NRSE 6221 - Health Appraisal for Nurse Practitioners

Focuses on advanced physical assessment skills for nurse practitioner students that moves from the normal to the abnormal and uses a body systems approach. Comprehensive health history coupled with physical examination skills provide a foundation for the indepth assessment of clients.

Requisites: NRSE 6230
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture, 4.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to differentiate assessment techniques to gather health data.
Students will be able to execute a comprehensive health history, assessment, and plan.
Students will be able to discern the terms subjective, objective, assessment, and plan (SOAP) regarding patient documentation.
Students will be able to apply subjective and objective health data to develop differential diagnoses and basic treatment plans.