NURS 352Advanced Health Assessment for the Registered Nurse

3 credits · Nursing · Penn State

RECOMMENDED PREPARATION: NURS MAJOR CONTROL NURS 352 is a course designed to extend the RN student's knowledge and skills in health assessment and physical examination across the lifespan. The course includes 45 hours of clinical and is intended for students who are already nurses and who have relevant basic education of health and physical assessment. This course enhances the RN student's knowledge base with more advanced techniques of interview and examination. The course demands higher-level thinking about complex health assessment challenges and prepares RN students for health assessment study at the graduate level.