Health Assessment

Catalog description

This course focuses on the assessment and care of adults with healthcare variations and enhancing interpersonal and health assessment skills using a system and evidenced based approach. Students will apply health theory to obtain knowledge pertinent to the performance of systematic biological reviews of normal vs. abnormal clinical physical manifestations that are common to adults. Emphasis will be placed on critical reasoning and clinical judgment within the context of a multi-cultural global client community. Topics will include methods of subjective and objective history data collection, and completion of an adult physical examination. This course has a clinical experience in the student's health care setting. Open only to RN Completion Students. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisite: NURS 320, NURS 322 Corequisite: NURS 325 Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 3-3-3