NUR 201 - Nursing of Adults & Children II Lecture

Hours: 4.5

This course is designed to provide the students with knowledge and skills to apply the nursing process to the care of the family throughout the reproductive cycle and women’s health care, along with strengthening the student’s ability to identify the pathophysiological process as they affect the adult/child/newborn’s ability to maintain his regulatory, immune and mobility needs. Complex medicalsurgical nursing concepts are introduced. The student will utilize the nursing process in providing patient/familycentered care throughout the lifespan with emphasis on setting short- and long-term goals. The course is planned to help the student recognize the adult/child/newborn’s physical, psychosocial, and developmental needs. Nursing care will focus upon health promotion, assessment, and identification of normal and high-risk situations and management of care for selected content within the clinical setting along with utilization of community resources.

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of “C” in NUR 131 NUR 132
Corequisite: NUR 202 Pre/Co-curriculum requirements: Minimum grade of “C” in BIO 205 and one of the following: HST 101, HST 102, HST 103, PSC 101, PSC 102. Fall semester, fourth semester.