Peeranuch LeSeure, PhD

First of the two fundamental nursing courses. The course provides students with foundational knowledge, including clinical judgment and the nursing process, an introduction to holistic health assessment, concepts of nursing, and caring behaviors essential to the application of nursing care to maximize health. The emphasis is on nursing care of the adult experiencing common health alterations. The AACN Essentials 2021 of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice and the ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice 2021 were used to build this course. 

Prepares the beginning-nursing student to conduct a holistic health assessment of adults that respect developmental differences across the lifespan. The emphasis is on health and development of individuals. Students are introduced to broad definitions and indicators of health, with a focus on nursing framework. Assessment, consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice (2010), is foundational to the nurse¿s goal of maximizing health. Student explore caring behaviors, interviewing concepts and physical examination techniques, which are used to conduct holistic health histories and physical assessments to determine the health status of individuals.