Individual Health

The course focuses on the nursing process as a tool to facilitate nursing practice with individual clients. For BSN completion students, the course will enhance the RN student's established assessment and diagnostic skills/competencies and facilitate development of new psychomotor, cognitive, and affective skills needed for comprehensive health care plans. Communication and assessment skills are utilized to establish a database for analysis. Health strengths and needs across the lifespan are determined through the individual analysis and synthesis of assessment data. Planning nursing care and implementing teaching for the purpose of health care promotion is emphasized.