NURS 426 Variances in Health Patterns of Adults and Elders I

This course introduces the concepts of functional health patterns that optimize the health of individuals, families, and communities across the life span. The student integrates knowledge from the sciences, liberal arts, and nursing science into nursing practice with a major emphasis on functional health patterns. This nursing approach is holistic, with consideration given to physiological, psychological, socio-cultural development, and spiritual needs of the individual, family, and aggregate. The nursing process is utilized in the identification of all functional health patterns of clients who as individuals and aggregates are vulnerable and at risk for variance. Opportunities are provided to implement fundamental nursing care in the sub-acute care and community settings. Includes lecture and laboratory sessions. Student must be enrolled in or have completed NURS 494 and NURS 435 to enroll.

Credits

2

Cross Listed Courses

NURS 226

Prerequisite

None

Corequisite

NURS 435, NURS 494