NUR 110: Health Assessment

This course explores the nurse's role in performing a physical assessment for patients with varying disorders, diseases, and needs across the lifespan. Students will investigate how and when to perform comprehensive and focused physical assessments including interview skills, data collection, and physical assessment techniques: inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. This course provides students an opportunity to examine expected and unexpected assessment findings with an emphasis on differences based on age, ethnicity, culture, and diversity. Students will explore basic laboratory and health promotion assessment findings. This course will differentiate documentation skills of assessment findings through professional verbal and written communication.