Students apply the nursing process in studying the roles, functions, values, and communication patterns within family. Teaching-learning principles are implemented in completing a health teaching project in the community. Each person is viewed as an open system progressing through predictable developmental stages. This process is influenced by values of family and society. Students utilize needs, developmental, and crisis theories to provide anticipatory guidance for health maintenance and management of common health problems in all phases of the life cycle.
Students apply the nursing process in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention.
NUR 214, NUR 215. Develops knowledge and skills in applying the nursing process with individuals and families experiencing stressors affecting psychosocial needs. Utilizing the Neuman Systems Model, students expand previous knowledge of human behavior and interpersonal relationships. Behavior is viewed on a continuum from healthy, adaptive responses to unhealthy, maladaptive responses. Therapeutic use of self as a nursing approach is emphasized in providing care in day treatment and inpatient settings.