NURS 132: Adult Health Nursing

This course builds on prior learning to gain knowledge of disease processes of the biopsychosocial, spiritual, and culturally diverse adult client. It prepares the student to recognize the symptomatology of major disease processes and changes in the health status of the client within their environment. It will provide knowledge in the methodology of diagnostic testing, medical-surgical interventions along with aspects of nutritional and pharmacological roles in the delivery of nursing care to the client. The emphasis will be placed on nursing care and utilizing the nursing process. Assessment will follow the system utilizing Maslow¿s Hierarchy of Needs and Erickson¿s Developmental Stages to determine plan of care. Application of the teaching-learning process will be emphasized. Problem-solving skills will be utilized in the identification of environmental risks in planning care of the adult client. Using the nursing process as a framework, students explore the collaborative role of the nurse with the adult client, families, and other members of the health care delivery system. (F)