Study of the nursing care of individuals with common disease processes. Focus is upon risk factors, clinical manifestations, and nursing practices which restore health and alleviate illness. Nurs 219 or con reg. 317 Health Assessment. This course emphasizes essential nursing skills in the assessment process, introducing health history and physical examination techniques.
Students conduct a physical and mental health appraisal and collect, record and analyze data.
Current models of health, including cultural and developmental variations are examined. 319 Nursing Care in the Inpatient Setting. Clinical practice in the inpatient setting based on application of clinical decision making in the nursing care of persons with selected physiological and psychosocial problems resulting from pathophysiological processes and the illness experience. Nurs 312 or con reg. 322 Community Health Nursing.