RPN to BScN - Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning

NSGD 2256  Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Reasoning

Antirequisites:

NURS 1037

Restrictions:

This course is restricted to students enrolled in the RPN to BScN Blended Learning Program.

Credits:

3

Description:

Students develop knowledge, skills, and processes required for advanced health assessment. Elements of an advanced health assessment include physical and mental health, psychosocial, family, cultural, and community factors, the determinants of health, and risk appraisal as they relate to a client’s health status. Students further their clinical reasoning skills by synthesizing clinical, theoretical, and scientific knowledge to identify and manage of existing and potential states of health and illness.