NSG 121 - Health Assessment

This course focuses on the concept of health assessment as the foundational step of the nursing process. Knowledge and skills necessary for the performance of comprehensive and focused health assessments will be presented. Interviewing, observation, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation skills will be examined. Normal findings, variations from normal, cultural differences and appropriate equipment use will be considered. Semester Credit Hours: 3.00 Contact Hours: 30/30/0/60 Prerequisite: SC 166 Microbiology, SC 186 Chemistry, and SC 246 Anatomy and Physiology II. Corequisite: None