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NURS 505 - Advanced Health Assessment


Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory Hours: 0

Prerequisite(s): NURS 503  

Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course builds on basic assessment knowledge for advanced practice nursing. The course will build on existing physical assessment knowledge through use of various tools. Shadowhealth, a virtual assessment program using a 3D digital client, will allow students to practice history taking, complete physical assessment of a client, and to explore differential diagnoses and an associated plan of care. Interactive tools will help students assess risk for any number of psychosocial, physical, and wellness issues. The course will enable students to aggregate and evaluate data reflective from the perspective of the advanced practice nurse.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course:
  1. Apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning throughout the assessment process
  2. Perform an assessment that includes the following factors: physical, psychosocial, life style, risk-taking behaviors, culture, ethnic, and developmental.
  3. Integrate data from a patient health history, physical, psychosocial, and functional assessment, and diagnostic tests to develop a comprehensive patient database
  4. Develop differential diagnoses based on assessment findings and pathophysiologic concepts.