PN 131 - Family Health Illness Concepts for the Practical Nurse

Credits: 5
Contact Hours: 8

Prerequisites: PN 118 (B- or Higher)

Corequisites: None

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 family, including infant, child, and childbearing client. Individual concepts include functional ability and culture. Health & illness concepts include nutrition, perfusion, gas exchange, reproduction, immunity, infection, pain, stress & coping, and interpersonal violence. 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 family, including infant, child, and childbearing client incorporating the concepts identified in this course. This course includes a clinical component.

Department Consent: Department Consent

General Education Distribution Category Met: None