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Undergraduate Catalog 2015-2016 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NURS 450 - Nursing Care of the Adult III

5.5 cr.


(Prerequisites: NURS 371 , NURS 373 , NURS 361 ; co-requisite: NURS 452 )

This is the final course in a three-course sequence that focuses on physiological and psychological adaptation to dysfunctional health patterns.  Emphasis is placed on the nursing process and functional health patterns as a framework for practice.  Pathophysiology and nursing care related to alterations in mobility, elimination, cognition, and perception are included.  Three hours lecture, 15 hours clinical lab/week for seven weeks, alternate with NURS 452  or NURS 373  lab.