NURS 231 - Adult Health I

(5 [3-0-2] hours) Prerequisites: NURS 215 and NURS 221; or NURS 218 and 223. This course is a study of common chronic health disorders which occur in the adult patient. Content focuses on nursing and collaborative management of chronic conditions of the neurologic, musculoskeletal, integumentary, respiratory, hematologic, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urinary, endocrine, and reproductive systems. Discussion of nursing and collaborative management of these conditions includes a review of related pathophysiology as well as diagnostic studies and drug therapy designed to promote health maintenance and risk reduction in the adult population.