NUR 1003 - Basic Health Assessment for the Practical Nurse

Credit(s): 1
Lecture Hour(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): NUR 1001, NUR 1002, NUR 1005, NUR 1010, NUR 1070, NUR 1071, or with department chair permission
Formerly NUR 103 Provides the theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills used by the practical nurse (PN) performing a basic assessment of health status of stable adult patients with predictable outcomes, including collecting, reporting, and recording objective and subjective data, observing conditions or changes in condition, and differentiating normal from abnormal findings. The principles of therapeutic communication and patient teaching are included, along with practice in collecting basic assessment data in the nursing skills laboratory.