Physical Assessment Through The Lifespan

Catalog description

Nursing assessment and diagnosis of physical, psychosocial, and developmental health across the lifespan. NURS 802 Physical Assessment Through The Lifespan (3) This course focuses on the comprehensive assessment of patients across the lifespan; including newborns, infants, children, pre-adolescents, adolescents, childbearing women, adults, and older adults. Comprehensive assessment includes normal changes and common health problems across the lifespan, and atypical presentations of diseases commonly seen in patient populations. Assessment instruments specific to each population group will be reviewed.