Revised 8/2020

NSG 200 - Health Promotion and Assessment (3 CR.)

Course Description

Introduces assessment and health promotion for the individual and family. Includes assessment of infants, children, adults, geriatric clients and pregnant females. Emphasizes health history and the acquisition of physical assessment skills with underlying concepts of development, communication, and health promotion. Prepares students to demonstrate competency in the assessment of clients across the lifespan. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories, clinical/community settings, and/or simulated environments. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.

General Course Purpose

This course provides novice students with an opportunity to develop health assessment skills across the lifespan.

Course Prerequisites/Corequisites

Prerequisites: BIO 141 and BIO 142 or BIO 231 and 232. ENG 111, PSY 230, SDV 101 or 100

Corequisites: BIO 150 or BIO205, NSG 100 and NSG 106, NSG 130

Course Objectives

Upon completing the course, the student will be able to:

  • Use therapeutic communication, caring behaviors and client self-determination when completing a health history and physical assessment.
  • Report patient safety issues and potential health risks in the performance of health assessment across the lifespan.
  • Perform basic physical assessment across the lifespan.
  • Identify differences in assessment techniques in clients of varying ages and stages of development.
  • Assess factors contributing to health promotion and lifestyle choices.
  • Recognize cues related to client assessment and health promotion.
  • Identify the safety practices necessary for medication preparation and administration.
  • Utilize the CDC vaccination guidelines for health care promotion and education across the lifespan.

Major Topics to Be Included

  • Communication Concept
    • Communication theories
    • Interviewing skills
    • Therapeutic Communication
    • Exemplars to include: health history, electronic health record and documentation
  • Development Concept
    • Developmental assessment: infant, child, adolescent, adult, geriatric client
    • Exemplars: developmental delay in the child, developmentally challenged adults
  • Health Promotion/Adherence/Motivation Concept
    • Response to illness
    • Self--management
    • Motivational theories
    • Pharmacology: Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (HIB), Hepatitis A and B, Herpes Zoster, Human Papillovirus Vaccine (HPV), Polio, Influenza (Flu), Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR), Meningococcal, Pneumococcal (PCV 13, PCV 15, PCV 20, PCV 23), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Rotavirus,Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis (TDaP), Varicella, COVID
    • Exemplars: risk factor modification: smoking cessation, exercise, diet, and vaccinations (including emerging vaccines like Monkeypox and Ebola) across the lifespan
  • Assessment Techniques
    • Inspection, Palpation, Percussion, Auscultation across the lifespan
    • Vital signs
  • Cognition Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of mental status
  • Tissue Integrity Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of the skin
    • Temperature measurement
  • Perfusion Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of cardiovascular system
    • Blood pressure and pulse measurement
    • Assessment of the lymphatic system
  • Gas Exchange Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of the respiratory system
    • Respiration and pulse oximetry measurement
  • Elimination Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of the elimination system
  • Mobility Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of the musculoskeletal system
  • Intracranial Regulation Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of neurological system
      • Including signs and symptoms of stroke
  • Sensory Perception Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of the head, neck, nose, mouth and throat
    • Assessment and documentation of the eyes and ears
  • Reproduction Concept
    • Assessment and documentation of the genitalia
    • Breast assessment
    • Assessment of the pregnant female