Basic Assessment for the PN

Catalog description

Provides the theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills used by the practical nurse (PN) performing a basic assessment of health status of stable adult patients with predictable outcomes, including collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data, observing conditions or changes in condition, and differentiating normal from abnormal findings. The principles of therapeutic communication and patient teaching are included, along with practice in collecting basic assessment data in the nursing skills laboratory.