NURS 629 - Advanced Health Assessment

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Two hours seminar; two hours laboratory.
Prerequisites: Admission to graduate program in nursing, or with permission of coordinator of the graduate nursing program Coordinator.
Provides the advanced practice nurse with advanced knowledge and skills related to health assessment and clinical decision-making. The focus is on acquiring, evaluating and refining health assessment data as the basis for the development of a diagnostic problem list. Common normal variations as well as abnormalities and acute and chronic disease characteristic of diverse ethnic backgrounds and age groups in health and illness are emphasized. The laboratory component of the course provides the opportunity to become proficient in eliciting health histories, performing physical examinations and critically examining and documenting health data.