NURS 350 - Adult Health I

Credit Hours: 6
Lecture Hours: 6
Lab Hours: 0

This course focuses on theoretical, physiological, and pathological concepts used to address the health care needs of adult and elderly clients. Building on the foundations of previous nursing courses and the nursing process, students will examine the impacts of altered health states and plan nursing care for clients experiencing specific basic health alterations. Topics include the nursing management of patients who are experiencing selected basic health alterations related to fluid, electrolyte, acid-base imbalances, infection, respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, integumentary, sensory, hematological, renal/urinary, endocrine, and altered cell growth disorders.
Prerequisite: NURS 321 and NURS 326 and NURS 365.
Corequisite: NURS 350L and NURS 324

Academic Catalog

NURS 350 - Adult Health I