Department permission required. Applies the research process in critiquing nursing research and using the findings in clinical practice. The concepts of quantitative and qualitative research. Department permission required. The professional nurse is viewed as an advocate of a client in his consumption of health care.
Emphasis is placed on adaptation and restoration of wellness.
Geriatric physical assessment and interventions with focus on musculoskeletal, genitourinary, neurologic and sensory systems. Physical examination skills are subsequently demonstrated by each student for a faculty preceptor. Department permission required. Roy Adaptation Model as applied to the nursing process. Open only to R.N. students in the Nursing Major.