Description
This course relates manifestations of disease, risk factors for disease, and the principles of pathology underlying illness and injury to therapeutic nursing interventions and outcomes across the lifespan. This course is designed for health care professionals to understand and interpret these basic principles and concepts that occur physiologically due to different situations and disease states. PREREQUISITES: Admission to nursing program and completion of NURS 113 Nursing Assessment, NURS 114 Patient-Centered Care I, and NURS 116 Practicum I, OR NURS 201 Introduction to Professional Nursing, OR permission of instructor. CO-REQUISITES: NURS 234 Patient-Centered Care III and NURS 236 Practicum III.