Nutrition throughout life cycle including stressors impacting on nutritional requirements. Social, biological and physical sciences integrated throughout course. Drug metabolic processes are described providing foundation for clinical judgments about drug actions, reactions and interactions. This course explores values, beliefs and practices related to health behaviors in a variety of culturally diverse groups. Methods for fostering culturally sensitive care are explored.
Content includes communication, biological and nutritional considerations and assessment techniques.
Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care . Integrates anatomy, physiology and biochemistry into framework for studying diseases. Core content provides understanding of mechanism and principles of disruptions of health. Emphasis on clinical correlations and physiological basis for common disorders. Credits Introduces students to computer usage and its application to education, research and practice in health care professions.