2021-2022 Catalog

NUR 103 Basic Health Assessment for the Practical Nurse

Provides the theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills used by the Practical Nurse performing a basic assessment of health status of stable adult patients with predictable outcomes, including collecting, reporting, and recording objective/subjective data, observing conditions or changes in condition, and differentiating normal from abnormal findings. Principles of therapeutic communication and patient teaching are included. Includes practice collecting basic assessment data in the nursing skills laboratory.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

ENG 121, BIO 106, or (BIO 201 and BIO 202) and acceptance into the Practical Nurse Program

Notes

Students must enroll in NUR 101NUR 102NUR 103NUR 105NUR 110NUR 116 and NUR 170 at the same time.