NUR 1062 - Health Assessment and Skills - AS

2 credit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Advanced Placement Nursing Program
Corequisite(s): NUR 1062L
This course is part of the first semester in the Advanced Placement Nursing Program. Enrolled students are licensed practical nurses (LPN), paramedics, respiratory therapists (RT), and cardiovascular technologists (CVT). The course has a dual focus: (1) to assist students to integrate observations, inferences, and relationships in performing health assessment, and (2) to become proficient in technical skills at the level required for professional nursing. Students will learn communication techniques necessary to gather information regarding a client, physical assessment techniques needed to examine a client from head to toe, and procedures required for patient care. The course utilizes experiences in the classroom through lectures, videos, and discussions.