Nov 15, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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NURS 217 - Health Assessment in Nursing


3 Credits
This course prepares the undergraduate nursing student to collect data and perform a complete and thorough client assessment, including history and physical examination. The course emphasizes a holistic approach to assessment. The focus of the four domains of man’s physical, psychological, spiritual, and cultural needs throughout the lifespan are presented. The student will gain an advanced level of competency in health assessment to function in the role of a professional nurse. This course will lay the foundation of advanced assessment skills to enable the student to consider graduate studies in nursing science.
Grade Note(s): A grade of B- or better is required to pass this course successfully.
Component Co-requisite(s): NURS217 and NURS 217L  
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 221  BIOL 221L  NURS 101  NURS 101C  



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