Economic issues influencing the professional nurse are examined and important interpersonal and psychomotor skills are developed. History taking and physical assessment skills are utilized to develop appropriate interventions designed to assist clients with health promotion and lifestyle changes.
Students explore principles of health promotion through the life span in a variety of settings.
Using the nursing process, the toxicity of major drug classifications are investigated, as well as principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics. Critical thinking and reasoning will be used to evaluate selected nursing theories. The language and process of nursing research will be introduced as a framework for making sound clinical judgments. Designed to facilitate the transition of the diploma and associate degree graduate to the professional practice of nursing at the baccalaureate level. Pathophysiological problems of moderate intensity and relative stability are explored.