. Students will learn a holistic approach to assessment, focused on physical, mental and social aspects, to determine the health status of individuals, families and communities. Students will develop skills in taking a health history and conducting a complete head-to-toe assessment of adults as well as individuals across the life-span from infants and children to older adults. Students will perform skills in a laboratory setting that are transferable to the clinical setting. The student is expected to apply knowledge from prerequisite and concurrent courses in data collection and interpretation of findings to determine the need for nursing care. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 4 Prerequisites or Corequisites: NURSE 3200 or NURSE 3260 and NURSE 3370 and NURSE 3300 or NURSE 3100 Prerequisites: Traditional Students - Clinical Nursing Majors (CLN_BSN) NURSE 2200 or NURSE 2100; Accelerated Students - Acceptance into the Accelerated Nursing Program