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May 07, 2024
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2013-2014 Graduate Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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NU 550 - Advanced Health Assessment
This course provides both a theoretical and clinical foundation for advanced assessment of clients across the life span. Students will develop skill in interviewing, history-taking, and documentation of a holistic assessment of clients across the life span. The course will focus on health promotion, identification and analysis of common abnormal findings, an appreciation of developmental and functional deviations, the process of developing differential diagnosis, and advanced clinical judgment. The Roy Adaptation Model will provide the primary theoretical basis for advanced nursing practice. This course incorporates a laboratory component.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate health assessment course
Co-requisite: NU 531
Four hours a week (two hours lecture and two hours of lab) one semester. 3 credit
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