NURS 251 - Health Assessment

Fall 2013, Section 701 - 3.0 Credits
Schedule Number 178786

Important Dates

Reg Period: 3/14/2013 - 8/30/2013
First Day of Class: 8/26/2013
End of Class: 10/16/2013

Course Description

Designed to broaden the student's knowledge and skills in health assessment and physical examination across the lifespan.

Prerequisites

BIOL 129, BIOL 141; or NURS 111S and NURS 112 for Associate Degree Majors; or eligibility for NURN major for RNs.

Sample Course Syllabus

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Costs and Fees

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This course will be included in your semester bill.

Remarks

Students must hold an RN license and have been accepted to Penn State's School of Nursing.

This course utilizes YouSeeU for audio and video assignments. For the Systems Review assignment,students need to record an interview and, therefore, students need a way to record audio, e.g. an mp3 recorder, cell phone, iPod, laptop, etc. For the Recorded Examinations,students need to record the entire procedure and, therefore,students need a way to record video, e.g. a digital camera, Flip camera, iPod, etc.

For students who plan to graduate this semester, please communicate your intent to your instructor. This will alert your instructor to the need to submit your final grade in time to meet the published graduation deadlines.

In addition to the audio and video requirements of the course, there are additional equipment requirements for the Health Assessment assignment: (2) small centimeter ruler, penlight, gloves, stethoscope, otoscope, tongue blade, Snellen eye chart, handheld visual screener, ophthalmoscope, tuning fork, paper tape measure, blood pressure cuff, skin marking pen, tape measure, cotton swab/ball, and reflex hammer. You could get access to these items at a variety of places if you don't own them. Some places to try include: your workplace (other departments may let you borrow one since you are an employee and some students have also obtained them from the continuing education department; if they won't let you borrow them, see if you can use them on the unit/inside the workplace); a local pediatrician's office; a local physician's office, a local school of nursing or medical school (are you near any of the PSU campuses? Schools of Pharmacy also typically have this type of equipment)

This offering of the course is in an Accelerated Format.

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Technical Requirements

Requires: This course utilizes YouSeeU for audio and video assignments. For your Systems Review assignment, you'll need to record an interview and, therefore, you need a way to record audio, e.g. an mp3 recorder, cell phone, iPod, laptop, etc. For the Recorded Examinations, you'll need to record the entire procedure and, therefore, you need a way to record video, e.g. a digital camera, Flip camera, iPod, etc. The most commonly used audio/video formats can be uploaded, such as: mpg, wmv, avi, mp4, aac, mp3.

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Software Requirements

Requires: To view the audio/video clips, animations, and interactive exercises in the course, students will need QuickTime (7.1 or higher), Adobe Flash, and Adobe Shockwave. Students will need to have Microsoft Word 2003 or higher and/or word processing software. If you do not have this software the current versions may be purchased at Journey Ed (www.journeyed.com) or a vendor of your choice.