ADN 130 - Health Illness Concepts I

Credit Hours: 4
Contact Hours: 7

Prerequisites/Other Requirements: ADN 120 (B- or Higher), BI 121 (C or Higher), and BI 122 (C or Higher)

English Prerequisites: None

Math Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None

Description: This course is designed to further develop individual, health & illness, and professional nursing & health care concepts with emphasis on the geriatric population. Individual concepts include functional ability and culture. Health & illness concepts include fluid & electrolyte, nutrition, perfusion, gas exchange, inflammation, infection, pain, and stress & coping, addiction, 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 geriatric client while incorporating the concepts identified in this course. This course contains a clinical lab component.

Course Fee: $5.00

Department Consent: Department Consent Required

General Education Distribution Category Met: None