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NUR211 Health Differences Across the Life Span 1

• Department Nursing
• Level Lower
• Format Online
• Credits 3

Description

This requirement focuses on the application of the nursing process to support nursing judgment and the provision of patient-centered care for patients with acute and chronic cardiovascular and respiratory health problems, impaired blood cell formation, and abnormal cell growth. Evidence-based, culturally sensitive nursing care, standards of professional nursing practice, as well as ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements are addressed. The natural and social sciences are applied to the delivery of quality nursing care for patients and families across the life span. The laboratory component is a practice experience using virtual simulation patients included in the required resource for the course. All the laboratory requirements in this course must be successfully completed with a satisfactory grade of Complete to pass this course, regardless of the course numeric grade. Skills labs are graded as Satisfactory (Complete) or Unsatisfactory (Incomplete).

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Prerequisites

All Nursing Phase I requirements, NUR209 Reproductive Health, ENG101 English Composition or ENG101A Advanced Composition, PSY235 Lifespan Developmental Psychology, SOC101 Introduction to Sociology, BIO115 Anatomy and Physiology I (NonLab), BIO116 Anatomy and Physiology II (NonLab), BIO212 Microbiology, MAT101 Mathematics for Everyday Life or MAT114 Intermediate Algebra.

May be taken concurrently with NUR209 Reproductive Health.

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