2024-2025 Catalog

NUR 1003 Basic Health Assessment for the Practical Nurse

Provides the theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills used by the practical nurse (PN) performing a basic assessment of health status of stable adult patients with predictable outcomes, including collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data, observing conditions or changes in condition, and differentiating normal from abnormal findings. The principles of therapeutic communication and patient teaching are included, along with practice in collecting basic assessment data in the nursing skills laboratory.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

ENG 1021, BIO 1006, or (BIO 2101 and BIO 2102) and acceptance into the Practical Nurse Program

Old Course

NUR 103

Notes

Students must enroll in NUR 1001NUR 1002NUR 1003NUR 1005NUR 1010NUR 1016 and NUR 1070 at the same time.