NURS 615 Advanced Health Assessment: Adult and Older Adult
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills of history taking, physical examination, and critical thinking related to interpreting normal and abnormal findings in the health of adults and the elderly. Relevant anatomy and physiology are reviewed for interpreting body system assessments.
Prerequisite: Admitted MSN student or instructor's consent.
Corequisites
Special information
1 Graduate credit
Effective August 24, 2002 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Perform risk factor analyses based on social, cultural, familial, occupational, and lifestyle history when assessing health promotion needs of the adult and older adult client.
- Demonstrate proficiency in recording a holistic health history and systematically performing a physical examination of adult and older adults.
- Differentiate between normal and abnormal physical assessment findings in the adult and older adult client.