Levels of prevention will be introduced as a model for health care. This course also includes calculation of medication dosages. This course has classroom and clinical components. Home care is the primary focus of clinical experiences. Writing proficiency is required for a passing grade in this course.
Emphasis is placed on meeting the assessment needs of the individual student.
The lab component provides experience with a clinical information system, Internet, word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and graphics programs. Emphasis is on multisystem problems. Early detection and intervention strategies with actual or potential stressors that affect the adaptive processes in the developing family are discussed. Clinical experiences are designed to develop skills for early detection, diagnosis, and prompt intervention to reduce the severity and duration of biopsychosocial pathological processes across the life span. It also provides an opportunity to critique current nursing research and requires the student to use critical inquiry methodology and to become a discriminating consumer of research.