NURS 3309 - Comp Nursing Assessment

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours Lecture: 2
Contact Hours Lab: 4

This course increases techniques, process, and bio-psycho-social-behavioral and cultural nursing principles utilized to achieve comprehensive patient assessment. General communication and psychomotor skills will be addressed across the lifespan while students are encouraged to focus on their selected patient population. This educational process builds on previously acquired assessment knowledge and skill as well as continued experiential skills gained from clinical practice experience. Exploration and incorporation of current therapeutic communication skills, systems assessment, screenings, diagnostic data, pathophysiologic knowledge, and use of standardized data scales will contribute to comprehensive patient assessment.

Campus: ALP

Texas Common Core:
Course Level: Junior