NURS 450 - Adult Health III (5)

Prerequisites: NURS 215, NURS 220, NURS 225, NURS 230, NURS 235, NURS 240, NURS 265, NURS 310, NURS 315, NURS 320, NURS 330, NURS 335, NURS 340, NURS 375
Corequisite: NURS 425, NURS 435, NURS 440
This course focuses on the application of the nursing process in the provision of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention and strengthening the adult patient/client lines of defense and resistance to environmental stressors. The student will provide care of the patient/client experiencing selected chronic stressors affecting the physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental, and spiritual variables. The student will provide care within the acute care setting. This course includes three credit hours of theory (45 clock-hours) and two credit hours of clinical (90 clock-hours).