NURS 143 - Holistic Nursing Assessment and Skills

Credits: 2 Total Hours: 60

Restricted to students in Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing
Learners continue to learn evidence-informed health assessment across the lifespan, with a focus on professional, holistic nursing practice. Through experiential learning, simulation, and demonstration of skills, participants will continue to gain knowledge, skills, and abilities foundational to nursing practice. Learners expand understanding of physical, mental, spiritual, and social assessment skills, technologies, and nursing interventions for the promotion of health and healing. Skills include medication administration, oxygen administration, and newborn assessment. Learners will develop effective communication and documentation of assessment and nursing interventions for an interprofessional team is expanded. Learners will apply course concepts, principles, and nursing decision making while performing psychomotor skills.

Prerequisites
All of:

C in BIOL 152
C in NURS 110
C in NURS 132
C in NURS 142
C in NURS 160
COM in NURS 180

And one of:

C in ENGL 151
C in ENGL 161
C in ENGL 163
C in ENGL 164

Pre or Co-requisites
All of:

C in BIOL 153
C in NURS 133