Mar 28, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 314 - Health Assessment in Nursing Practice 3 hours


This course assists the student to develop skills for health assessment as a registered professional nurse. Assessment skills will be developed for diverse and complex situations. The impact of variables will be addressed, such as nutritional status, developmental stage, cultural and spiritual factors, disease states and nursing concerns such as holistic intervention. By applying the nursing process, the registered nurse will develop assessment skills that expand clinical decision-making with an emphasis on primary and secondary prevention strategies. Prerequisites: Admission to the Bachelor Level Nursing program; NURS 208  (BSN).