Three lecture hours per week and 90 clinical hours during semester. Competency testing option available. Health Assessment provides a foundation for the practice of professional nursing. The nursing process is an integral part of the course and serves as a working guide to prepare students to collect data for a complete health assessment. Health history data are collected and review of systems is performed to determine the health status of the client.
Emphasis is placed on the assessment skills of inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation.
One discussion hour per week and 30 lab hours during semester. The focus of the course is to provide the student an opportunity to apply concepts of nursing to the care of the childrearing family. The student utilizes the nursing process within a caring framework to include intrapersonal, interpersonal and extrapersonal stressors and to analyze the needs of the childrearing family in all dimensions. Dimensions include physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual aspects of care. Members of the childrearing family are assisted in promoting healthy behaviors in order to strengthen lines of defense.