NUR203 - Nur203 - Health Assessment

Subject Title
Nur203 - Health Assessment

Subject Description
Health and Healing: Health AssessmentThis course will provide students with the basic principles and components of a holistic nursing assessment of individuals across the lifespan. Students will achieve knowledge and skills in communication, interviewing and assessment of the physical status of individuals. Different factors will be explored which affect health assessment including physical, psychosocial, sexual, cultural, spiritual, familial, community and environmental concerns. Students will learn normal and chosen abnormal findings.

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will provide students with the basic principles and components of a holistic nursing assessment of individuals across the lifespan. Students will achieve knowledge and skills in communication, interviewing, history taking and health assessment of individuals. Different factors will be explored which affect health assessment including physical, psychosocial, sexual, cultural, spiritual, familial, community and environmental concerns. Students will learn normal and chosen abnormal findings. This course includes 2 hours classroom and 2 hours of skills practice in the laboratory environment with human and simulated models.

Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate basic skills in physical assessment of an individual.
2. Describe normal findings and variations across the life span.
3. Interpret findings of holistic health assessment, integrating knowledge from nursing and other disciplines.
4. Demonstrate understanding of therapeutic communication skills.
5. Obtain a holistic health history using appropriate interviewing skills
6. Integrate transcultural considerations into health assessment and demonstrate behaviours that reflect the needs of individuals and acceptance of each person as a unique individual
7. Demonstrate competence in selected CNO Entry to Practice Competencies
8. Practice in a simulated, supervised setting, according to CNO professional nursing standards.

Cheating and Plagiarism
Each student should be aware of the College's policy regarding Cheating and Plagiarism. Seneca's Academic Policy will be strictly enforced.

To support academic honesty at Seneca College, all work submitted by students may be reviewed for authenticity and originality, utilizing software tools and third party services. Please visit the Academic Honesty site on http://library.senecacollege.ca for further information regarding cheating and plagiarism policies and procedures.

Discrimination/Harassment
All students and employees have the right to study and work in an environment that is free from discrimination and/or harassment. Language or activities that defeat this objective violate the College Policy on Discrimination/Harassment and shall not be tolerated. Information and assistance are available from the Student Conduct Office at student.conduct@senecacollege.ca.

Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
The College will provide reasonable accommodation to students with disabilities in order to promote academic success. If you require accommodation, contact the Counselling and Disabilities Services Office at ext. 22900 to initiate the process for documenting, assessing and implementing your individual accommodation needs.