Caring for Persons with Health Promotion and Health Maintenance Needs

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Focuses on the refinement of assessment skills throughout the lifespan. Identifies normal patterns and indicators of deviations through the framework of functional health patterns. Emphasizes the human response to actual or potential health problems. Views potential stressors and coping mechanisms of the individual and family as they relate to health. Emphasizes the nursing responsibilities of health promotion, accident/illness prevention and health maintenance. Course includes nursing theory as well as clinical and laboratory experiences in medical, surgical, pediatrics, mental health, and community settings. Theory: 5 credits, Clinical/Laboratory: 4 credits. Students should register for the highest number of credit hours unless otherwise advised. Prerequisites and Corequisites Course prerequisites: ANAT 142 - Anatomy (C) and NURS 205 - The Practice of Caring Course corequisite: PHGY 210 - Human Physiology (C) Note Registration restriction: Admission to the Department of Nursing