NUR100 Health Assessment
An introductory course, to provide the framework for the development of nursing knowledge required for mastery of nursing assessment skills for diverse populations. The use of the nursing process, with consideration for patient preferences, values, and needs, is applied to health assessment skills. Emphasis will be placed on student’s ability to recognize the need for assessment prior to intervention. The use of interprofessional and therapeutic communication during health assessment, including when collecting assessment data, is developed. Students are expected to critically evaluate assessment findings, with the outcome of differentiating between normal findings, and those that may indicate an actual or potential health problem. The impacts of race, ethnicity, culture, and socio-economic status on health promotion, disease prevention and health education are examined. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate acquired knowledge, skills, and attitudes in performing a patient-centered health assessment in the corresponding learning laboratory course. Students must successfully complete all related didactic and lab requirements of both sections of this course to pass this course.
Major Restrictions
Nursing, Associate in Science