NUR 2000 - Nursing Fundamentals and Health Assessment

Credits: 4

This course introduces the assessment components of interviewing, history and vital sign taking, functional assessment, and physical examination of adult patients. Students will learn the assessment phase of the nursing process using a systems focus assessment approach. Teaching will include special emphasis on health promotion and disease/injury prevention. Additional course content will focus on the role of the nurse, basic skills essential to professional nursing practice, documentation, and patient teaching. A focus with respect to communication, sensory and motor deficits, and skill performance with emphasis on the importance of promoting safety in older adults is covered. Simulation will build on those skills mastered during the previous semester and include focused assessments, a full physical assessment, skin integrity and wound care, nutrition, pain/comfort and patient safety experiences. Individual student demonstration of competence in the various skills, with simulation, will commence this semester.
Prerequisite(s): HSC 1200, HSC 1300, NUR 1550, and CHM 2037

Nursing majors only.