Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR262   19996-20004 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  06/27/00  
NUR262      19996-20004 LAB 1 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Health Assessment and Health Promotion II
Use of advanced, specialized, and holistic assessments to restore optimal wellness for clients throughout the life span. Emphasis on active involvement and use of resources, risk reduction, prevention, and education strategies and programs for specified communities. Prerequisites: NUR162.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR262   19996-20004 Health Assessment and Health Promotion II
1. Use advanced physical assessment techniques of observation, palpation, auscultation and percussion. (I)
2. Conduct physical examinations for clients across the life span. (I)
3. Interpret physical assessment findings and diagnostic data to predict actual or potential health problems. (I)
4. Document findings and client responses with consideration of time and settings. (I)
5. Analyze specialized assessment data for clients across the life span and with situational variations to develop holistic plan of care. (II)
6. Integrate cultural, spiritual, familial, environmental and developmental considerations into health promotion and assessment to foster patient dignity and wellness. (III)
7. Demonstrate strategies for enhancing healthy lifestyle behaviors in self and others. (IV)
8. Use a variety of interventions to promote and or restore optimal wellness based on assessment data. (IV)
9. Implement a comprehensive health education program targeting specified community based settings. (IV)
10. Develop strategies to promote consumer activism. (IV)
11. Identify community resources that promote wellness and support health risk reduction. (IV)
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NUR262   19996-20004 Health Assessment and Health Promotion II
    I. Assessing health status throughout the wellness/illness continuum
        A. Health history
        B. Advanced techniques of assessments
          1. observation
          2. palpation
          3. auscultation
          4. percussion
        C. Physical exam throughout wellness/illness continuum
          1. physical integrity
          2. head and neck-ear, eye, nose and throat (EENT)
          3. chest (heart and lungs)
          4. abdomen
          5. musculoskeletal
          6. neurologic
        D. Diagnostic data
          1. interpretation and trending of diagnostic data
          2. predicting problems
          3. nursing actions
        E. Recording and reporting
          1. parameters for the ADN role
          2. interdisciplinary considerations
      II. Specialized Assessment for Clients with Developmental or Situational Challenges
          A. Pregnancy, pediatric or psychiatric
          B. Unique assessment Strategies for specified situations
          C. Identify Actual or Potential Problems through assessment techniques
          D. Critical thinking scenarios to develop plan of care for specified community
        III. Integration of Holistic Considerations
            A. Cultural
            B. Spiritual
            C. Familial
            D. Environmental
            E. Developmental
            F. Patient dignity
            G. Complementary strategies
          IV. Health Promotion Strategies in Specified Community
              A. Strategies to promote health in self and others
              B. Health risk and health appraisal
                1. nurse as self
                2. client
                3. community
              C. Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention
              D. Community health education
              E. Consumer activism and client advocacy
              F. Crisis intervention
              G. Self-help groups
              H. Outcomes evaluation
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