NUR 310 - Holistic Assessment

4.00 credits.

This course includes a lab component and expands upon the registered nurse experience and past education to examine health assessment to perform an effective health assessment of the mind, body and spirit. This course focuses on the application of critical thinking and reasoning in the assessment of individual health status to identify risk factors for actual or potential alterations in health. The concepts covered in this course includes the systematic holistic approach to health history and physical examination for differentiating normal from abnormal states, which will include physical, developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual dimensions and will improve your client interview techniques to ensure that you are able to get relevant information about your clients’ health. Students will complete an online lab component of this course.