NRS-434VN Health Assessment Syllabus

Health Assessment Details This course focuses on methods of health history taking, physical examination skills, documentation, and health screening. The course emphasizes the individual as the client, functional health patterns, community resources, and the teaching learning process. Credit Hours 3.0 PreRequisites None coRequisites None Course Add-Ons Additional Material Textbook Physical Examination and Health Assessment Jarvis, C. (2015). Physical examination and health assessment (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders. ISBN-13: 8107 Note: Link is for students not enrolled in the RN-BSN program. Other Elsevier-Pageburst/Evolve eBooks Introduction All required GCU RN-to-BSN eBooks are accessible anywhere, at anytime, with lifetime access via online access through Evolve. Refer to "Pageburst Evolve eBook Information" for details on how access the course's required text. Topics Topic 1: The Health Assessment of Duration: 7 days Infants Description: Objectives: 1. Apply evidence-based practice in the assessment of infants. 2. Examine environmental processes that can impact an infant's health and the implication of these environmental processes for society as a whole. 3. Determine how health promotion and maintenance can be incorporated into infant health assessment. Topic Material: Textbook 1. Physical Examination and Health Assessment Read Chapters 1-2 and the age-specific information in Chapters 8-28 in Physical Examination and Health Assessment. Your Evolve eBook offers helpful resources that will assist you in developing greater