ADN 220 - Health Illness Concepts 3

Credits: 2
Contact Hours: 4

Prerequisites: ADN 130 (B- or higher) and ADN 140 (B- or higher) and ADN 135 (B- or higher)

Corequisites: ADN 215

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 client with complex health needs. Individual concepts include functional ability and culture. Health and illness concepts include thermoregulation, elimination, perfusion, immunity, inflammation, infection, pain, and stress & coping and addiction. 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 clients with complex health needs while incorporating the concepts identified in this course. This course includes a clinical component.

Department Consent: Department Consent

General Education Distribution Category Met: None