PN
137
Health and Illness Concepts Across the Lifespan - Lecture
8 cr.
(8-0-0)
- Offered: Winter
- Co-requisites: PN 138.
- Prerequisites: "C" or better in PN 127, PN 128, NU 221, and good standing at NMU.
- Bulletin Year: 2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
This course is designed to introduce the students to major concepts of health and illness from pediatric age through adult and the elderly population. Students will learn the nursing care in a variety of settings. Learning is structured within concepts of functions like hydration and oxygenation and what is considered normal or abnormal for a patient. This will prepare practical nursing students for the complexity of care they will deliver to patients in a variety of settings.