ADN 140 - Health Illness Concepts 2

Credits: 4
Contact Hours: 7

Prerequisites: ADN 120 (B- or Higher) and BI 121 (C or Higher) and BI 122 (C or Higher)

Corequisites: ADN 135 and EN 102

College Level Prerequisites: None

Description: This course is designed to further develop individual, health & illness, and professional nursing & health care concepts with emphasis on the adult client. Individual concepts include functional ability and culture. Health & illness concepts include glucose regulation, nutrition, elimination, perfusion, gas exchange, inflammation, infection, pain, and stress & coping. Professional nursing & health care concepts include professional identity, clinical judgment, health promotion, communication, collaboration, safety and health care policy. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care to the adult client, incorporating the concepts identified in this course. This course contains a clinical component.

Department Consent: Department Consent

General Education Distribution Category Met: None