NRS 110 - Foundations of Health Assessment and Health Promotion

Credits - 9 Lecture - 5 Lab - 1 Clinical - 3
This course introduces the learner to the framework of the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE) curriculum. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-care as well as patient health practices. To support self and patient health practices, students learn to access evidence about healthy lifestyle patterns and risk factors for disease/illness, apply growth and development theory, interview patients in a culturally sensitive manner, identify members of an interprofessional team, and use reflective thinking about their practice as nursing students. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences. The clinical portion of the course includes practice with selected core nursing skills.
Prerequisite: Admission to the nursing program.
Term(s) Offered: Fall
Course Designation: C/T Elective - A maximum of 12 credits of college-level career and technical courses may be used as electives in the A.A.O.T. and the A.A.S. degrees. Meets the Human Relations requirement.