2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

NU 215/215L Health Assessment

This course introduces assessment components including interviewing, history taking, functional assessment, and physical examination of patients across the lifespan with an emphasis on health promotion and disease/injury prevention. Emphasis focuses on the assessment phase of the nursing process using a systems focused assessment approach. This course begins with foundational concepts of professionalism, patient-centered care, and safety. Students will examine patients using a head-to-toe approach. Additional course content focuses on the role of the nurse, inter- and intra-professional communication, data collection, documentation, and patient teaching. Students begin to develop critical thinking skills to begin identifying problems and deficits in an effort to guide the development of a plan of care.

A prerequisite to NU 210, NU 300, and NU 330

Credits

3

Prerequisite

NU 205/205L Foundations of Professional Nursing and NU 220/220L Pharmacology & Nursing Implications