NUR 1060 - Health Assessment

2 class hours,2 credit(s)
Prerequisite(s):
Day Program: NUR 1010, NUR 1142, both with a letter grade of “C” or higher
Evening Program: Acceptance into the Nursing Program
Corequisite(s):
Day Program: ENC 1101, BSC 1094C, NUR 1022/1022L, NUR 1023L, NUR 1060L
Evening Program: ENC 1101, BSC 1094C, NUR 1010, NUR 1142, NUR 1060L
This course presents an introduction to the concepts and skills of health assessment with a focus on normal physical assessment findings. The course is designed to assist students to integrate observations, inferences, and relationships among patient data when performing health assessments. Students will learn to apply various communication techniques to gather information regarding a client; they will also utilize inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation to examine a client’s body from head to toe. Through lectures, discussions, videos, and laboratory practice, students will be prepared to take complete health histories, perform physical examinations, and record data from same.